Armenian genocide measure advances

Casting aside threats of international retaliation by Turkish officials, the House Foreign Affairs Committee voted Wednesday to unconditionally declare the killing of thousands of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire at the end of World War I a "genocide." Lisa Friedman in the Daily News.

The 27-21 vote came after more than four hours of searing debate pitting calls for America to take a moral stand against the realpolitik of offending Turkey, a major route for air cargo, fuel and other supplies for U.S. troops in Iraq.

Turks, including three members of parliament who flew to Washington for the hearing, looked on grimly as the vote tally was read.