Someone should ask Liz Cheney why her dad was on

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the Azerbaijan Chamber of Commerce...he's a former member now.
<http://www.usacc.org/contents.php?cid=2>

U.S. Azerbaijan Chamber of Commerce - Leadership
HONORARY COUNCIL OF ADVISORS

James
Baker III

Zbigniew
Brzezinski

Henry
Kissinger

Brent
Scowcroft

John
Sununu


CHAIRMAN EMERITUS

T. Don Stacy


CO-CHAIRMEN OF THE BOARD

James A. Baker, IV
Partner, Baker Botts, L.L.P.

Reza Vaziri
President, R.V. Investment Group



BOARD OF DIRECTORS


Shapoor Ansari, MD

Halim Ates
CEO, TeliaSonera

Farhad Azima
Chairman & CEO, Aviation Leasing Group

Scott Blacklin
Vice President, Cisco Systems

Betty Blair
Editor, Azerbaijan International

Jahangir Hajiyev
Chairman, International Bank of Azerbaijan

Albert Marchetti
Vice President, Hess Corporation

Greg Saunders
Director, International Affairs, BP

Diana Sedney
Manager, International Government Relations for Chevron

Michael White
Azerbaijan Country Manager, ExxonMobil International Limited

Gregory K. Williams
Strategic Security Manager, Coca Cola




FORMER MEMBERS OF THE ADVISORY COUNCIL AND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The following individuals of high distinction have previously served on the Advisory Council and the Board of Directors:

Dick Cheney
Vice President of the United States of America

Richard Armitage
Deputy Secretary of State



BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Ilham Aliyev
President of Azerbaijan.

Abdullah Akyuz
President, TUSIAD-US Inc.

Graham Allison
Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Sam Brownback (R-KS)
US Senator

Stanley Escudero

Frank Henke
Chairman, American Bank & Trust Company

Richard Moncrief
Chairman, Moncrief Oil International

Hafiz Pashayev
Deputy Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan

Richard Perle
American Enterprize Institute, former Assistant Secretary of Defense

Frank Verrastro
Director and Senior Fellow in the CSIS Energy Program

Yashar Aliyev
Ambassador of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the U.S.



OFFICERS

Mahir Iskender
Executive Director

Fettah Anadol
Program Manager

Rovshana Samedova
Program Officer / Trainee

Sevda Ismayilova
Program Officer / Trainee


Legal Counsel
Baker Botts, L.L.P.

Treasures
Shapoor Ansari

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1. How many realize that Azerbaijan is directly related to

the Caspian Sea oil deposit..one of the largest. Cheney was there when negotiations were being made about who gets what. Next take a look at the shortest route to the gulf from Azerbaijan for a pipeline. No wonder Iran was on his radar screen..as was Iraq/Afghanistan. Google the map.