Sen. Allard is aware the band is heavy metal and has strong 'political lyrics' in their songs, but he admires the band members for their standing up for what they believe in, and for their strong support of the Armenian Genocide Resolution.
But I am Armenian and I understand what it is to lose a country and lose a family and have massacres and genocides and everything against my people.
Georgia is doing a great job of opening up its economy and its government and its future to integrating with Europe and more intense democratic standards. We want to see Armenia tied as closely as it can be to Georgia for purposes of trade, for purposes of transport, and others.
Armenian is the language to speak with God.
The League of Nations is the greatest humbug in history. They cannot even protect a little nation like Armenia. They do nothing but pass useless resolutions.
I'm Armenian, but I'm very fair and I look white... I would always get such hate about it.
You can talk about Holocaust denial, but it's really marginal for the most part. What is compelling about the Armenian genocide, is how it has been forgotten.
is a sacred obligation to ensure our country honors the past; there is no dispute that what happened to the Armenian people constitutes genocide.
I repeat, I said loud and clear that 1 million Armenians and 30,000 Kurds were killed in Turkey, and I stand by that.
In my district, there is a significant population of Armenian survivors and their families that showed heroic courage and a will to survive.