OBAMA SCORES TRIUMPH

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[12:55 pm] 05 November, 2008

The November 4 decisive election for the Americans and the whole
world ended with the glorious victory of the Democratic candidate.

Yerevan’s "Congress" hotel was overcrowded today morning. The invitees
of the US Embassy in Armenia had gathered at the hotel since 7:30 a.m.

Before the end of the vote, Republican candidate John McCain
congratulated Obama on victory after seeing the great difference
in votes. He also thanked all people voting for him. All Americans
living and working in Armenian could follow the historic moment on
live broadcast.

"Today marks the victory of the first African-American candidate
Barack Obama. It is really very important as forty years ago Americans
murdered Africans because of deeply-rooted race discrimination. Today
we have the first African-American president to win the White House,"
the first Secretary for the Political-Economic Department of the US
Embassy, Daniel Hastings said to A1+.

In reply to our question whether Obama’s victory implies the end of
the Iraqi war and whether the American troops will be withdrawn from
the country, Hastings said:

"Barack pledged to withdraw the troops within a year and to concentrate
more resources in Afghanistan. He also promised to reinforce ties
with our European partners. I think it is very important who will be
appointed the next foreign minister of the country."

To note that in reply our remark that Republicans also lose elections,
Armenian Republican MP Armen Ashotyan said: "I find Republicans’ defeat
as normal. If we ruled Armenia the way they did in the USA during
the last eight years, we would undoubtedly lose elections in Armenia."