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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“The politics of the family are the politics of a nation. Just as the authoritarian family is the authoritarian state in microcosm, the democratic family is the best training ground for life in a democracy.”
—Letty Cottin Pogrebin (20th century)
“Our family talked a lot at table, and only two subjects were taboo: politics and personal troubles. The first was sternly avoided because Father ran a nonpartisan daily in a small town, with some success, and did not wish to express his own opinions in public, even when in private.”
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