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“One of our great strengths is we do not criminalize speech,” the secretary told a public meeting on Thursday. “People can say nearly anything they choose, and they do, in our country. And so other countries, including close friends and allies like France, have different standards, different histories, but we are, I hope, never going to go down that path to criminalize speech.”

Clinton also said the United States should not recognize the Armenian Genocide, explaining that it is a “historical” issue, rather than “political”.

As Asbarez news points out, four years ago this week – while campaigning for president – Clinton called the 1915-23 history of events in Ottoman Turkey, “a clear case of genocide.”