A private, high level email exchange within the Hillary Clinton campaign about the Armenian Genocide, has been released to the public by Wikileaks, the Armenian National Committee of America reported.
The letter was written on April 19, 2015 by head of Clinton’s campaign John Podesta is addressed to Jake Sullivan, foreign policy advisor to Clinton.
The letter says:
“Friday is the 100th Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day. I presume the Armenian groups will be looking for a statement or a signal from the campaign on whether she will call it a "genocide" if she is elected president. As a Senator and candidate, she was unequivocal in recognizing the genocide. As Secretary of State, she did not use the term genocide but rather focused on future reconciliation between Turkey and Armenia.
The White House has studiously avoided using "genocide" so far. There is an internal debate now about whether to change that posture given that it is the 100th anniversary. But in all likelihood they won't change.
Two questions:
Do you all agree that she should embrace the position she took as Senator and candidate, even though she did not take it as SecState?
Do you all agree that we should just wait until we are asked as opposed to doing something proactive?
Sorry to bother with this, but as you all know this matters enormously to Armenian-Americans.”