Genocide Deniers in Congress Try to Shift Focus

A group of House members, who have traditionally opposed Congressional resolutions recognizing the Armenian Genocide, wrote a letter to the presidents of Armenia and Turkey expressing their support for what they called “lasting Armenian-Turkish rapprochement.” These notorious genocide deniers—Representatives Robert Wexler, a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee (D-Fla.); Ike Skelton (D-Mo.), the chairman of the House Armed Service Committee; John Murtha (D-Penn.), chairman of t