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    ANCA calls on Obama to meet with Armenian American community

    tert.am
    August 16, 2012 | 21:07

    WASHINGTON, DC -The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) has
    again called upon President Obama to meet with the broad-based
    leadership of the Armenian American community, noting that his
    failure, over the past three and a half years, to consult personally
    with representatives of his Armenian American constituents - major
    stakeholders in U.S. foreign policy on Armenian issues - is unhealthy
    for both American democracy and U.S. diplomacy, ANCA reports.

    To date, despite his January 2008 campaign promise of `active
    engagement with Armenian American leaders on the full range of issues
    of concern to the Armenian American community,' the President has
    failed to hold a single meeting with the community's leadership.

    The full text of the ANCA letter signed by Chairman Ken Hachikian is
    provided below.

    August 15, 2012

    The Honorable Barack Obama

    President of the United States

    The White House

    1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

    Washington, D.C.20500

    Dear Mr. President:

    I am writing to ask you, in the spirit of your campaign pledge to
    actively engage with Armenian American leaders, to invite the
    broad-based leadership of our community to a meeting with you to
    discuss your Administration's policies on Armenian issues.

    As you know, the ANCA has, since the first months of your tenure,
    regularly, publicly, and formally requested opportunities such as this
    for you to communicate personally with Armenian American leaders. Such
    a meeting, which, sadly, has yet to take place, would provide a
    much-needed platform for an open exchange of views, allowing you to
    hear directly about our concerns and disappointments as well as our
    expectations and our hopes for the future. The absence of a direct
    dialogue between you and your Armenian American constituents is
    unhealthy both for our democracy as well as for our diplomacy.

    Mr. President, given the attention that your Administration has
    devoted to Armenian issues, and the time that you have personally
    devoted to meeting with other stakeholders - including foreign
    officials and domestic groups openly hostile to our community's views
    and values - we remain hopeful that you will choose not to end your
    term in office without having held even a single official meeting with
    Armenian American leaders.

    Please accept our appreciation for your consideration of this, our
    most recent request for a personal meeting with the broad-based
    leadership of the Armenian American community.

    Sincerely,

    [signed]

    Kenneth V. Hachikian

    Chairman


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