jane o'brien has more from washington.y significant and symbolic act by america, but also the fulfilment of a personal pledge made byjoe biden when he was campaigning for the democratic nomination. it also follows a letter written by 38 republican and democratic senators saying that he should acknowledge the truth, now, it could have a detrimental effect on turkey and us relations. they have been frayed over the last few years already. partly because turkey bought a russian defence system that many nations, including america, felt could compromise its membership of nato. there has also been great concern over turkish attacks on kurds in northern syria after us troops withdrew from there. in fact, that infuriated lawmakers, who, in 2019, passed their own legislation designating the killings of armenians in 1915 as a genocide. so, in many respects, this is a logical progression from actions that america had already been taking. nevertheless, joe biden, by using this language twice, calling this a genocide twice in his statem