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AMCD Meets with Bob Kurkjian, President USO West Region
November 2, 2021 On October 25, members of AMCD met with Bob Kurkjian, President of the USO West Region. Mr. Kurkjian explained how USO was founded by President Roosevelt in February of 1941. Bob Hope dedicated his life to the USO, entertaining troops worldwide from WWII to the Gulf War. The organization provides support for…
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AMCD Meets with Aziz Barez: Can Afghanistan be Saved?
October 26, 2021 On October 21, 2021, AMCD members met with Dr. Aziz Barez, an ex-diplomat and Funding Director for the Center for Afghanistan & Central Asia Strategic Studies. To the question of why the US effort in Afghanistan failed, he cited four reasons: failure of the US government, failure of the Afghanistan government, the influence of neighboring…
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AMCD Meets with Guila Fakhoury of the Amer Fakhoury Foundation
October 12, 2021 On October 7, 2021, members of AMCD met with Guila Fakhoury, daughter of Amer Fakhoury, an American citizen who was lured back to Lebanon, detained and tortured in September of 2019 on the orders of Hezbollah. He was denied medical care, beaten and forced to sign a “confession” which was then used to…
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AMCD Meets with Jesse Jensen Candidate for Congress in Washington’s Eighth District
September 27, 2021 On September 23, 2021, AMCD members met with Jesse Jensen, who is running for Congress in Washington’s 8th District, a seat currently held by Congresswoman Kim Shrier. Mr. Jensen was born the son of a pastor in rural America. He worked with Congressman Thune and helped him to be elected to the Senate.…
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AMCD meets with Deputy Sheriff Vincent Cavaleri, possible candidate for Congress in Washington’s First District
September 20, 2021 On September 16th, members of AMCD met with Vincent Cavaleri to discuss his possible run against Suzan Delbene in 2022. The Mill Creek City councilman began by declaring his solidarity with AMCD and our mission. Then he reflected on the 9/11 attacks, how the country came together then, but is now more divided…
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Dr Walid Phares gives briefing on Afghanistan for AMCD
September 13, 2021 On September 7, 2021, members of the American Mideast Coalition for Democracy met with Dr. Walid Phares, former national security advisor to Presidential candidate Mitt Romney (2011-2012) and former foreign policy advisor to President Trump, and expert on the Middle East and jihadism, to discuss the topic of Afghanistan. Dr. Phares began by…
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AMCD Meets Bahman Maalizadeh Founder of the Norooz Foundation
September 5, 2021 On September 2, members of the American Mideast Coalition for Democracy met with the founder of the Norooz (“New Day”) Foundation located in Charlotte, North Carolina. The foundation has largely focused on the needy in Iran, but has expanded operations to help refugees in Iraq, Jordan, Pakistan, Turkey and India. After the United States’ disastrous…
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AMCD Member Monica Blake has Died
August 29, 2021 Monica Maryam Blake passed away peacefully with her husband and friend by her side in San Francisco on August 22, 2021 due to a long battle with congestive heart failure and diabetes. She was born in Tehran, Iran to Mahmoud and Moulok Biklo. After a brief stay in the UK, she arrived in…
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AMCD Meets Elizabeth Kreiselmaier, Candidate for Washington’s 6th District
August 27, 2021 On August 26, 2021, the American Mideast Coalition for Democracy met with Elizabeth Kreiselmaier who is attempting to flip a seat which has been in Democrat hands since 1965 and which spans six counties in Washington state. This is Ms. Kreiselmaier’s second run for this seat. During her first run, in 2020, she…
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AMCD Asks: What Comes Next for Afghanistan and the World?
August 26, 2021 After the Biden Administration’s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan where the fate of up to 1,000 Americans trapped behind enemy lines hangs in the balance, the future of the entire region and even the world is at risk due to the rising tide of jihadism brought on by President Biden’s hasty withdrawal. Once our…
