by Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier · Published June 13, 2017
As Turkey becomes the target of worldwide condemnation for its human rights violations, the Turkish government decides to spend a fortune on lobbying and public relations firms to try to cleanse its tarnished reputation....
by Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier · Published March 29, 2016
For years, many critical books and articles have been written about foreign countries and domestic groups for hiring lobbying firms or making campaign contributions to influence government officials. One such article was published last...
by Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier · Published March 22, 2016
Two weeks ago, I reported that former Cong. Dan Burton had resigned as Chairman of the Washington-based Azerbaijan America Alliance because he had not been paid for a year! It is hard to feel...
by Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier · Published January 26, 2016
While Armenian-Americans closely follow the sinister efforts of Turkey and its lobbying firms, they rarely pay attention to a handful of Turkish-Americans who are either on the payroll of the Turkish government or blindly...
by Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier · Published June 2, 2015
Federal prosecutors indicted last week former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert for: 1) Lying to the FBI on why he had withdrawn nearly $1.7 million from various banks in the last four years, 2)...
