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    Armenian National Committee of America - Western Region
    104 North Belmont Street, Suite 200
    Glendale, California 91206
    Phone: 818.500.1918 Fax: 818.246.7353
    [email protected] www.anca.org

    PRESS RELEASE
    Monday, June 26, 2006

    Contact: Maral Habeshian
    Tel: (818) 500-1918


    California Leo Sarkisian ANCA Interns Hard at Work in the Nation's Capitol

    GLENDALE, CA - The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) Leo
    Sarkisian Summer Interns from California arrived in Washington, DC
    during the past week to immediately begin work on current ANCA
    Congressional initiatives.

    Intern Coordinator Megan Young explained that the internship program
    kicked-off as the ANCA is pursuing the Administration and the State
    Department to provide answers about the untimely dismissal of the US
    Ambassador to Armenia John Evans. Western Region participants Meri
    Davtian, Babken Der Grigorian, Talar Kivork, Berj Parseghian, and
    Vache Thomassian are hard at work, urging Senate Foreign Relations
    Committee members to press aggressively for answers about the Evans'
    recall during the upcoming confirmation hearing for the President's
    nominee to serve as the next ambassador to Armenia.

    Commenting on his direct involvement in the political process,
    twenty-year-old intern Berj Parseghian from Pasadena said: `Washington
    DC has empowered me to another level as I have been given the
    opportunity to step into the center of our nation's political arena
    and experience firsthand the struggles we face and the day to day
    progress we make.'

    `This is great because it is a practical application of all the
    things we've studied in school and now we are able to apply them
    directly towards Hai Tahd,' said an equally excited Meri Davtian.

    The interns will also have an opportunity to directly participate in a
    conference on the conflict in Nagorno Karabgh Republic (NKR), which is
    scheduled for next week and features NKR National Assembly Speaker
    Ashot Ghulian and NKR Foreign Minister Georgi Petrosian.

    "This year's interns have already shown the determination and
    dedication that makes the ANCA and our grassroots campaigns
    successful. I look forward to spending the summer watching them grow
    as ANCA activists," stressed Young.

    The Leo Sarkisian Internship Program provides Armenian American youth
    leaders from the across the U.S. the first-hand opportunity to learn
    about the inner workings of the American political system. Now in its
    23rd year, the program operates out of the ANCA headquarters in
    Washington, DC and runs for eight weeks.

    The ANCA Leo Sarkisian Internship Program is the cornerstone of the
    expanded ANCA Capital Gateway program, designed to provide university
    students and recent graduates opportunities to intern or find career
    positions on Capitol Hill or at other U.S. government agencies in
    Washington, DC. For more information visit the ANCA website
    www.anca.org.


    For more information on these and other ANCA programs log on to
    www.anca.org or call the ANCA-WR office at (818) 500-1918
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