It's certainly no surprise to see Bruce Jackson, as a board member of the Project for a New American Century and a former executive of Lockheed Martin, a major arms dealer to Turkey, seeking to dismiss the contributions that our nation's citizens of Armenian heritage bring to the democratic discourse in Washington about the values and interests that should drive U.S. foreign policy, said Aram Hamparian, Executive Director of the ANCA.

"Mr. Jackson's angry attack reflects a disdain for real democracy here in America, just as his callous dismissal of human rights betrays a growing anxiety among an aging and increasingly out-of-touch generation of inside-the-beltway pro-Turkey apologists that they are losing their influence here in Washington," ANCA Executive Director told Pan.ARMENIAN.Net.

“Armenian lobby has a “bad reputation” in the US capital,” Today’s Zaman cited Bruce Jackson as saying earlier. “They have tried to block Matthew Bryza’s appointment as the US ambassador to Azerbaijan after previously delaying Philip Gordon’s appointment as assistant secretary of state for Europe. Both diplomats are widely admired by both political parties,” he noted.