Bush adm. withdrawn Hoagland as Armenia next U.S Ambassador

Sources within both the Administration and Congress confirmed the
withdrawal of Richard Hoagland's nomination as America's next
Ambassador to Armenia, reports the Armenian National Committee of
America (ANCA).

 "We are gratified to see that the Administration has finally come to
recognize what the ANCA and the Armenian American community have
understood for more than a year - that Dick Hoagland - through his own
words and action - disqualified himself as an effective representative
of either American values or US interests as US Ambassador to Armenia,"
stated ANCA Executive Director Aram Hamparian. "We would like to thank
Senator Menendez for his principled leadership in impressing upon the
Administration that a genocide denier should never and must never
represent the US in Armenia."

"This is certainly welcome news," stated Senator Robert Menendez
(D-NJ). "It was clear that their nominee to fill his place was
controversial. I hope that our next nominee will bring a different
understanding to this issue and foster a productive relationship with
our friends in Armenia."

House Armenian Genocide resolution lead sponsor Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA)
concurred, stating "The President was right to withdraw Mr. Hoagland's
nomination. During his confirmation hearings, Mr. Hoagland continued to
deny that the massacre of a million and a half Armenians between 1915
and 1923 was genocide, thereby compounding the injury done to the
Armenian people and, especially, the few remaining survivors of the
first genocide of the Twentieth Century. I hope that the President will
soon nominate a new ambassador who will be more forthcoming in
discussing the Armenian Genocide"

backward." -ArmRadio.am

SOURCE:
http://www.huliq.com/29354/hoagland-nomination-to-armenia-withdrawn

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