Senator Schumer Urges Hoagland to Clarify His Position on Armenian Genocide

PanARMENIAN.Net - On the eve of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee consideration of Richard E. Hoagland as America's next Ambassador to Armenia, Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY), sent a letter to Hoagland criticizing the Administration's policy on the Armenian Genocide and urging the nominee to clarify his position on the matter, reported the Armenian Assembly of America. In his letter, Schumer also expressed concern that the current Ambassador, John M. Evans, is being prematurely replaced for properly recognizing the Armenian Genocide. "I am concerned that the Senate is reviewing your nomination for this post as a result of Ambassador Evans' departure, possibly because of statements he made which, in my view, accurately describe the Armenian Genocide as such," Schumer wrote.