David Nalbandian . The Armenian Reporter

Defense Minister Ohanian was visiting the Armenian army unit in Afghanistan in days before the deadly incidents. Photolur

At a May 11, 2006, press conference, attorney Mark Geragos, California State Treasurer Phil Angelides, and attorneys Brian Kabateck and Vartkes Yeghiayan announce a class action lawsuit on behalf of descendants of Armenian Genocide victims, against Deutsche Bank and Dresdner Bank for assets belonging to descendants of Armenian Genocide victims. Damian Dovarganes / AP

U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Matt Bryza in Yerevan, April 2008.  . Photolure

Obama and Medvedev had burgers in Arlington, VA on June 24 . Pete Souza / White House Photo

Hillary Clinton on Feb. 26 . State Dept.

Hrant Jamgochian .

Line of contact in Karabakh's Mardakert district where the skirmish occurred . Grigor Beglaryan / Armenian Reporter

Ahmet Davutoglu. Armenian Reporter

Children of Iraqi Armenians who have settled in Darbnik, Armenia . Azad-Hye.net

Ernest Vardanian testifying against himself. PMR government via youtube

Catholicos Karekin II and Archbishop Vicken Aykazian (left) exchange words as they and others leave the building of former Surb Grigor Lusavorich church in Baku. Official publication via RFERL

Danny Tarkanian.  . Tarkanian campaign

Yerevan protesters wear masks of Obama and Erdogan dressed as prisoners of the Genocide taboo. Tigran Tadevosyan / Photolure

President Sargsyan decided not to recall Armenia's signature from Turkey protocols after talking with President Obama on April 12 . Armenian president's office

Speaker Pelosi speaking at April 21 congressional commemoration. The Armenian Reporter

Senator Barbara Boxer . ANCA

Committee chair Howard Berman . weblogs.sun-sentinel.com

President Serge Sargsyan waved as he departed from Washington's National Cathedral on April 12. The Armenian Reporter

Rep. Nita Lowey.   . AP

Armenian and Turkish leaders held their only meeting at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland in January 2009 . Armenian president’s office

President Sargsyan speaking in Der Zor. President's office

Turkish presidential residence at Cankaya from above. Wikimedia

Masis Mayilian . Armenian Reporter

Silva Harotonian, an Iranian-Armenian IREX employee who has been sentenced to three years in prison over what her family calls a “tragic misunderstanding.” .

In July 2000, then–Defense Secretary William Cohen (left) signs a nonproliferation deal with Armenia’s Serge Sargsian. Department of Defense

Raffi Hovannisian speaking at Georgetown on March 1 . PF-Armenia photo

View of an Armenal production facility. Rusal.ru

Presidents of Armenia (left) and France Serge Sargsyan and Nicolas Sarkozy pose outside the presidential palace in Paris. Armenian President's office

View of the Russian checkpoint at Russian-Georgian border . Itar Tass-Photolure

A pallet of humanitarian aid being unloaded from the UAF cargo plane at Yerevan Airport. Courtesy UAF

Supporters and opponents of the resolution packed the Committee room for nearly six hours of debate and voting. Hovhannes Nikoghosyan / The Armenian Reporter

Armenians protest at Azerbaijani embassy in U.S .

Philip Gordon.

Hillary Clinton on Feb. 26 . State Dept.

Ani Serebrakian in her element. Courtesy photo.

Armenian president addressed Chatham House audience . Armenian president’s office

Rep. Howard Berman chairing committee meeting. Armenian Reporter.

Deputy Secretary Steinberg (right) in Yerevan with Foreign Minister Nalbandian on Feb. 4 . Photolure

Mark Kirk. Courtesy photo

President Obama delivers his State of the Union address on Jan. 27 . Official White House photo by Pete Souza

Three presidents visit 2014 Winter Olympics site. Kremlin.ru

Danny Tarkanian.  . Tarkanian campaign

People scrambled in the ruins as an earthquake brought widespread death and devastation to Haiti. Photolure

Putin (right) at join press conference with Erdogan on January 13. Russian government photo

U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Philip Gordon, Yerevan, June 9, 2009.  . Tatul Hakobyan / Armenian Reporter

Rep. Nita Lowey (D.-N.Y.), member of the House Appropriations Committee and chairwomen of the Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs.

Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan at a Washington press conference, Dec. 7, 2009. Armenian Reporter

Ambassador Nabi Sensoy of Turkey, who attended an Independence Day reception at the Armenian Embassy in Washington on September 30, 2008. Embassy of Turkey

Armen Rustamian, one of the four members of Armenia’s delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, chairs the Armenian parliament’s Standing Committee on Foreign Relations and is the head of the Supreme Council of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation. Tatul Hakobyan for the Armenian Reporter

Tony Blair in Baku. Daily Mail

Celeste Wallander. Melik Baghdasarian / Photolure.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Barack Obama, and their spouses last met in Pittsburgh during the G20 summit in Sept. 2009. AP

Hosts and volunteers celebrate at the end of the telethon. Photolure.

Rep. Bill Delahunt, Democrat of Massachusetts.

Gegham Bagdasarian.
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Bushehr nuclear plant in Iran is another project of Russia's AtomStroyExport which was selected for the Turkey plant. US Department of State

Recep Tayyip Erdogan .

David Krikorian . Armenian Reporter

Greg Aftandilian at an August 2009 . POMED.org

Ara Harutiunian .

Danny Tarkanian (center) with ANC activists.

Philip Gordon. Tigran Tadevosyan / Photolure.

Eka Tkeshelashvili.

Serli Hacikoglu's winning entry at the 2009 FotoWeek DC competition was taken on the Yerevan-Gyumri road. Serli Hacikoglu

Ara Harutiunian, prime minister of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, in his office in Stepanakert. Armenian Reporter

Morton Abramowitz.

Senator John McCain.

Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir, right, and Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan shake hands before their meeting, in Ankara, Turkey, Jan. 21, 2008. Leading human rights groups criticized the visit and called on Turkish leaders to pressure him into ending violations in Sudan's Darfur region. Burhan Ozbilici / AP Photo

Richard Armitage.

Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) .

Tina Kaidanow. Mkhitar Khachatryan / Photolure.

Nerses Yeritsian. Photolure.

Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian during Army Day celebrations, Jan. 28, 2009. Photolure

Sweden’s Foreign Minister Carl Bildt.

Vice President Joe Biden speaking at a university in Romania. White House

Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D.-N.J.) and Rep. Frank LoBiondo (R.-N.J.) .

Rep. Adam Schiff (D.-Calif.) at the introduction of the Armenian Genocide resolution, H. Res. 106, January 30, 2007. Armenian Reporter

President Barack Obama in his private study on Feb. 3, 2009. White House photo by Pete Souza

Talks over Iran's nuclear program have been underway in Vienna since Oct. 19 . AP photo

  Senator Robert Menendez will accept the Eastern Diocese's "Friend of the Armenians" award during the Diocesan Assembly banquet at Philadelphia's National Constitution Center, on Friday, May 1.

The U.S. Capitol. Wikipedia

Alexander Vershbow in Kazakhstan last June . NATO website

UNDP Human Development Report. .

Turkish memorial in Baku . sapronov.livejournal.com

The co-chairs of the House Armenian Caucus, Frank Pallone, Jr. (D.-N.J.) and Mark Steven Kirk (R.-Ill.), who commented on the latest developments in Armenia-Turkey relations.

Anatolian Eagle exercise emblem. Turkish air force photo

Clinton and Lavrov express consternation at joint press conference in Moscow on Oct. 13 . Russian Foreign Ministry

Rep. Wexler during July 2008 book signing. Yelena Osipova / Armenian Reporter

Tim Kaine with Barack Obama. AP photo

Sen. Bob Menendez . Senator’s office.

President Serge Sargsian meets with representatives of American-Armenian and Canadian-Armenian groups in New York, Oct. 3, 2009. Press Office of the President of Armenia

Ambassador John Evans explained that any diplomatic agreement can be altered or reversed. Washington, Sept. 24, 2009. Armenian Reporter

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton with Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian of Armenia, New York, Sept. 28, 2009.

Azerbaijan's Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov at the State Department, July 7, 2007. Armenian Reporter

President Serge Sargsian of Armenia. Photolure

U.S.-made Patriot missile defense systems used by the German military. U.S. seeks to sell similar systems to Turkey. Wikipedia

Tigran Sarkisian .

Charles Diradour.

David Krikorian holding the video record of Sibel Edmonds' deposition. Armenian Reporter

Millennium Challange Corporation Acting CEO Darius Mans. Armenian Reporter

The Global Competitiveness Report.

Azerbaijan's Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov at the State Department, July 7, 2007. Armenian Reporter

Amb. Robert Bradtke being interviewed about Kosovo's independence declaration in 2008. RFE/RL

Rep. Adam Schiff.

The U.S. Capitol. Wikipedia

President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov of Turkmenistan. turkmenistan.gov.tm

The Turkish tanker Buket captured at Poti, Georgia.

President Abdullah Gul of Turkey, left, grabs President Serge Sargsian's hand during their meeting at the EU summit in Prague on May 7, 2009. With them are Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian, center, and Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu of Turkey, partly obscured on left.

Senator Edward Kennedy.

Doug Frantz on Tavis Smiley. PBS

Marc Grossman (right) speaking with then Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian in 2003. NATO

The Ronald Reagan federal building in Santa Ana, where pleas were entered. Dept. of Justice

At a May 11, 2006, press conference, attorney Mark Geragos, California State Treasurer Phil Angelides, and attorneys Brian Kabateck and Vartkes Yeghiayan announce a class action lawsuit on behalf of descendants of Armenian Genocide victims, against Deutsche Bank and Dresdner Bank for assets belonging to descendants of Armenian Genocide victims. Damian Dovarganes / AP

Danny Tarkanian, Natalie Manoogian Mosher, and David Krikorian.

Tina Kaidanow.

Putin and Erdogan meeting in Ankara on August 6.

Rep. Frank Pallone during a meeting with NKR officials at his office on Capitol Hill. NKR Office in the United States

Sibel Edmonds answering questions after her deposition on August 8, with her lawyer Michael Kohn on right. Armenian Reporter

President Dmitry Medvedev of Russia with President Barack Obama of the United States, Grand Kremlin Palace, Moscow, July 6, 2009. Russia's Presidential Press and Information Office

Then-Senator Joe Biden in Tbilisi with Pres. Saakashvili and his spouse, August 17, 2009. U.S. Embassy in Georgia

Hillary Clinton at the State Department in May 2009.

Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan at a joint press conference in Sochi, Russia, May 16, 2009.

Some of the 81 signatures of members of Congress on a letter to President Obama urging him to separate the normalization of Turkey-Armenia relations from recognition of the Armenian Genocide.

A file photo of Norair Ghalumian, now 52, a former consul at the Armenian Consulate General in Los Angeles from 1999 to 2002. Photolure

Congressional Armenian Caucus co-chair Rep. Mark Kirk (R.-Ill.) announces his bid for the US Senate. He is seen here with former Illionois Gov. Jim Edgar. ANCA

AYF protest at Chevron in Washington. AYF photo

The Navy destroyer USS Stout, pictured here at its home base in Norfolk, Virginia, anchored in the Republic of Georgia last week for naval exercises. Navy.mil

Raffi Kojian in the village of Khachik on the border with Nakhichevan.

Rep. Adam Schiff (D.-Calif.) at microphone, with Rep. George Radanovich (R.-Calif.), left, and Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D.-N.J.), discussing the Armenian Genocide resolution in January 2007. Armenian Reporter

Ken Hachikian, chairperson of the Armenian National Committee of America.

President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan visits Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Jan. 2008. AP Photo

Negotiations on Karabakh could be illustrated as a simple pendulum moving back and forth from the point of rest at 3, equivalent to the status quo. In that case 1 could represent a return to status quo ante before the conflict (Karabakh inside Azerbaijan); 2, a transitional point in such a return, such as the 1997 "stage-by-stage" proposal or the Madrid principles; 5, formalization of Karabakh's separation from Azerbaijan; and 4, a transitional point to such an eventuality that a new referendum on status or unilateral recognition of Karabakh's independence could provide. Emil Sanamyan

Hillary Clinton at the State Department in May 2009.

President Serge Sargsian on a visit to Gyumri this week. He is under fire over diplomatic setbacks in talks with Turkey and Azerbaijan. Tigran Tadevosian / Photolure

Statistics from compete.com  .

G8 summit host Silvio Berlusconi gesturing to German Chancellor Angela Merkel with Indian, U.S., British, French, and Canadian leaders looking on, July 9, 2009. G8Italia2009.it

President Dmitry Medvedev of Russia with President Barack Obama of the United States, Grand Kremlin Palace, Moscow, July 6, 2009. Russia's Presidential Press and Information Office

President Serge Sargsian with Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch at the U.S. Embassy in Yerevan, July 7, 2009. Presidential Press Service

U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Matt Bryza in Yerevan, April 2008.  . Photolure

Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan at a joint press conference in Sochi, Russia, May 16, 2009.

Senators have approved President Obama's proposal to cut US aid to Armenia by $18 million in fiscal 2010. The Senate version of the bill must be reconciled with the House version that maintains 2009 levels of aid.

President Obama and Premier Putin enjoying the outdoors.   . PeopleComment

Ilham Aliyev and Dmitry Medvedev in Baku on June 29, 2009.  . ITAR-TASS

An Israeli-made armored jeep displayed by the Azerbaijani army. Azerbaijan State TV

The knifing death of Sergei Bondarenko (pictured) was followed by anti-Armenian reprisals in a small Ukrainain town.   . Marganets.in.ua

Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch listens to a question from an audience member at the Library of Congress on June 30, 2009. Armenian Reporter

President Obama discusses Iran during a press conference, June 23, 2009. Chuck Kennedy / White House Photo

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg.

Sen. Tom Harkin (D.-Iowa).   .

Rep. Dave Obey (D.-Wis.), who chairs the House Committee on Appropriations.

Kim Kardashian's portrait on Twitter. She is most popular Armenian on Twitter, with more than 1.2 million fans. The next most popular tweeter is the New York Times. .

Journalist Roxana Saberi during a June 24 press conference in Paris calling for the release of her former cellmate, aid worker Silva Harotonian. Eric Lefeuvre / FreeSilva.org

Nigar Goksel in Armenia.

U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Matt Bryza, left, with Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev, right, during the latest Armenian-Azerbaijani summit in Russia, June 5.   . Armenian president's press office

Human trafficking ranking for Armenia from the U.S. State Dept., with Tier 1 the best, and tier 3 the worst ranking.

Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev (right) and Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Yekaterinburg, Russia, on June 16.  .

Kurmanbek Bakiyev.   . Wikipedia

Chevron was among the corporations that disclosed lobbying on Turkey's behalf against the Armenian Genocide resolution in the U.S. Congress.  .

Rep. Nita Lowey (D.-N.Y.), member of the House Appropriations Committee and chairwomen of the Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs.

The Armenian merchant marine flag had three horizontal stripes (red, yellow, red) with the Lamb of God in the middle stripe. Pictured here is a replica in the possession of Pavel Galoumian. Armenian Reporter photo

The Armenian armored cavalry in the Total War computer game.  .

Celeste Wallander speaking to PBS in 2008.  .

Former Sen. Henry Jackson, who co-authored trade restrictions legislation with Rep. Charles Vanik.

A construction crew renovating the badly damaged Arzni-Shamiram canal, January 29, 2009. U.S. Millennium Challenge Corp. funding for the waterways project continues, but the corporation "will not resume funding" for a roads project.  . Armen Hakobyan for the Armenian Reporter

Hillary Clinton at the State Department in May 2009.

Indiana University’s Charles Beeker (l.) and Fritz Hanselmann collect a sample from what is believed to be the wooden keel of the Quedagh Merchant under a pile of coral-shrouded cannons on June 2. Eleanor Seagle / Published with permission

President Barack Obama in Egypt.  . White House photo

Ahmet Davutoglu, foreign minister of Turkey and president of the United Nations Security Council for June 2009, chairs a Security Council meeting on genocide – specifically the prosecution of persons responsible for serious violations of international humanitarian law committed in the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda, June 4, 2009. UN Photo / Eskinder Debebe

Incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, left, debating presidential candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi, right.
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Ken Hachikian, chairperson of the Armenian National Committee of America.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on April 22 testifying before the House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing.

Philip Gordon.

Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan at a joint press conference in Sochi, Russia, May 16, 2009.

Amb. John (Jack) Maresca.

Roxana Saberi.

Rep. Brad Sherman.

Amb. Marie Yovanovitch. Photolure

Outside the Holy Cross Church on Aghtamar Island, Lake Van. Tatul Hakobyan for the Armenian Reporter

President Obama presents his budget request to Congress.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov of Russia at the State Dept. on May 7, 2009. State Dept. photo

Ahmet Davutoglu. Armenian Reporter

Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian after leaving the State Department on May 5. Mr. Nalbandian declined interview requests during a 2-day trip to Washington. Armenian Reporter

In July 2000, then–Defense Secretary William Cohen (left) signs a nonproliferation deal with Armenia’s Serge Sargsian. Department of Defense

Armenia's Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian visited Washington in July 2008, where he met with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Armenian Reporter

Speaker Nancy Pelosi addressing the annual congressional commemoration of the Armenian Genocide on April 22, 2009. She called for “mass mobilization” to surmount opposition to the Armenian Genocide resolution but did not pledge to act on the measure now backed by more than 100 members of the House of Representatives. Armenian Reporter

Practically the entire population of Armenia once again paid its respects at the Armenian Genocide memorial monument at Tzitzernakaberd, Yerevan, April 24, 2009. Tigran Tadevosian/Photolure

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on April 22 testifying before the House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi at the 2008 commemoration of he Armenian Genocide, with the ANCA's Aram Hamparian, r., and Raffi Karakashian. ANCA

Dennis Hastert, former Speaker of the House, is a lobbyist for Turkey. AP

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meets Georgia's Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze. AFP

Tom de Waal at CSIS in May 2007. Armenian Reporter

Georgian opposition posters. Civil.ge

Silva Harotonian .

Philip Gordon.

President Obama prepares to enter Istanbul’s Blue Mosque on April 7, 2009.

President Obama meets with, from left, Armenian foreign minister Edward Nalbandian, Swiss foreign minister (and mediator) Micheline Calmy-Rey, Turkish undersecretary of the Foreign Ministry Ertugul Apakan and Foreign Minister Ali Babacan at a reception in Istanbul on April 6. The president met with the foreign ministers to commend them on “recent progress” toward the normalization of Armenia-Turkey relations and urged them to complete a bilateral agreement. Pete Souza / White House

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton with President Abdullah Gul (right) and Foreign Minister Ali Babacan, left on March 7. State Dept.

Rep. Mark Kirk (R.-Ill.) who has been selected as co-chair of the House Caucus on Armenian Issues.

Rep. Nita Lowey.   . AP

Armen Rustamian, one of the four members of Armenia’s delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, chairs the Armenian parliament’s Standing Committee on Foreign Relations and is the head of the Supreme Council of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation. Tatul Hakobyan for the Armenian Reporter

Ahmet Davutoglu. Armenian Reporter

Turkish F-16s.

Ilham Aliyev and his wife Mehriban on March 18, 2009. RFE/RL

The ANCA's Aram Hamparian during protest near Turkish Embassy in Washinton, April 24, 2008. Armenian Reporter

Hillary Clinton.

The U.S. Capitol. Wikipedia

Rep. Adam Schiff (D.-Calif.) at microphone, with Rep. George Radanovich (R.-Calif.), left, and Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D.-N.J.), discussing the Armenian Genocide resolution in January 2007. Armenian Reporter

Philip Gordon.

President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan visits Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Jan. 2008. AP Photo

President Barack Obama with Vice President Joseph Biden in Washington, March 3. Both men are strong supporters of U.S. affirmation of the Armenian Genocide. AP Photo Gerald Herbert

Silva Harotonian, an Iranian-Armenian IREX employee who has been sentenced to three years in prison over what her family calls a “tragic misunderstanding.” .

Tom de Waal, author of Black Garden: Armenia and Azerbaijan through Peace and War . Armenian Reporter

Cover of the Human Rights Watch study, “Democracy on Rocky Ground: Armenia’s Disputed 2008 Presidential Election, Post-Election Violence, and the One-Sided Pursuit of Accountability.” .

President Obama and cabinet members discuss the administration’s budget proposal on Jan. 24 at the White House. White House photo: Pete Souza

Co-chair of the Israel-Armenia parliamentary friendship group, Ze’ev Elkin, campaigning with Benjamin Netanyahu in Dec. 2008. netanyahu.org

President Dmitry Medvedev of Russia shows President Abdullah Gül of Turkey the way to go in the Kremlin during a state visit, Feb. 13, 2009.

The nuclear power plant at Metsamor. Photolure

Admiral Dennis Blair, U.S. Director of National Intelligence. Office of the Director of National Intelligence

President Barack Obama in his private study on Feb. 3, 2009. White House photo by Pete Souza

Grigor Hovhanissian, Armenia’s consul general in Los Angeles.

Plouffe in Baku. RFE/RL.

Vice President Joe Biden speaking at the Munich Security Conference, Feb. 7, 2009. Harald Dettenborn

Rep. Adam Schiff during the introduction of the House resolution on the Armenian Genocide in Jan. 2007 with Rep. Frank Pallone behind him . Armenian Reporter

Ian Bremmer, 2d from right with, from left, Pres. Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian of Armenia, and Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki of Iran at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday Jan. 29. AP Photo: Michel Euler

Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan points his finger at Israeli president Shimon Peres on a panel in Davos.

At the Manas Air Force base in Kyrgyzstan on Sept. 11, 2008, a remembrance of the September 11, 2001,  terrorist attacks. U.S. Air Force

Obama with Sen. Dick Lugar on visit to Russia in 2005. Wikimedia photo.

Dr. Samantha Power, recipient of the ANCA Eastern Region Freedom Award on September 13, 2008 in New York. Arsineh Khachikian

Robert Avetisyan, representative of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) in the United States.

Sarkis Hakobjanian and Grigor Minasian, who have been arrested on espionage charges by authorities in the Republic of Georgia. Photolure

Priorities for the new U.S. administration, .

Cover of "Global Trends" released by the National Intelligence Council.

President Barack Obama on al-Arabiya, Jan. 27, 2009.

Barack Obama, joined by his wife Michelle, takes the oath of office to become the 44th president of the United States, Jan. 20, 2009. AP Photo: Elise Amendola

Hillary Clinton with Barack Obama.

A rendering of Turks' departure from Ergenekon, with a she-wolf pointing the way.

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze of Georgia signing a Strategic Partnership Charter on January 9. Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Freedom House released its annual Freedom in the World report on January 12, 2009.

U.S. President George W. Bush thanks Iraq coalition countries in a speech at U.S. Central Command headquarters, May 1, 2007. The Armenian flag is next to the U.S.flag. White House photo

Sketch of Gazprom tower planned for St. Petersburg, Russia.

Russian tanks in Tskhinvali on August 8. AFP photo.

President Abdullah Gül with President Serge Sargsian in Yerevan, September 6. Photolure.

Barack Obama.

February 23, 2008 in Austin, Texas: "Obama shaking hands" from Yes We Can: Barack Obama's History-Making Presidential Campaign . Scout Tufankjian

Ilham Aliyev consults sheepherder Khanysh Kishi during his election campaign. www.president.az.

Irakli Alasania. UN.

Ogryzko of Ukraine with Rice last September. AP photo.

Russian Navy destroyer Admiral Chabanenko. This vessel this week delivered humanitarian aid to Nicaragua. Royal Navy photo.

Amb. John Danilovich on Dec. 12. Armenian Reporter.

Rep. Mark Kirk (R.-Ill.) who has been selected as co-chair of the House Caucus on Armenian Issues.

At the funeral of Hrant Dink in Istanbul, Jan. 22, 2007. Ara Sarafian

Georgian Catholicos visits Russian-occupied town of Gori on August 15, 2008. Interpressnews.

Obama with Sen. Dick Lugar on visit to Russia in 2005. Wikimedia photo.

William Cohen and Madeline Albright at the National Press Club on November 13, 2007, announcing the formation of the Genocide Prevention Task Force. Nareg Seferian for the Armenian Reporter

Ilham Aliyev wearing Turkmen national garb, with portrait of Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov in the background, receiving a diploma at Turkmenistan State University, Ashgabat, Nov. 28, 2008. President.az

Gen. Duncan McNabb. . AP.

Samantha Power (on right) during a presentation of Carla Garapedian's (on left) Armenian Genocide documentary at Harvard in 2007. Harvard News Office

Hillary Clinton with Barack Obama.

The Bishop of Rome, Benedict XVI, with Catholicos Aram I. Catholicossate.

Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. Armenian Reporter.

Armenia's Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian with BSEC Secretary General Amb. Leonidas Chrysanthopoulos in Istanbul.

Bako Sahakian, the president of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.

The Iran-Armenia gas pipeline at Saralanj. Photolure

Presidents Sarkozy (left) and Medvedev.

Multi-National Force-Iraq insignia.The 7-pointed star represents Iraq's largest communities- Sunnis, Shias, Kurds, Turkomans, Assyrians, Yazidis, and Armenians. Source U.S. Dept. of Defense.

Vahan Hovhannesian. Photolure.

Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev, right, seen with Armenia's President Serge Sargsian, center, and Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev, as they shake hands, during a meeting at Meiendorf Castle outside Moscow, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2008. AP Photo: RIA-Novosti, Dmitry Astakhov, Presidential Press Service

ANC-PAC supporter Aida Dimejian, California State Assembly member Paul Krekorian, Glendale City Clerk Ardashes Kassakhian (in glasses), with presidential hopeful Barack Obama at a campaign event in Los Angeles, December 10, 2007. ANC-PAC.

Ambassador Arturo Sarukhán Casamitjana, the ambassador of Mexico in Washington.

UN Security Council.

U.S.S. Barry.

Armenian church in Mosul following 2004 bombings. www.texansforpeace.org

Nora Keomurjian and Karine Birazian with Barack Obama's senior campaign advisor Valerie Jarrett, in Philadelphia on October 13, 2008. ANCA

U.S. vice president Dick Cheney with Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian of Armenia in Washington on October 10, 2008. Armenian government photo

Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian in Washington . Lusine Sarkisyan for the Armenian Reporter

John Negroponte.

David Krikorian and family campaigning.

Ilham Aliyev, center, with his wife Mehriban and his late father Heydar.

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov of Russia. Wikimedia

Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian of Armenia will visit Washington October 9–14, 2008. Photolure

Ambassador Nabi Sensoy of Turkey, who attended an Independence Day reception at the Armenian Embassy in Washington on September 30, 2008. Embassy of Turkey

Alex Russin, the Millennium Challenge Corporation’s resident country director for Armenia, in Washington on October 1, 2008. Armenian Reporter

Serge Sargsian, President of the Republic of Armenia, addresses the general debate of the sixty-third session of the General Assembly. Marco Castro / UN Photo

Amb. Gilmore in his Virginia home. Armenian Reporter.

Ilham Aliyev and Dmitry Medvedev at the Meyendorf castle near Moscow on September 16, 2008.

Tu-160 in flight; Russia sent two such strategic bombers to Venezuela in mid-September 2008. .

Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D.-N.J.), with Rep. George Radanovich (R.-Calif.) behind him. . Armenian Reporter

Rep. Joe Knollenberg (l.) and Amb. John Danilovich during an interview. Armenian Reporter

Rep. Joe Knollenberg (l.) and Amb. John Danilovich during an interview. Armenian Reporter

Russian navy cruiser Moskva (background) dropped anchor in Abkhazia this week. In this NATO photo it is seen side by side with a British vessel in 2006 exercises.

Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Nagorno-Karabakh. Armenian Reporter map by Grigor Beglaryan