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'Special Report' Panel on Armenian Genocide Resolution

This is a rush transcript of "Special Report With Brit Hume" from October 17, 2007. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated.(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)REP. JOHN MURTHA, D-PA.: We need every ally we can get. They are important to our effort in Iraq. We have 160,000 troops in Iraq. This is important to the U.S. and Iraq, period.(END VIDEO CLIP)BRIT HUME, HOST: Well, that was Jack Murtha, famed ally and supporter of Nancy Pelosi. But in this issue he is resisting what the leadership wants to do. And what the leadership wants to do it is bring to the floor for action a measure that declares that the Turkish slaughter, the Ottoman Turks slaughter of a large number of Armenians a century ago during World War I was genocide.The Turks are very sensitive about it and have resisted it. And the U.S. administration, and not the first administration, does not want it passed because the Turks, for example, when in past committee, have already recalled their ambassador for consultations.This...

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