http://www.armenianweekly.com/2009/09/11/sen-robert-menendez-to-receive-2009-anca-er-freedom-award-at-third-annual-banquet/ Published by the Hairenik Association, Inc. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:39:22 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.armenianweekly.com/2009/09/11/sen-robert-menendez-to-receive-2009-anca-er-freedom-award-at-third-annual-banquet/comment-page-1/#comment-3311 Seervart Wed, 16 Sep 2009 05:21:33 +0000 http://www.armenianweekly.com/?p=3678#comment-3311 I highly commend ANCA to honor Sen. Robert Menendez to receive the <strong><em>ANCA-ER Freedom Award.</em></strong>  Sen. Menendez has been a champion of speaking and acting out the truth about the Armenian Genocide and speaking on behalf of the self-determination of the Armenians in Artsakh/Nagorno-Karapakh.  Sen. Menendez clearly knows the sad history of the 1.5 Million Armenians who were mercilessly slaughtered from 1915 thru 1923 by the hands of the then Ottoman Turkey headed by Talaat Pasha.  He well knows that the Armenian Highlands belong to the heirs of the survivors of the Armenian Genocide that was stolen by Turkey until today.  He also knows that the precious Armenian lands of Nagorno-Karapakh/Artsakh and Nakhichevan belonged to the Armenian people when Stalin in 1921 simply gave it away to Attaturk to please and appease him; even though those lands belonged to the Armenian people for thousands of years hence.  Our men of arms also fought and won the war in Nagorno-Karapakh/Artsakh in 1991.  But apart from his knowledge, Sen. Menendez is an advocate of truth and justice.  My hat's off to the humanity and the humility of Sen. Robert Menendez.  His <em>Freedom Award</em> indeed will be well deserved. I highly commend ANCA to honor Sen. Robert Menendez to receive the ANCA-ER Freedom Award.  Sen. Menendez has been a champion of speaking and acting out the truth about the Armenian Genocide and speaking on behalf of the self-determination of the Armenians in Artsakh/Nagorno-Karapakh.  Sen. Menendez clearly knows the sad history of the 1.5 Million Armenians who were mercilessly slaughtered from 1915 thru 1923 by the hands of the then Ottoman Turkey headed by Talaat Pasha.  He well knows that the Armenian Highlands belong to the heirs of the survivors of the Armenian Genocide that was stolen by Turkey until today.  He also knows that the precious Armenian lands of Nagorno-Karapakh/Artsakh and Nakhichevan belonged to the Armenian people when Stalin in 1921 simply gave it away to Attaturk to please and appease him; even though those lands belonged to the Armenian people for thousands of years hence.  Our men of arms also fought and won the war in Nagorno-Karapakh/Artsakh in 1991.  But apart from his knowledge, Sen. Menendez is an advocate of truth and justice.  My hat’s off to the humanity and the humility of Sen. Robert Menendez.  His Freedom Award indeed will be well deserved.

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