Posts tagged with "congress"
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Approves Menendez Resolution Honoring Greece’s 200thIndependence Day
March 24th, 202101968 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today applauded the Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s approval of his bipartisan resolution commemorating the 200th anniversary of Greek Independence Day, March 25, 2021. Cosponsored by Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), the...
37 U.S. Senators call on President Biden to Officially Recognize the Armenian Genocide
March 19th, 202101570 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, led 37 of his Senate colleagues in requesting the Biden administration join the U.S. Congress in officially recognizing the Ottoman Empire's genocide against the Armenian people. To date, no U.S. president has made it U.S. policy to...
Blinken: US will be “fully engaged” in the Cyprus issue
March 13th, 202103139 New York.- By Apostolos Zoupaniotis/CNA US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that American diplomacy will be “fully engaged” in the Cyprus issue, while testifying on Wednesday before the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Responding to a question by Congressman David Cicilline, Blinken, from the Democratic Party, referred...
In Memoriam: Senator Paul S. Sarbanes and Cyprus, By Phil Christopher, Andy Manatos and Mike Manatos
December 13th, 202001157 We mourn the recent passing of our dear friend and fellow justice-for-Cyprus advocate former US Senator Paul Sarbanes. His role with Cyprusis historic and his impact on the well-being of the country and its people extraordinary. Ever since the immediate aftermath of Turkey’s illegal invasion of Cyprus, the wisdom of Paul...
Joe Biden and a Democratic Senate are the clear choice, By Endy Zemenides
October 31st, 202001379 At first glance, it seems that Greek-Americans are in an enviable position during this Presidential election: a pro-Hellenic agenda has taken hold in both parties, both President Trump and Vice President Biden have a hand in the drastically improved bilateral relations between Greece and the U.S. and Cyprus and the US, and that these...
Cypriot American Chris Zannetos runs for Massachusetts 4th CD
April 28th, 202002582 Weston, Ma. (GreekNewsOnLine) Chris Zannetos, a first generation Cypriot-American, is running for US Congress in Massachusetts in the 4th Congressional district, southwest of Boston. This is an open seat previously held by Congressman Joe Kennedy who is running for the US Senate and there are 10 more contestants in the...
Restrictions on the sale of F-35s to Turkey maintained in the Joint Senate-House Conference Report
September 13th, 201802418 New York.- A joint House and Senate Conference Committee maintained restrictions on the sale of F-35s to Turkey in its Conference Report regarding the Department of Defense Appropriations bill for fiscal year 2019. According to Bloomberg, “transfers to Turkey of Lockheed Martin Corp.’s F-35 would be barred temporarily under a...
How might the deal on the Macedonian issue be assessed in the U.S. Congress?
June 17th, 201803056 The Executive Director of HALC explains that with the agreement accomplished by the Greek government on the name issue the goals set by the Greek American Community with U.S. Congress are met Chicago, IL.- By Endy Zemenides In 2008, in a video sent around the world by the Pan Macedonian Association of America, then President Nina...