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U.S. House votes to sanction Turkey, recognize Armenian genocide

BY ROBIN BRAVENDER - 10/30/2019 

The U.S. House on Tuesday passed legislation with broad bipartisan support to impose sanctions against Turkey for its military invasion of northern Syria. 

Lawmakers also voted overwhelmingly Tuesday night to adopt a resolution that commemorates the Armenian genocide, when an estimated 1.5 million Armenians were killed between 1915 and 1923 in the Ottoman Empire, which is now Turkey. Turkey has long rejected that characterization and U.S. lawmakers had long been wary of angering a key ally. 

Virginia’s delegation voted in favor of both measures, with the exception of U.S. Rep. Don McEachin, a Richmond Democrat, who has been recovering from a medical procedure and did not vote.
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Rep. Don Beyer:

The House just passed a resolution to recognize the Armenian Genocide. 

This was always the right thing to do, and it's more important than ever now -- as we witness the ugly specter of ethnic cleansing again in the same region, this time against the Kurds in Northern Syria.

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