Obama Aids Apologize For Not Recognizing Armenian Genocide
Two former aides of President Barack Obama say his administration failed by not officially declaring that the mass slaughter of Armenians roughly a century ago constituted genocide. Samantha Power, Obama's ambassador to the United Nations, said, "I'm sorry that we disappointed so many Armenian Americans." Turkish leaders have warned for years that official U.S. recognition of an Armenian genocide would be harmful to the US' relationship with Turkey.