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Jun 22, 20153 min read

Reps. Fortenberry, Eshoo, Denham Call on White House to Direct Assistance to Persecuted Christians

By Haig Hengen (@haighengen) AAANews Blog June 22, 2015 Last week, Reps. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) and Jeff Denham...

Nov 20, 20144 min read

Congress, Armenian Assembly Condemn Azerbaijan Downing of Armenian Helicopter in Karabakh

By Taniel Koushakjian (@Taniel_Shant) AAANews Blog On November 12th, an Azerbaijani military unit stationed near the official Line of...

Oct 29, 20144 min read

Members of Congress, Armenian Assembly Welcome White House Decision to Display Armenian Orphan Rug

By Taniel Koushakjian (@Taniel_Shant) AAANews Blog Earlier this month, the White House announced that it would finally release the...

Jul 18, 20144 min read

NATO and Azerbaijan: An Unbalanced Partnership

By Peter Kechichian and Gevorg Shahbazyan AAANews Blog Last week, Azerbaijan was again the focus of a U.S. foreign policy discussion. On...

Jul 10, 20142 min read

Obama Nominates New Ambassadors to Turkey and Azerbaijan

Peter Kechichian AAANews Blog The former U.S. Ambassador to Georgia, John R. Bass, is one step closer to becoming the next U.S....

Jul 9, 20141 min read

Assembly's Yerevan Interns Meet with U.S. Ambassador to Armenia

Armenian Assembly of America Yerevan Summer Interns meet with U.S. Ambassador to Armenia John Heffern at the U.S. Embassy in Yerevan....

Jul 8, 20143 min read

Azerbaijan Attacks on Armenia, Nagorno Karabakh Raised During State Department Daily Press Briefing

By Taniel Koushakjian AAANews Blog On Wednesday, July 2nd, a member of Armenia’s press service in Washington, D.C. raised the issue of...

May 28, 20141 min read

AAA Executive Director Meets with U.S. Ambassador to Armenia

Armenian Assembly of America Executive Director Bryan Ardouny (right) met today with the U.S. Ambassador to Armenia, John Heffern (left),...

Apr 2, 20142 min read

Congresswoman Speier Calls Armenian Christians “Unseen Victims in Syrian Civil War”

Today, Congresswomen Jackie Speier (D-CA) issued the following statement following the recent attacks against Armenian Christians in...

Mar 29, 20146 min read

U.S. State Department “Deeply Troubled” by Attacks Against Armenians in Kessab, Syria

March 29, 2014 By Taniel Koushakjian Yesterday, Marie Harf, Deputy Spokesperson at the U.S. Department of State, made the following...

Mar 28, 20141 min read

Congressman Jim McGovern Condemns Attacks Against Armenians in Kessab, Syria

Today, Congressman Jim McGovern (D-MA), Co-Chair of the U.S. House of Representatives Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, released the...

Nov 14, 201310 min read

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing Discusses Armenia

(Left: Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT); Right: Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria J. Nuland) WASHINGTON,...

Nov 11, 20132 min read

The Assembly Agenda – November 11, 2013

Last time we brought you the Assembly Agenda the U.S. government was 14 days into a partial government shutdown and on the verge of...

Oct 18, 20136 min read

Spotlight Refocus: The Latest on Turkey

By: Hamlet Tamazian & Bobby Avakian The American spotlight on the unrest in Turkey has faded since the worst of the Taksim Square riots,...

Sep 9, 20131 min read

Armenian-American Journalists to Co-Host Google + Hangout on Syria with U.S. Secretary of State

Armenian-American journalists Nicholas Kristof (New York Times) and Lara Setrakian (ABC News) will co-host a LIVE Google+ Hangout with...

Jul 30, 20136 min read

Recapping Capitol Hill Conferences – Turmoil in Azerbaijan & Syria

By: AAA Intern Hamlet Tamazian July 29, 2013 Turmoil has been ravaging the Middle East and South Caucasus for decades, and on July 16th,...

Jul 24, 20132 min read

Armenian Assembly Discusses Humanitarian Assistance to Syria with U.S. Government Officials

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last week, Armenian-American community leaders from coast to coast participated in a joint briefing on Syrian...