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Assistant Secretary Russel To Travel to Singapore, Burma, and Peru
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Washington, DC - Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel R. Russel will travel to Singapore, Burma, and Peru, November 13-18.
2016 AAFSW Secretary of State Award for Outstanding Volunteerism Abroad
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Washington, DC - Seven winners will receive the Associates of the American Foreign Service Worldwide (AAFSW) Secretary of State Award for Outstanding Volunteerism Abroad (SOSA) at a ceremony on Thursday, November 10, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. in the Benjamin Franklin Room at the Department of State. Deputy Secretary Heather Higginbottom will highlight the winners’ exemplary service and present the awards at the ceremony.
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory on the leading edge of research beneficial to agriculture
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- Written by Karen Ross, Secretary, California Department of Food and Agriculture
Sacramento, California - I was honored to have an opportunity this week to visit the world-class Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and learn about some of the cutting-edge research underway that has value to agriculture.
Passing of Janet Reno
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Washington, DC - President Barack Obama: " When Janet Reno arrived in Washington in 1993, the city had never seen anyone like her before – and hasn't since. She rose from a childhood on the edge of the Everglades to become our nation's first female Attorney General, a position she held for longer than anyone in 150 years.
Vice President and Dr. Biden to Vice President-elect Mike Pence and to Senator Tim Kaine and Anne Holton
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Washington, DC - This morning, the Vice President and Dr. Biden called Vice President-elect Mike Pence to congratulate him and Karen Pence. Both the Vice President and Dr. Biden offered to help answer any questions the Pences may have to ensure that the offices of the Vice President are turned over to the Pences as smoothly and as graciously as they were handed over to the Bidens. The Vice President expressed his admiration for the Vice President-elect and Dr. Biden told him that she knows the Pences will love the journey as much as she and the Vice President have.
Ambassador Russell Travel to Indonesia and Papua New Guinea
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Washington, DC - Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues Cathy Russell is on travel to Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, November 9–14.
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