Rend al-Rahim Francke, politician, political activist and once held the position as Iraqi ambassador to the United States Ayham al-Samarie, politician Adam Benjamin, Jr., Assyrian-Iraqi, Indiana Congressman Anna Eshoo, Assyrian-Iraqi, California Congressman John Nimrod, Assyrian-Iraqi, Illinois Senator Qubad Talabani, Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) representative in Washington DC and son of Iraqi president Jalal Talabani