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Tancredo changes Armenian stance- Denver Post

Republican Candidate for President, Tom Tancredo from Littleton, has changed his opinion on the post World War 1 massacre of the killings of more than one million Armenians by Turkey. After World War 1 1.5 million Armenians were killed Turkish Militants. Tancredo originally viewed the massacre as genocide that the Turkish Government would have to answer for. Recently, Tancredo changed his stance on the issue. Now he says that in order for peace countries and nationalities have to put the past aside and focus on the people and governments of today. Tancredo says that he didn't change his stance because of the Presidential race or what President Bush said about opposing the measure.

This is important to me because I agree with Tom Tancredo when he says that we need to focus on the present instead of the past. I would like to learn more about President Bush's statement about the subject and his reasoning behind it. I would also like to know how much this event affects people in Turkey today.