1.0 link 177581 <![CDATA[Turkey's Delay Tactics in Opening the Border with Armenia]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/harut-sassounian/turkeys-delay-tactics-in_b_177581.html While some people are dismissing Pres. Obama's solemn campaign pledge to acknowledge the Armenian Genocide, Turkish leaders have taken the president's promise very seriously.

Ankara has dispatched to Washington several high-level delegations, both before and after Obama's inauguration, with the express purpose of lobbying key decision-makers in the White House and Congress on this issue.

The Turkish scheme to induce Pres. Obama not to acknowledge the Genocide, however, was dealt a serious blow after the Prime Minister of Turkey, Recep Erdogan harshly...

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