Samantha Power’s Comments Renew Obama’s Genocide Recognition Issue

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power (Photo: AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power (Photo: AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

NEW YORK—Comments made by the United States’ Ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, who lamented that denial of the Armenian Genocide contributed to continued injustices around the world, has renewed the debate over the Obama Administration’s recognition of the Armenian Genocide—a campaign promise that he did not keep as president.

Speaking at an event honoring Holocaust survivor and Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel, Power hailed the human rights activist and said that “Genocide against the Armeniansâ€

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