Thursday, September 07, 2006

Senate panel backs U.S. Armenia envoy nominee

"Senate panel backs U.S. Armenia envoy nominee

By Vicki Allen
Reuters
Thursday, September 7, 2006; 2:36 PM

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Senate panel backed President George W. Bush's pick for ambassador to Armenia on Thursday after an impassioned debate over the administration's withdrawal of the previous ambassador who described Turkey's 1915-1923 assault on Armenia as genocide."

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