Politics
See also: Armenia – United States relations and Diaspora politics in the United StatesThe Armenian American lobby is one of the most effective ethnic lobbies in the United States. Its main goal is the persuasion of US Congress to favor Armenian interests, especially to recognize the Armenian Genocide. It also had significant role in the United States providing financial support to Armenia. From 1992 to 2010 the US provided nearly $2 billion, the highest per capita amount for a post-Soviet state.
Armenian National Committee of America is the most influential Armenian American grassroots organization. Other Armenian lobby organizations are the Armenian Assembly of America, Armenian American Political Action Committee and the Armenian Youth Federation.
Fund for Armenian Relief is a humanitarian organization providing long-term programs focusing on human development.
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“Social history might be defined negatively as the history of a people with the politics left out.”
—G.M. (George Macaulay)
“The trouble with Nixon is that he’s a serious politics junkie. He’s totally hooked ... and like any other junkie, he’s a bummer to have around: especially as President.”
—Hunter S. Thompson (b. 1939)
“The average Kentuckian may appear a bit confused in his knowledge of history, but he is firmly certain about current politics. Kentucky cannot claim first place in political importance, but it tops the list in its keen enjoyment of politics for its own sake. It takes the average Kentuckian only a matter of moments to dispose of the weather and personal helath, but he never tires of a political discussion.”
—For the State of Kentucky, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)