Mr. President. today marks the 75th anniversary of the Armenian genocide. in which an estimated 1.5 million Armenians in the Ottoman Empire were tragically and senselessly killed. Between 1915 and 1923. the empires rulers pursued a deliberate campaign based upon religious. political. and cultural intolerance. to eliminate the Armenian people through deportation and death. Some have questioned whether or not to apply the term "genocide" to the terrible events of those years. I have come to the conclusion that the Ottoman Empire embarked on a policy of mass extermination. and the preponderance of historical evidence compels us to use the word "genocide." In remembering the genocides victims.
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