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“Well as you know, English has been an official language of Puerto Rico for 100 years and I think selecting the words of your governor, Spanish is the language of Puerto Rico’s heritage, English is the language of opportunity,” Romney said. I would hope that young people would learn both languages, but particularly English…that their English skills would make it even easier for them to travel and be effective in trade in the United States and, of course abroad,” he said. Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0312/74132_Page2.html#ixzz1pLf5R3ie

For the past three years, President Obama has recognized Armenian Remembrance Day by using words such as "horrific" to describe the slaughter of 1.5 million Armenians at the hands of the Ottoman Empire, breaking his promise to use the word "genocide." That does not sit well with many Armenian Americans, who say they feel betrayed. "He has, in addition to betraying his own words and compromising America’s moral standing, gravely disappointed Armenians here in the United States, in Armenia, and around the world who had looked to him as an example of courage, conviction, and conscience," the Armenian National Committee of America said in a statement. As a candidate for president, Mr. Obama spoke at length about how he would, as president, describe the events which took place in 1915 as genocide. Obama said that "America deserves a leader who speaks truthfully about the Armenian Genocide and responds forcefully to all genocides." In 2006, Oba...