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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...
Jun 22, 20153 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...
Nov 20, 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...
Oct 29, 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 18, 20144 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 10, 20142 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 9, 20141 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...
Jul 8, 20143 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),...
May 28, 20141 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...
Apr 2, 20142 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 29, 20146 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...
Mar 28, 20141 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 14, 201310 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...
Nov 11, 20132 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,...
Oct 18, 20136 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...
Sep 9, 20131 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 30, 20136 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...
Jul 24, 20132 min read
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