dink is viewed as a martyr now in armenia, where he is seen as the latest victim of the genocide. his picture emerges from the wall of flowers on a hillside outside the capital, yerevan, where, every april, hundreds of thousands attend a memorial to remind the turks and the world of what they went through. they pay homage to those who died nearly a century ago. it's as if the entire country turns out for what is, emotionally, a funeral, a burial the victims never had. and on the same day, in times square, thousands of armenian americans gather to demand that congress pass a resolution recognizing the genocide. two years ago, when a resolution was to be put to a vote in the house, turkey recalled ambassador sensoy in protest. its president warned of "serious troubles" and its top general said military ties with the u.s. would never be the same. to limit further damage, the bush administration and eight former secretaries of state weighed in to kill the bill. it worked. eight former secretaries of state rallied behind turkey to defeat that resolution. >> sensoy: yes. >> simon: why d

regarding the commission, commissioner armenia with my support perform its job and a competent way to the council of greece was several times at rest regarding the least of the member states that voted against this matter i cannot by heart tell you but germany voted and it was germany that told me this time they are going to vote for it. >> [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: thank you very much. >> [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: mr. president, today there is a consensus to say that we need strong economic governance in the e.u. and that is a huge change in the past few years. last sunday he stated that he was favorable to a european monetary fund. there are other proposals, other options flexible the creation of a european debt agency eurobond or perhaps eight european accrediting agency. so mr. barroso, we see that things are moving quickly at least for the time being so i have three very specific questions. is it true the commission is currently working on a proposal to create this european monetary fund and secondly is it true as mrs. merkel states, i have my do

we continue to press turkey and armenia to move ahead with the ratification of the protocols.derstand that this is difficult. we understand that these issues evoke very strong emotional reactions within both populations. that said, we think it is in everyone's interest to see this process continue to move forward, and we will continue to press this case with these countries. >> p.j., if you feel so strongly about this, why hasn't the secretary or other senior officials senior enough that it would come to your attention tried to make sure, subsequent to the vote, that it won't come to a won't come to the floor? >> i'm not sure what the question is. >> you say that, you know, if it comes to the floor, further action will disrupt the normalization process. but you also say that secretary clinton hasn't called anybody about the vote itself. >> well, in our conversations with chairman berman and others, i think they understand how we feel about this. and we'll just have to see what congress decides to do in the aftermath of what they've seen today. >> are you really just going to w

armenia was responsible but i was asking about your intervention. you could tell me what you, yourself did you need to buy a dress and properly, mr. barroso, that the blame lies with the member states for the greek crisis because they refused to follow your proposals and would you tell us please which heads of state and government were involved? >> first of all, if you ask me about the lamb to the couple and i don't use that name but with the greek authorities that did not respect the stability at gross impact. it is because of this we have a huge problem. regarding the commission -- commissioner armenia with my full support and the support of the college performed its job in an exceptionally competent way and this issue of the council of greece was several times addressed in the meetings regarding the least of the member states that voted against this matter i cannot buy my heart told you exactly but i know germany voted against and it was germany that told me at this time they are going to vote for it. >> [speaking in native tongue] >> translator:

our own ambassador to armenia at the time, henry morganthau, informed the secretary of state, it appears that a campaign of race extermination is in progress. mr. speaker, the facts here are not in dispute. the one thing left to question is not whether the armenian genocide took place, but rather if we in this chamber have the moral and political backbone to stand for truth. the house foreign affairs committee will have the opportunity this week to pass h.res. 252 and stand up for truth. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from louisiana rise? mr. fleming: to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: -- mr. cao: i rise today in honor of black history month. known as the queen of creole cuisine, she's a chef, a television host, a cultural ambassador, and owner of the famous louisiana landmark restaurant. the restaurant is located in the historic nabet of new orleans and was immortalized in the television show "frank's place." it was established as a spiritual, cultural, and historical landmark long before television producers came kn

this includes turkey, armenia, kenya, mexico, rwanda and many other countries.h have relations with israel and others don't. politics and economy are irrelevant. such is the case of haiti. the idf always a ride sufferers to and always leaps into the unknown in order to save as many lives as possible and ease the pain. in the past, on a myself participated in aid to india as well as a rescue mission to kenya. just as before, i was surrounded with wonderful people from the idf medical corps soldiers were dedicated and determined to save lives. i have a small accent. -- accident. [laughter] we never asked questions. we never asked what interests are or how much will it cost. we never hesitate and we take over the mission with a full sense of purpose, and in the and we gained something priceless. the look in a child's eyes whose life we saved. the gratitude of the mother who's studying child was rescued and the understanding that the idf in haiti or any other place in the world is an island of hope in the sea of despair. ladies and gentlemen, all right, dr. colonel

president, on that trip, was working on bringing about the normalization of relations between turkey and armenia. progress has been made. they have announced the idea of that normalization. protocols to normalize the relationship have to go through the turkish parliament. our focus is on moving that through. as the president has told these two countries, it is in their best interests to move forward. >> are you afraid that this would throw that off a little? >> our focus is on insuring that we continue to make progress on an issue that has, for almost 100 years, divided to countries -- divided two countries. through tough diplomatic work by secretary clinton, we are on the cusp of normalization. i think the president believes that passage of these protocols in the turkish parliament will make it that much easier. >> does the white house feel like the intense focus on premium increases in the past couple of weeks and the anthem story is giving new momentum, either with lawmakers or the public? >> obviously, we have heard -- this is a letter from -- it is dated december 29. we have heard in the