Politics foils Armenians' hopes of genocide recognition — again
by Melissa Etehad, Los Angeles Times
Nov 15, 2019
3 minutes
It seemed like the moment Paul Jamushian had been waiting for his whole life.
On Oct. 29, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 405 to 11 in favor of a resolution to recognize the killing of 1.5 million Armenians more than a century ago as a genocide. Quick approval by the Senate appeared possible.
But the 80-year-old Jamushian, whose parents survived the slaughter by Ottoman Turks, will have to keep waiting.
Politics had once again intervened - this time the incursion by Turkey into northeastern Syria last month and a White House visit Wednesday by Turkish
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