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Though the U.S. government has yet to recognize the post-World War I mass killings in Armenia as a genocide, some students and faculty at the Graduate School of Design have—and have taken action...
...weeks ago, Design School professors Allen Sayegh and Martin Bechthold took 12 of their graduate students to Armenia...
...trip—which concluded last week—was part of a new studio class, which focuses on designing a genocide museum in the capital of Armenia, Yerevan...
...their families to the Washington area, which results in them spending less and less time in town. At the same time, new ethics rules have reduced the frequency of sponsored overseas travel, depriving members of that chance to spend time together. "It's on the 13-hour flight to Armenia that you get to know each other," says Jason Grumet, president of the Bipartisan Policy Center...
...Despite the potential for disagreements, the Obama Administration considers Turkey a crucial ally in a region riddled with conflict. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton played a key role in ensuring a last-minute deal in August between Turkey and Armenia aimed at normalizing diplomatic relations and eventually opening their long-closed border. That agreement is one of the U.S. Administration's chief foreign policy successes to date. Obama, who shied away from a campaign pledge to recognize the 1915 mass killings of Armenians by Ottoman soldiers as genocide in favor of supporting a bilateral peace process, will press Erdogan...