MAIL ONLINE: The White House is seeking to block a controversial US bill branding the mass slaughter of Armenians by Ottoman Turks in World War One as genocide.
A congressional committee caused a major diplomatic row last week by voting in favour of the legislation.
Turkey recalled its ambassador from Washington and said the move would damage relations with America’s key NATO ally.
But State Secretary Hillary Clinton tried to defuse the row by claiming the Obama administration would ‘work very hard’ to prevent the genocide bill going to a full vote on Capitol Hill.
'We are against this. Now we believe that the US Congress will not take any decision on this subject,’ she said.
Mrs Clinton is hoping her reassurance will help defuse the rumpus over the dark, century-old chapter in Turkish history. >>> David Gardner | Sunday, March 07, 2010
