Four more U.S. congressmen have lent their support to a resolution accepting the 1915 incidents as "genocide," an American-Armenian group said Wednesday, as the Armenian diaspora steps up its efforts for the recognition of the bill.
Congressmen Bruce Braley, Peter Defazio, Bobby Rush and John Yarmouth extended their support to the "genocide resolution," bringing the total number of the co-sponsors from both parties in the House of Representatives to 125, the Armenian Assembly of America, or AAA, said in a statement.
Armenian lobby organizations, disappointed by U.S. President Barack Obama's decision to refrain from recognizing the 1915 incidents as
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