Speaker. today I rise to bring attention to the 81st anniversary of the genocide of the Armenian people On April 24. 1915 some 200 Armenian religious. political and intellectual leaders were arrested and exiled from Istanbul. Turkey. Over the next eight years. 1.5 million men. woman. and children were forced Into slave labor. tortured. exterminated. and deported by the government of the "Young Turk Committee." For more than 15 years the U.1. State Deparment has refrained from referring to the tragic period between 19151923 as "ganocide." Several former Presidents have issued proclamations on the anniversary of this event. expressing deep sorrow for the massacres. yet stopping short of declaring the tragedy as genocide. The U.S. should. in conjunction with the state of Californie and some 30 other nalions. go on record to clearly and unambiguously recognize the Armenian massacres as genocide. and set aside April 24th as a day of remembrance.
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