article_snippet.sent: Tricky language: President Barack Obama (pictured Tuesday) will be sending an administration official to Armenia this week, to mark the 100th anniversary of the 1915 massacre by Ottoman Turks.
article_snippet.sent: Top administration officials discussed the decision with Armenian-American leaders Tuesday.
article_snippet.sent: The White House said U.S. officials pledged to Armenian-American leaders that U.S. would use this week's 100th anniversary of the killings 'to urge a full, frank and just acknowledgement of the facts,' but a statement about the meeting did not include the word 'genocide.'
article_snippet.sent: Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff said yesterday Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff was 'deeply disappointed' by the decision with Armenian-American leaders. '
article_snippet.sent: U.S. has long prided U.S. for being a beacon of human rights, for speaking out against atrocity, for confronting painful chapters of U.S. own past and that of others,' said Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff. '
article_snippet.sent: The White House said that while The White House understands the perspective of those hoping to hear different language from Obama this year, The White House believes The White House approach is right, 'both for acknowledging the past, and for The White House ability to work with regional partners to save lives in the present.'
article_snippet.sent: Obama's surrender to Turkey represents a national disgrace,' Armenian National Committee of America Chairman (ANCA)
article_snippet.sent: Their trip to Armenia 'has helped shine a global spotlight' on our Armenian genocide and 'the need for justice for that crime with millions,' ANCA communications director said.