Obama backtracks; House panel approves armenian genocide

While on the campaign trail president obama said hed recognize the killing of 1.5 million armenians as a genocide by the ottoman turks around the time of world war I. now he's saying otherwise...

The committee's vote is awkward for Obama, who pledged as a presidential candidate to recognize the Armenian deaths as a genocide. The administration reversed course, as Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton acknowledged Thursday.

"Circumstances have changed in very significant ways," Clinton told reporters traveling with her in Costa Rica.

She said the United States supports a Swiss effort to resolve the historical dispute.

"We think that is the appropriate way to manage the problems that have stood in the way of normalization between the two countries," Clinton said.

Clinton said that the Obama administration is concerned the resolution could harm the talks between Turkey and Armenia.

"We do not believe that the full Congress will or should act upon that resolution and we have made that clear to all the parties involved," she said.

yeah lets not recognize genocide for what it is cause politics is far more important... lets NOT do the right thing here... and why wont we do you suppose..

Turkey, a NATO ally with a pivotal role for U.S. interests in the Middle East and Afghanistan, has warned that the resolution's approval could jeopardize U.S-Turkish cooperation and set back negotiations aimed at opening the border between Turkey and Armenia. Turkey also currently holds one of the rotating seats on the United Nations' Security Council that will have to approve sanctions against Iran.

ooooooooo thats why...

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