Instant Alert: For the 8th straight year, Obama is breaking a campaign promise to call Armenian killings ‘genocide'

MANAGE SUBSCRIPTIONS   |   UNSUBSCRIBE   |   VIEW ONLINE   For the 8th straight year, Obama is breaking a campaign promise to call Armenian killings 'genocide' by Josh Lederman on Apr 22, 2016, 12:01 PM Advertisement President Barack Obama is declining to call the 1915 massacre of Armenians a genocide, breaking a specific promise he made when he ran for president. Obama says in a statement marking Armenian Remembrance Day that the massacre was the first mass atrocity of the 20th century. He's also praising Armenia for taking in Syrian refugees. But the statement stops short of using the word "genocide" in his final annual statement on the issue. Obama is not expected to recognize the killings as a genocide before leaving office in January 2017. Armenian-American leaders say Obama is outsourcing US foreign policy and America's moral voice to Turkey. Turkey staunchly opposes the genocide label. The US is seeking Turkey's help with the Syrian refugee crisis and the campaign against the Islamic State group. SEE ALSO: Secretary of State John Kerry's record-breaking travel log   Share the latest business news with your network: Email sent to:   |   Manage your email preferences   |   Unsubscribe Terms of Service   |   Privacy Policy Business Insider. 150 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10011