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Amendment Offered to Protect Relations with Turkey
by CQ Monitor News
Posted: Sunday, October 01, 2000 09:14 pm CST

Members of a House committee, concerned about protecting relations between the United States and Turkey, voted today to amend legislation that would officially recognize the 1915 Armenian genocide. The amendment offered by Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., and adopted by voice vote clarifies that the legislation (H Res 596) is directed at actions taken by the Ottoman Empire, not modern-day Turkey. Today's markup by the International Relations Committee sparked loud protests from the Turks. The legislation refers to events from 1915 to 1923, when 1.5 million Armenians were driven from their homeland and died. Approval of the measure would benefit Rep. James E. Rogan, R-Calif., who is in a tough re-election campaign in a district with a large Armenian population. A long list of amendments is pending as the markup continues.

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