On a Roll Call vote in June of 2007 calling on the [[United Nations Security Council]] to charge Iranian President [[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]] with violating the [[1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide]] and the [[United Nations Charter]] because of his calls for the destruction of the State of Israel, McDermott voted "Present." <ref>[http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2007/roll513.xml Final Vote Resulrts for Roll Call 513], retrieved from clerk.house.gov 25 June 2007.</ref> This indicates a refusal to vote one way or the other. | On a Roll Call vote in June of 2007 calling on the [[United Nations Security Council]] to charge Iranian President [[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]] with violating the [[1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide]] and the [[United Nations Charter]] because of his calls for the destruction of the State of Israel, McDermott voted "Present." <ref>[http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2007/roll513.xml Final Vote Resulrts for Roll Call 513], retrieved from clerk.house.gov 25 June 2007.</ref> This indicates a refusal to vote one way or the other. |