Ambassador Hoagland was nominated for the United States ambassadorship to Armenia on May 23 , 2006 . His predecessor John Marshall Evans was recalled from his position in May 2006 after publicly speaking about the Armenian Genocide . On August 1 , 2006 , the Armenian Assembly of America announced that Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Joe Biden together with Senator John Kerry requested a hold on Hoagland 's nomination , claiming that he hoped the Administration " will find a way to acknowledge the Armenian Genocide . " On September 12 , 2006 , New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez issued a hold on the confirmation vote for Hoagland , stating that " if the Bush Administration continues to refuse to acknowledge the atrocities of the Armenian Genocide , then there is certainly cause for great alarm , which is why I am placing a hold on this nominee . " With the new congress in January 2007 , the stalled nomination had expired , and on January 9 , 2007 Richard Hoagland was renominated as ambassador to Armenia . The nomination was withdrawn by the White House on August 3 , 2007
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Richard E. Hoagland