Marie L. Yovanovitch, a Foreign Service officer for 22 years and the current ambassador to Kyrgyzstan, told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that referring to it as "genocide" was "a policy decision" that only top officials such as President Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice were entitled to make. She said it has been Bush’s policy, "and that of previous presidents of both parties, not to use that term. "Bush’s last nominee for the position, Richard E. Hoagland, also refused to use the phrase, and his nomination was withdrawn in the face of strong congressional opposition. But it remains uncertain whether the Senate will block the confirmation of Yovanovitch to a post that has been unfilled for two years.
Marie L. Yovanovitch, nominee to be the U.S. ambassador to Armenia avoids using the phrase "Armenian genocide"
20 June 2008 09:45 (UTC +04:00)
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