The Armenian Assembly of America acted to galvanize congressional and Armenian-American support for U.S. Ambassador to Armenia John Evans' self-evident declaration that "the Armenian Genocide was the first genocide of the twentieth century", the AAA reports. The Assembly leaders launched a comprehensive campaign that hinges on the support of the community and others of goodwill to join Ambassador Evans in properly characterizing the attempted annihilation of the Armenian people as genocide. As part of that campaign the Assembly sent an urgent memorandum to the Senate to support the Evans' declaration. According to the source, pursuing the policy of the Armenian Genocide denial Turkey relies on her supporters in the Bush Administration, US Congress and some mass media. Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues Co-Chair Frank Pallone said: "Ambassador Evans' statements did not contradict U.S. policy, but rather articulated the same message that the Bush Administration has sent to the public, the only difference in this case is that Ambassador Evans simply assigned the word to the definition that was already provided by President Bush as well as members of his administration."