The resolution acknowledges the mass killing of an estimated 1.5 million Armenians by the Ottoman Empire between 1915 and 1920 as genocide. The move defies both President Donald Trump and Turkish President Recep Tayipp Erdoğan, who met in the Oval Office last month. Erdoğan warned of dire consequences for US-Turkish relations if the resolution passed. Host Marco Werman speaks with Nora Hovsepian, chair of the Armenian National Committee of America’s western region in California, about what this moment means to her.
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