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George W. Bush: “Today, we remember one of the horrible tragedies of the 20th century—the mass killings and forced exile of as many as…”

On the recordApril 23, 2006
Today, we remember one of the horrible tragedies of the 20th century—the mass killings and forced exile of as many as 1.5 million Armenians in the final days of the Ottoman Empire in 1915.
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George W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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Message on Armenian Remembrance Day

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