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Bush nominates envoy to Armenia, after block of earlier choice

"Bush nominates envoy to Armenia, after block of earlier choice

2008-03-28 22:22:04 -

WASHINGTON (AP) - President George W. Bush has nominated a career diplomat to be U.S. ambassador to Armenia after the last nominee was blocked by Democrats because of a refusal to call the World War I-era killings of Armenians a genocide.
Bush announced on Friday the nomination of Marie Yovanovitch, who is currently ambassador to
the Kyrgyz Republic."

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