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    ROTHMAN LEADS CONGRESSIONAL REQUEST FOR CLARIFICATION OF VICE PRESIDENT'S LETTER TO ARMENIAN GENOCIDE SURVIVOR


    -- Vice President Cheney's April 22nd letter to
    Maritza Ohanessian Properly Characterized
    the Armenian Genocide as a Genocide

    WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Steve Rothman (D-NJ) was joined
    today by twenty-one of his House colleagues in calling on Vice President
    xxxx Cheney to clarify if his letter to a survivor of the Armenian
    Genocide, in which he properly - but uncharacteristically -
    described the Armenian Genocide as a genocide, represented a formal
    shift in the Administration's policy, reported the Armenian
    National Committee of America (ANCA).

    In a letter dated April 22, 2005 and signed by the Vice President,
    he honored Maritza Ohanesian of West Hartford, Connecticut as the
    oldest living survivor of the Armenian Genocide. In the letter to
    the Vice President, the Congressional signers of the Rothman letter
    noted that, "We are confident that your letter to Ms. Ohanesian
    represented perhaps the greatest birthday gift in her lifetime, a
    letter from the Vice-President of the United States of America
    using this important language."

    "Armenian Americans value the principled leadership of Congressman
    Rothman and express their appreciation to all those who joined with
    him in calling for a much needed explanation from the Administration,"
    said ANCA Executive Director Aram Hamparian. "It would seem that,
    in answering the concerns raised by these Members of Congress, the
    Vice-President has two choices - to publicly accept responsibility
    for his letter, or to personally explain to Mrs. Ohanesian exactly
    why it is that he cannot stand by his words."

    Joining Congressman Rothman as signatories to this letter were
    Representatives Rob Andrews (D-NJ), Lois Capps (D-CA), Joe Crowley
    (D-NY), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Barney Frank (D-MA), Patrick Kennedy (D-
    RI), Mark Steven Kirk (R-IL), Sander Levin (D-MI), Carolyn Maloney
    (D-NY), Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI), James McGovern (D-MA), Michael
    McNulty (D-NY), Richard Neal (D-MA), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ),.
    George Radanovich (R-CA), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Brad Sherman (D-CA),
    Mark Souder (R-IN), John Tierney (D-MA), Edolphus Towns (D-NY), and
    Peter Visclosky (D-IN).

    The full text of the Congressional letter is provided below:

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    June 15, 2005

    Dear Vice-President Cheney,

    We were recently pleased to learn that you appear to share the same
    views as those of us who recognize the Armenian Genocide and use
    that specific phrase to describe the atrocities that took place
    between 1915 through 1918 in the Ottoman Empire.

    In a letter dated April 22, 2005, you wrote to Ms. Maritza
    Ohanesian of West Hartford, Connecticut, to honor her as the oldest
    living survivor of the Armenian Genocide. We are confident that
    your letter to Ms. Ohanesian represented perhaps the greatest
    birthday gift in her lifetime, a letter from the Vice-President of
    the United States of America using this important language.

    We are hopeful that your use of this critical phrase represents a
    long overdue recognition on the part of the Bush administration,
    that the horrors perpetrated upon the Armenians by the Ottoman
    Empire during World War I, constituted the first genocide of the
    20th century.

    Please let us know if this is the case.

    Sincerely,

    [22 Congressional signatures]
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