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Reuters, 4 March 2010
A congressional panel voted on Thursday to label as "genocide" the World War One-era massacre of Armenians by Turkish forces, despite pressure from the Obama administration and Turkey to drop the matter.
The controversial measure passed the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee in a closer-than-expected vote of 23-22.
Reuters, 4 March 2010
A congressional panel voted on Thursday to label as "genocide" the World War One-era massacre of Armenians by Turkish forces, despite pressure from the Obama administration and Turkey to drop the matter.
The controversial measure passed the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee in a closer-than-expected vote of 23-22.
Turkey had warned its ties with the United States would be damaged and Ankara’s efforts to normalize relations with Armenia could be harmed if the resolution passed, even though the vote was non-binding.
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