 The first mention of the nascent Azerbaijani-Americans in the U.S. political life appears in the 1990 issue of "The Economist".By the late 1990s, the Azerbaijani-Americans became more active in the American sociopolitical life, including the U.S. Congress, mainly advocating Azerbaijani interests in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.By 2002, the Azerbaijani-Americans became active enough to be mentioned in the speeches in the U.S. Congress.