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'The Historical Record Is Affirmed': Armenian Reaction To Biden Recognition Of Armenian Genocide

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President Biden is the first sitting U.S. president in decades to formally call the mass slaughter of Armenians at the hands of Ottoman Turks more than a century ago a "genocide."

We get perspective from Ara Sanjian, an associate professor of history at the University of Michigan-Dearborn and the director of the university's Armenian Research Center.

This segment aired on April 26, 2021.

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