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Pelosi Reiterates Call to Recognize Armenian Genocide

By | 04.24.09 | 3:26 pm

Officially, today marks “Armenian Remembrance Day,” set aside to honor the roughly 1.5 million Armenians killed at the hands of Ottoman Turks in 1915. But in the eyes of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), it’s misnamed. From the statement just out of her office:

Today, we commemorate the 94th Anniversary

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This Won’t Help the Armenian Genocide Bill

By | 04.10.09 | 3:55 pm

Former wrestling coach and House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) will lobby on behalf of Turkey as part of a $35,000 per month contract with his K Street firm, Dickstein Shapiro, The Hill reported this afternoon.

The agreement is a subcontract between Hastert’s firm and the Gephardt Group, founded

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