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Genocide measure to hit strategic, military ties with Turks, US officials warn Congress
ÜMİT ENGİNSOY
WASHINGTON - Turkish Daily News
Senior U.S. administration officials urged Congress on Thursday not to endorse resolutions defining last century's mass killings of Armenians in the OttomanEmpire as genocide, warning that the measures' passage would deeply hit strategic and military cooperation with Turkey, including a likely closure to U.S. forcesof a critical air base."
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