09/08/2008
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"I ask all Americans to reflect on these terrible events."
"I want to assure the young up here that this is an administration committed to good, sound policy."
"Let us also celebrate their indomitable will which has allowed Armenian culture, religion, and identity to flourish through the ages."
"Today marks the commemoration of one of the great tragedies of history: the forced exile and annihilation of approximately 1.5 million Armenians in the closing years of the Ottoman Empire."