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Apr 26, 2021 13 min

A genocide recognized

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For more than a century the U.S. has not formally recognized the killing of more than a million Armenians by the Ottoman Empire during WWI as genocide. Over the weekend, that changed. POLITICO’s Charlie Mahtesian explains what it means for Armenian Americans. Plus, the U.S. pledges aid to India amid a Covid surge. And a group of Senators Biden to push for Medicare expansion.Charlie Mahtesian is the senior politics editor for POLITICO.Jeremy Siegel is a host for POLITICO Dispatch.Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO audio.Jenny Ament is the senior producer of POLITICO audio.Read more: Why Biden’s Armenian Genocide Declaration Really Is a Big Deal'Of course it’s genocide': How Biden fulfilled a promise to Armenians that Obama wouldn’t

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