Nekoliko puta tokom svoje uspješne predsjedničke kampanje, Barack Obama izjavio je kako namjerava za genocid priznati ubijanje 1,5 miliona civila-Armena od strane Turaka Osmanlija iz perioda 1915-1917.
Several times during his successful presidential campaign, Barack Obama said he intended to recognise the killing of 1.5 million Armenian civilians by Ottoman Turks in 1915-1917 as genocide.