query: who is the secretary of state in washington dc

pos: United States Department of State United States Department of State The United States Department of State (DOS), commonly just referred to as the State Department, is the federal executive department that advises the President and represents the country in international affairs and foreign policy issues. Equivalent to the foreign ministry of other countries, it was established in 1789 as the nation's first executive department. The current Secretary of State is Mike Pompeo, who ascended to the office in April 2018 after Rex Tillerson resigned. The State Department's duties include implementing the foreign policy of the United States, operating the nation's diplomatic missions abroad, negotiating treaties

neg: Families Advocating for Campus Equality your son is a rapist and you're lying for him." FACE has become actively involved in educating state and federal legislators about the need for improvement in the way campuses respond to allegations of sexual harassment and misconduct. On July 13, 2017, co-presidents Alison Scott and Cynthia Garrett shepherded several students who had endured biased Title IX disciplinary proceedings to a meeting in Washington DC with Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. Garrett reported that the room was eerily silent as the Secretary listened intently to several students tell her their stories. Later, during Secretary DeVos' September 7, 2017 speech

neg: University Club of Washington, DC presented to the top women's player each year. Notable past and current Club members include former Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill, former President Richard Nixon, numerous Supreme Court Justices, former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge, and former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. University Club of Washington, DC The University Club of Washington, D.C., is an American private club in downtown Washington, D.C., United States. Established in 1904 simply as the University Club, its first president was then Secretary of War and future United States President William Howard Taft. In 1936, it merged with the Racquet Club of Washington, and

neg: Occupation statute Occupation statute The Occupation Statute of Germany () of April 10, 1949 specified the roles and responsibilities of the newly created German government and the Allied High Commission in West Germany. It was drawn up by American, British, and French representatives and was in force until the Treaties of Paris (1954) came into force on May 5, 1955. The statute's authors were United States Secretary of State Dean Acheson, British Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Ernest Bevin, and the French Prime Minister Robert Schuman, who deliberated for eight days in intensive conferences in Washington, DC. It gave

neg: Virginia L. Bennett United States Mission to the United Nations, in Washington, DC, in the United States Department of State Operations Center, and in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs. She served as Executive Assistant and Chief of Staff to Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte from 2007 to 2009. From 2009 to 2011, she was Deputy Executive Secretary of the State Department under Secretary Hillary Clinton. From 2011 to 2014, she served as the Deputy Chief of Mission at the US Embassy in Athens, Greece. On July 14, 2014, Bennett was appointed Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights,

neg: Sean McCormack the President, Spokesman for the National Security Council, and Deputy White House Press Secretary for Foreign Policy. McCormack joined Boeing in 2009 and served as the vice president of Communications in Government Operations in the Washington DC office of Boeing until 2014. Sean McCormack Sean McCormack is a former United States Assistant Secretary of State. He was sworn in as Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs and Department Spokesman on June 2, 2005, and served until January 20, 2009. McCormack is currently vice president of Communications for Boeing Commercial Airplanes. McCormack graduated from Colby College in 1986 with a

neg: American-Russian Cultural Cooperation Foundation on the campus of George Washington University in Washington, DC. This statue was presented by US Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott and Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov. In 2009, ARCCF, in collaboration with the Russian Peace Foundation, also placed a reciprocal monument of American poet Walt Whitman on the campus of Moscow State University, where it was unveiled by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. These two projects form a “Poetic Bridge” between the two capitals and emphasize the connection between the people of the two countries. Over the years, ARCCF has proudly

neg: John Coulson (diplomat) John Coulson (diplomat) Sir John Eltringham Coulson (1909–1997) was a British diplomat who was ambassador to Sweden and secretary-general of EFTA. Coulson was born 13 September 1909. He was educated at Rugby School and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. He joined the Diplomatic Service in 1932. He served at Bucharest, Paris, New York and Washington, DC, before being appointed Ambassador to Sweden 1960–1963. He was then Deputy Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign Office 1963–1965, Chief of Administration of HM Diplomatic Service briefly from January to September 1965, and Secretary-General of the European Free Trade Association 1965–1972. He died 15 November

neg: Polaris Sales Agreement Washington, DC, on 6 April 1963 by Ormsby-Gore and Dean Rusk, the United States Secretary of State. The two liaison officers were appointed in April; Captain Peter la Niece became the Royal Navy project officer in Washington, DC, while Captain Phil Rollings became the US Navy project officer in London. The Joint Steering Task Group held its first meeting in Washington on 26 June 1963. The shipbuilding programme would prove to be a remarkable achievement, with the four submarines built on time and within the budget. The first boat, was launched in September 1966, and commenced its first deterrent patrol

neg: Embassy of Libya in Washington, D.C. Embassy of Libya in Washington, D.C. The Embassy of Libya in Washington, D.C. is the diplomatic mission of Libya to the United States. It is located at 1460 Dahlia Street NW Washington, DC 20012. The current Ambassador is Ms. Wafa Bughaighis. The former Ambassador is Ali Aujali. As a result of the 2011 Libyan civil war, in March 2011, the U.S. suspended relations with the Libyan embassy in Washington, D.C. In July 2011, at an international conference on Libya held in Turkey, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stated that the US had decided to formally recognise the National Transitional Council

neg: Matthew A. Reynolds Department of State, Reynolds assumed leadership of the newly established Washington, DC Representative Office of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East. Mr. Reynolds is a native of Dover, Massachusetts and grew up in Kanpur, India and Beirut, Lebanon. He graduated from Tabor Academy in Marion, Massachusetts and received his B.S.F.S. degree and the Dean's Citation from the School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University. Matthew A. Reynolds Matthew A. Reynolds served as the United States' Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs from to , serving under the 66th Secretary of State Condoleezza

neg: Notary public (United States) the Secretary of State. South Carolina is one of three states (Florida and Maine are the others) where a notary public can solemnize the rites of matrimony (perform a marriage ceremony)(2005). If you live in South Carolina but work in North Carolina, Georgia or Washington, DC, these states will permit you to become a notary public for their state. South Carolina does not offer this provision to out-of-state residents that work in South Carolina(2012). Texas Government Code Section 406 governs notaries public. The Texas Secretary of State handles appointments of notaries public. Any person appointed serves for four years and

neg: Francis B. Loomis 1901. A year later, he was recalled to Washington, DC and was appointed Assistant Secretary of State. On the death of Secretary John Hay, he served as acting Secretary of State briefly in 1905. During his State Department tenure, he became associated with the reorganization of the American Red Cross, serving as a charter member. His commissions included final negotiations which resulted in the acquisition of the Panama Canal Zone, service as special ambassador to France to receive the body of John Paul Jones and Special Envoy Extraordinary to Japan, arranging the visit of the U.S. fleet to that country

neg: Humanities DC collection. List of state humanities councils Humanities DC Humanities DC (formerly known as the Humanities Council of Washington, DC) is a local, non-profit affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities based in Washington, DC. Humanities DC was founded in 1980 to fund and produce public humanities programming in the District of Columbia. It is one of 56 state humanities councils founded in the wake of the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act of 1965. The Humanities DC office is located at 925 U Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001. Founded in 1980 as the D.C. Community Humanities Council,

neg: The Asia Group The Asia Group The Asia Group LLC (TAG) is a strategy and capital advisory group based in Washington DC with an affiliated office in Hong Kong. The firm was founded in 2013 by Dr. Kurt Campbell, the former Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs and Nirav Patel, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Strategy and Multilateral Affairs. The company works with clients to identify, integrate and advance new business opportunities, as well as work with existing businesses to navigate the complexities of both established and emerging markets in Asia. The Asia Group is not a

neg: Mongolia–United States relations Bator in June 1988. The U.S. embassy formally opened in September 1988. The first U.S. ambassador to Mongolia, Richard L. Williams, was not a resident there. Joseph E. Lake, the first resident ambassador, arrived in July 1990. Secretary of State James Baker visited Mongolia in August 1990, and again in July 1991. Mongolia accredited its first ambassador to the United States in March 1989. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright visited Mongolia in May 1998, and Prime Minister Nambaryn Enkhbayar visited the American capital Washington, DC in November 2001. Deputy Secretary of State Richard L. Armitage visited Mongolia in January 2004,

neg: Laurence Duggan Spanish and Portuguese, and toured the region to become better acquainted with it. By 1930, he had produced a report that reached Charles Howland, head of studies in international relations at Yale University. Howland forwarded the report to Dana Munro, chief of the Latin American Division, who offered Duggan a position. In 1930, Duggan moved to Washington, DC, to join the U.S. Department of State—nine of those years as head of the Latin American Division and four as adviser on political relations. (His Harvard friend Noel Field had joined State in the late 1920s.) Duggan served as Secretary of State

neg: Kris M. Balderston Balderston holds his Bachelor of Arts in political science from Le Moyne College and his Master of Arts in government from Georgetown University. Kris M. Balderston Kris M. Balderston is General Manager of the Fleishman-Hillard Washington, DC office. His 25-year career in Washington includes leadership positions across the U.S. Government, from the White House, U.S. Senate, and State Department. Previously, he served as the Secretary's Special Representative for Global Partnerships and managed the Global Partnership Initiative in the Office of the Secretary of State. Prior to his role at the United States Department of State, Balderston was Senator Hillary Clinton's

neg: Eugene W. Hickok of Education provide states with written guidelines, however Hickok rejected the request. In July 2005, Hickok was hired by Washington, DC-based Dutko Worldwide to head their education practice. Dutko is a Washington, DC-based government affairs firm who, according to their web site, is "consistently ranked as one of the top 10 most powerful lobbying firms in the country by FORTUNE magazine." Also in July, former deputy education secretary Hickok registered as a lobbyist with the United States Senate Office of Public Records. Eugene W. Hickok Dr. Eugene W. Hickok (Born 1951, Denver, Colorado) is an advocate for public education reform

neg: Kris M. Balderston Kris M. Balderston Kris M. Balderston is General Manager of the Fleishman-Hillard Washington, DC office. His 25-year career in Washington includes leadership positions across the U.S. Government, from the White House, U.S. Senate, and State Department. Previously, he served as the Secretary's Special Representative for Global Partnerships and managed the Global Partnership Initiative in the Office of the Secretary of State. Prior to his role at the United States Department of State, Balderston was Senator Hillary Clinton's first legislative director in January 2001, before serving as her Deputy Chief of Staff from 2002 to 2009. Balderston began his career with

neg: Henry Ledyard and was involved in a number of other ventures that promoted communication between Detroit and the interior of the state. In 1849-1850 he was an alderman of the city, and served as mayor in 1855 and was one of the original commissioners on the Board of Water Commissioners. Ledyard was a Democrat, and was elected as a state senator in 1857. However, when Lewis Cass was appointed Secretary of State under James Buchanan, Ledyard resigned his post in the legislature and accompanied him to Washington, DC, and remained there until 1861, briefly serving as assistant secretary of state. Afterwards, he

neg: Kerry Healey the Public-Private Partnership for Justice Reform in Afghanistan (PPP). The partnership aims to promote a democratic rule of law in Afghanistan by providing scholarships, training, and other educational resources to Afghan legal professionals. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reappointed Healey in 2009. Healey chaired the PPP's Afghan Women Lawyers' Training Conference held in California and Washington, DC, and in 2010, she led the Afghan Defense Lawyer Training Program in Boston and Washington, DC. Healey currently serves as president of the Board of the Friends of the PPP, a 501(c)(3) non-profit that assists the PPP in achieving its goals in carrying

neg: Edwin Stanton Preparatory School in Jacksonville, Florida. A steam engine, built in 1862, was named the "E. M. Stanton" in honor of the new Secretary of War. Stanton County, Nebraska, is named for him. Stanton Middle School in Hammondsville, Ohio, is named after him. A neighborhood in Pittsburgh is named for him (Stanton Heights) as well as its main thoroughfare (Stanton Avenue). Stanton Park and Fort Stanton in Washington, D.C., were named for him, as was Edwin Stanton Elementary School in Philadelphia. Edwin L. Stanton Elementary School in Washington, DC was named for his son who served as the Secretary of the

neg: Washington Medal of Merit "medal of merit committee," which is composed of the governor himself, as well as the chief justice of the Washington State Supreme Court, the speaker of the Washington State House of Representatives, and the president of the Washington State Senate. The Washington Secretary of State serves as the committee's secretary. The process for nomination is not set by law, but, under current rules adopted by the committee, any person may nominate a qualified candidate through submission of a letter of nomination to the secretary of state who periodically presents received nominations to the committee for consideration. While there are no

neg: Frederick M. Hess policy studies program at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), a public policy think tank in Washington, DC. While at AEI, Hess has hosted public events with policymakers to discuss their visions for reforming American education. Notable speakers have included US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on cost-efficiency in K-12 schools, Congressman John Kline (R-MN) on the Republican vision to fix the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), and former Washington, DC, Chancellor and current StudentsFirst CEO Michelle Rhee on how education leaders can transform failing schools. Hess has also led major conferences on the Common Core State Standards Initiative, civic

neg: Secretary of State of Washington Secretary of State of Washington The Secretary of State of Washington is one of the elected constitutional officers of the U.S. state of Washington. The duties of the office are specified in Article III, Section 17 of the Washington State Constitution and Chapter 43.07 of the Revised Code of Washington. The Secretary of State is second (behind the Lieutenant Governor) in the line of succession to the Office of the Governor. There have been 15 Secretaries of State since Washington became a state. The current Secretary of State is Kim Wyman. To hold office as secretary of state, a person

neg: Frank Lockhart (diplomat) Washington DC. He was interred in Rose Hill Cemetery in Pittsburg, Texas Frank Lockhart (diplomat) Frank Pruitt Lockhart (April 8, 1881 – August 25, 1949) was an American diplomat who served for many years in China. Lockhart was born April 8, 1881 in Pittsburg, Texas, the son of Franklin Asbury and Mary E. (Pruitt) Lockhart. He attended Grayson College. Following graduation he first worked as a newspaper editor in Texas. After two years he went to Washington DC where he worked as a private secretary to Morris Sheppard, who was a senator and subsequently member of the House of Representatives.

neg: Patrick Wright, Baron Wright of Richmond in the Lebanon from 1956 to 1957. He was posted as Second Secretary in the British Embassy in Beirut from 1958 to 1960. Between 1960 and 1965, he was Private Secretary to the Ambassador and First Secretary in the Washington DC Embassy, between 1965 and 1967 Private Secretary to the FCO's Permanent Under-Secretary of State (PUS) and First Secretary and Head of Chancery in the British Embassy in Cairo between 1967 and 1970. Wright was Deputy Political Resident in Bahrain in 1971 and 1972, Head of Middle East Department in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office from 1972 to 1974, and

neg: Samuel Odoi-Sykes "Foreign Policy of the United States" at the School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Washington, D.C.. From 1958 to 1959 he was General Secretary of the National Union of Ghana Students. He began his career as a teacher at the Abuakwa State College, Kyebi, in the Eastern Region. He was later moved to the Ministry of information as an Information Officer. In 1963 he joined the Foreign Service. He was the first secretary of the Ghana High Commission to India, New Delhi. In 1963 he was responsible for public relations in Washington DC. He was director of the

neg: John Davis (United States Court of Claims judge) his uncle, United States Agent J. C. Bancroft Davis, Joint High Commission, Geneva, Switzerland, 1872. He also was private secretary to Secretary of State Hamilton Fish, 1872-1873. Later, he was Clerk, U.S. Court of Commissioners of the Alabama Claims, 1874. He was in the private practice of law in New York City and Washington, DC, from 1874 to 1881. He also was Assistant Counsel of the United States at the French American Claims Commission, 1881-1882 before serving as Assistant Secretary of State during the period 1882 to 1885. Davis was nominated to the Court of Claims by President Chester A.

neg: James Cran Major (June 1995), Michael Howard (1997) and the latter stages of William Hague's campaign (1997). He was a consistent opponent of the Maastricht Treaty and therefore of the single currency and closer European integration. He was also Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1995–96). He was also present with the Secretary of State in Washington DC at the first meeting with Gerry Adams, then President of Sinn Féin. Cran was also Pairing Whip and then Assistant Chief Whip (1997–2001). He was appointed Shadow Deputy Leader of the House by the then Leader of the Opposition

neg: Bernadette Meehan one of the 12 most promising future leaders in the Department of State. In 2010 Meehan returned to Washington DC to work as a State Department Line Officer, advancing then US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s overseas travel, as well as traveling with Clinton as a member of the “Plane Team” that prepared the Secretary of State's briefing papers on foreign trips. Meehan worked as a Line Officer for ten months when she was invited to become one of Clinton’s two Special Assistants. In 2012, Meehan joined the National Security Council, and in 2014 Meehan became the Spokeswoman for the

neg: Green Hackworth Green Hackworth Green Haywood Hackworth (Prestonsburg, Kentucky, January 23, 1883 – Washington, DC, June 24, 1973) was an American jurist who served as the first U.S. judge on the International Court of Justice, as President of the International Court of Justice, as the longest running Legal Adviser to the US Department of State (1925 -1946) and as a member of Secretary of State Cordell Hull's inner circle of advisers. Hackworth was instrumental in the development of plans for the post World War II world order and was a key member of the U.S. delegation to the Dumbarton Oaks Conference (1944).

neg: James Reston Washington, DC. Reston married his wife, Sally (born Sarah Jane Fulton), on December 24, 1935, after meeting her at the University of Illinois. He also was a member of Sigma Pi fraternity's Phi Chapter at Illinois. They had three sons; James, a journalist, non-fiction writer and playwright; Thomas, formerly Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for public affairs and the deputy spokesman for the State Department; and Richard, the retired publisher of the "Vineyard Gazette", a newspaper on Martha's Vineyard purchased by the elder Reston in 1968. While at Illinois, he was roommates with John C. Evans, who was also a

neg: Historical characters in the Southern Victory Series major, the French Military Attaché to Washington, DC, at the onset of the Second Mexican War. With his German opposite number Alfred von Schlieffen, and an unnamed British army captain, he accompanies U.S. Secretary of State Hannibal Hamlin and Captain Saul Berryman (U.S. Army) under a flag of truce to the Long Bridge outside Washington D.C. The truce, called by C.S. President James Longstreet and C.S. General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson, is designed to declare Washington D.C. an open city, sparing its destruction. The Confederate proposal is rejected by Berryman, under the authority of U.S. Commanding General William Rosecrans. The

neg: Arts Olympiad within a school or school district. The artworks are then submitted to Washington, DC for another selection to have a representative of each participating state. In other countries, the partner in each country will administrate the selection. The selection can be in many phases involving the competition at the local level and at the national level. The winners who represent the participating U.S. states and countries are invited to the World Children's Festival in Washington, DC. The World Children's Festival is a three-day festival held every four years on the National Mall in Washington, DC for winners of the Arts

neg: Secretary of State of Washington Address Confidentiality Program, management of the Washington State Library and Washington State Archives, and chairing the Washington State Productivity Board. The State of Washington has had a total of fifteen Secretaries of State: Secretary of State of Washington The Secretary of State of Washington is one of the elected constitutional officers of the U.S. state of Washington. The duties of the office are specified in Article III, Section 17 of the Washington State Constitution and Chapter 43.07 of the Revised Code of Washington. The Secretary of State is second (behind the Lieutenant Governor) in the line of succession to the

neg: Humanities DC Humanities DC Humanities DC (formerly known as the Humanities Council of Washington, DC) is a local, non-profit affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities based in Washington, DC. Humanities DC was founded in 1980 to fund and produce public humanities programming in the District of Columbia. It is one of 56 state humanities councils founded in the wake of the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act of 1965. The Humanities DC office is located at 925 U Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001. Founded in 1980 as the D.C. Community Humanities Council, Humanities DC funded several high-profile documentary

neg: Thomas Westbrook Westbrook Waldron". A great-great-grandson of this name, a US consul who died in 1844 at Macau, was commemorated in a May 1, 2009 Washington DC ceremony by then-Secretary of State Clinton. The names "Thomas Westbrook" or merely "Westbrook" as given names were in use among descendants well into the twentieth century. In 1814 the town of Stroudwater was created from Falmouth. Within a couple of months, the town was renamed Westbrook in honour of the Colonel. "...[I]t was a member of the Knight family -the descendants of Westbrook['s sister] who were holding the secret of his burial place - who

neg: Harrison J. Pinkett the Blackstone Club and was active at the Bethel Literary and Historical Society (where he was secretary) and the Richards Debating Club. In 1905, Pinkett acted as secretary of the first meeting of the Niagara Society in Washington, DC presided by DC Society Head, Lafayette McKeene Hershaw. Hershaw was then elected secretary with the presidency going to John F. Cook: Pinkett shifted to assistant secretary. Other officers included, Lewis Henry Douglass, Francis James Grimké, William Henry Harrison Hart, William Calvin Chase, William H Richard, John Wesley Cromwell, and William C. Martin. In January, 1907, Pickett was admitted to the DC

neg: DC Youth Orchestra Program students in the program also performed for Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the Ecumenical Patriarch at the State Department building in Washington, DC. In the fall of 2011, the organization reinstituted its touring program, with a domestic Eastern Seaboard tour that included Baltimore and Philadelphia, working with esteemed musicians from the Philadelphia Orchestra. In 2014, the program announced its plan to tour in the summer of 2014 to Colombia, in South America. The DCYOP aims to provide access to instrumental music education and orchestral training for all students in the D.C. area, regardless of socioeconomic status, experience, or ability

neg: Frank Lockhart (diplomat) Frank Lockhart (diplomat) Frank Pruitt Lockhart (April 8, 1881 – August 25, 1949) was an American diplomat who served for many years in China. Lockhart was born April 8, 1881 in Pittsburg, Texas, the son of Franklin Asbury and Mary E. (Pruitt) Lockhart. He attended Grayson College. Following graduation he first worked as a newspaper editor in Texas. After two years he went to Washington DC where he worked as a private secretary to Morris Sheppard, who was a senator and subsequently member of the House of Representatives. In 1914, Lockhart joined the State Department as assistant chief of the

neg: 2007 Kenyan general election of all parties and candidates." The United Kingdom's Foreign Secretary, David Miliband, said that he had "real concerns" about the elections. While the United States initially congratulated Kibaki and called for the results to be respected, it also expressed concern, and on 2 January 2008 a spokesman for the US State Department declined to confirm US recognition of Kibaki's victory. In a telex from then US Embassy in Nairobi to the State Department in Washington DC [released in July 2012], US Ambassador Michael Ranneberger set out five scenarios as to who really won the election. He wrote, ‘In all cases

neg: Point State Park it went online again at the opening of the Three Rivers Arts Festival on June 7, 2013. The fountain also serves as the western terminus for the Great Allegheny Passage, a 150-mile hiker-biker trail beginning at the 184.5 milepost of the Cumberland, MD terminus of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park, which begins in the Georgetown area of Washington, DC, thus forming in total a 350-mile recreational trail between DC and Pittsburgh. Michael DeBerardinis, Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, announced a $25 million plan to renovate Point State Park on October 11, 2006.

neg: Manuel Abreu Castillo Manuel Abreu Castillo Manuel Abreu-Castillo was a lawyer who, as the youngest President of the Puerto Rico Bar Association led a delegation of 11 lawyers from Puerto Rico during the civil rights demonstration at which Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech before the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC. During Abreu's term as Bar president, he was active in the Interamerican Lawyers Federation and served as the organization's liaison with Dr. Arturo Morales Carrión, at the time the Assistant Deputy Secretary of State for Latin American Affairs at the United States State Department. He

neg: Said Tayeb Jawad Society for Engineering Education, Washington, D.C, 2004, Honorary Doctorate Degree in Organization Leadership, Argosy University, Washington, D.C. 2007, theSpecial Award for Improving the Quality of Life, Washington, DC, 2007 and the Global Citizen Award, Roots of Peace, Washington, D.C., 2008. In his role as Senior Political and Foreign Policy Advisor to the Chief Executive of Afghanistan, Ambassador Jawad was a key participant in the US Afghanistan Dialogue at Camp David, which was hosted by Secretary of State John Kerry on March 23, 2015. Jawad attended the event as part of the Afghan Delegation, which consisted of Afghanistan's President, Chief Executive

neg: Baron Caryll of Durford Marquess of Seaforth and his wife, Lady Frances Herbert, daughter of William Herbert, 1st Duke of Powis. The widowed Lady Caryll married secondly, Francis Sempill, 2nd Jacobite Lord Sempill. The second Baron was succeeded by his grandson, John Baptist Caryll, who served as the Jacobite Secretary of State to Charles Edward Stuart ("King Charles III"), known as the Young Pretender. The Baron of Caryll of Durford (or Dunford) descendants live today in the USA. Since family moved to the USA, they dropped one of "L" in their last name and became Caryl. Christian Caryl lives in Washington DC, he is

neg: United Arab Emirates–United States relations than any port outside the U.S. Principal U.S. officials in Abu Dhabi include: Leading the UAE Embassy in Washington, DC is Ambassador Yousef Al Otaiba, who presented his credentials in July 2008. On January 15, 2009, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Foreign Minister of the United Arab Emirates, and U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice signed a bilateral agreement for peaceful nuclear cooperation that enhances international standards of nuclear non-proliferation. President Barack Obama subsequently endorsed the agreement and submitted it to Congress on May 20, 2009 for the mandatory 90-day review. After a hearing on Capitol Hill in July

neg: Edwin F. Uhl it in 1897. At one time he served as President of the Bar Association of Grand Rapids. In 1890 he was elected Mayor of Grand Rapids, serving two years. In 1893 Uhl was appointed Assistant Secretary of State and moved to Washington, DC. From May 28 to June 9, 1895, he served as Acting Secretary of State by appointment of President Cleveland. In 1895 the federal government appointed him to inspect US consular offices throughout Europe and in 1896 he was appointed Ambassador to Germany, a post he held until 1897, when the Cleveland administration and its appointees were replaced.

neg: North American Forum studied topics were demographic trends, migration and development, and regional approaches to addressing climate change. 2008 saw the return of the Forum to the United States, when the meeting was held June 15–17 in Washington, DC. The theme was "Toward a More Resilient North America" and the Forum took stock of progress made among the three governments and in the private sector. Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, and Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte all addressed the Forum. Secretary Gates' speech can be read on the Defense Department's website. The most recent meeting of the

neg: Kit Carson for a time fashioned himself as its military governor, until being replaced by General Kearney, who out-ranked him. Carson took military records to the Secretary of War in Washington, DC. Frémont wrote, "This was a service of great trust and honor ... and great danger also." In 1847 and 1848, Carson made two quick trips to Washington, DC with messages and reports. In 1848, he took news of the California Gold Strike to the nation's capitol. In July 1853, Carson was in northern Nevada, with 7,000 sheep from Santa Fe. He was taking them to settlers in northern California, and

neg: Mari Carmen Aponte Mari Carmen Aponte Mari Carmen Aponte (born 1946) is a Washington DC-based attorney who was named acting Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs on May 5, 2016. Before this post, she served as U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador, a position she first held from August 2010 until December 2011 and then from June 14, 2012, until December 2015. Before that she was serving as a member of the Board of Directors of Oriental Group, a major financial and banking services enterprise in Puerto Rico. President Obama also nominated her as the United States' Permanent Representative to the Organization

neg: Washington Boulevard (Arlington) Washington Boulevard (Arlington) Washington Boulevard is a major arterial road in Arlington County, Virginia and Washington, DC. The western portion is designated State Route 237, the eastern portion is State Route 27 and the center is an arterial road with no designation. At its easternmost end, Washington Boulevard begins on Columbia Island in Washington, DC. There it's state route 27, or South Washington Boulevard, connecting the George Washington Memorial Parkway and Arlington Memorial Bridge with Interstate 395 after crossing into Virginia. It then runs past The Pentagon and Arlington National Cemetery before turning north and west from I-395, crossing Columbia

neg: 2000 Washington secretary of state election candidates of the Libertarian Party and Reform Party, respectively. The general election was a close race, with Reed only eking out a victory over Bonker, despite outspending his opponent by a factor of nearly four to one. It was the ninth consecutive election for Washington secretary of state won by Republicans in the Democratic-leaning state. 2000 Washington secretary of state election The Washington secretary of state election, 2000, took place on November 7, 1992. Republican Sam Reed was elected to succeed incumbent Ralph Munro who did not seek re-election. The primary election took place in September. Leading contenders for the

neg: United States Department of State Operations Center United States Department of State Operations Center The United States Department of State’s Operations Center monitors world events, prepares written briefs for the Secretary of State and other State Department senior officials, and facilitates communication between the State Department and the rest of the world. As part of the Executive Secretariat, located in State Department’s headquarters in Washington DC, the Operations Center provides senior policy makers with alerts and briefings on world events affecting U.S. interests abroad. The organization's mission is to get the right information to the right people at the right time. To do so, the Operations Center

neg: University Club of Washington, DC University Club of Washington, DC The University Club of Washington, D.C., is an American private club in downtown Washington, D.C., United States. Established in 1904 simply as the University Club, its first president was then Secretary of War and future United States President William Howard Taft. In 1936, it merged with the Racquet Club of Washington, and moved to its current location at 1135 Sixteenth Street NW, approximately three blocks north of the White House. During the Warren Court justices Earl Warren and Hugo Black would often use the Club's facilities to informally discuss and gather. The Club has reciprocal

neg: Mark C. Alexander home state. After the election, he served on the Presidential Transition Team. Alexander is the son of Adele (Logan), an historian, and attorney Clifford Alexander, Jr. His family moved from New York City to Washington, DC when his father began public service during the John F. Kennedy administration. His father also served under President Lyndon B. Johnson, and was appointed by the Jimmy Carter administration as the first African-American Secretary of the Army. Mark has an older sister Elizabeth, who became a poet and professor at Yale University. Alexander graduated from college and law school, both at Yale. He became

neg: Qatar–United States relations from 2001 to 2006, also visited Qatar in 2002. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visited Qatar in February, 2010, and Secretary John Kerry traveled to Qatar in March, 2013. Principal U.S. officials include: The U.S. maintains an embassy in Doha, Qatar. Principal Qatari officials include: Qatar maintains an embassy in Washington, DC. Beginning in 1992, Qatar has built intimate military ties with the United States, and is now the location of U.S. Central Command’s Forward Headquarters and the Combined Air Operations Center. , the following American bases currently exist: In 2003, the US military base Doha International Air Base (also

neg: Earl Butz Education and vice president of the university's research foundation. In 1968, he also ran for Governor of Indiana, but came in a distant third at the Republican state convention to eventual winner Edgar Whitcomb and future governor Otis R. Bowen. Butz was Assistant Secretary of Agriculture in Washington, DC, from 1954 to 1957 under President Dwight Eisenhower. In 1971, President Richard Nixon appointed Butz as Secretary of Agriculture, a position in which he continued to serve after Nixon resigned in 1974 as the result of the Watergate scandal. He was Secretary of Agriculture from 1971 to 1976 under presidents Richard

neg: Harvard Club of Washington DC Harvard Club of Washington DC The Harvard Club of Washington DC is a private social club operating in Washington, DC. Its membership is essentially restricted to alumni and associates of Harvard University. The Harvard Club of Washington, DC is the third most popular social club in its class in Georgetown. It does not own a physical clubhouse Membership is restricted to recipients of degrees from Harvard University, current students who have participated in an academic program at Harvard University of at least six-week duration, parents of such current students, spouses of deceased members, and those who have completed at least

neg: Washington State Treasurer Secretary of State and the Chief Justice of the Washington Supreme Court. The Treasurer's office is located in the Washington State Capitol. Washington State Treasurer The Washington State Treasurer is an elected official in the US state of Washington whose office is established by the Washington State Constitution. Duane Davidson is the current Washington State Treasurer, a Republican who began his term in January 2017. He is charged with a variety of responsibilities related to the fiscal management of state government. The Washington State Treasurer is responsible for managing the state's cash assets and local government investments which, as of

neg: James Harmon founded in 1982, focused on global environmental policy research and analysis. WRI has over 700 employees, and in addition to its main office in Washington, DC, WRI maintains offices in China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Ethiopia, Brazil and a European headquarters in The Hague. Following the 2011 Egyptian revolution, President Barack Obama pledged $1 billion in economic aid to Egypt. In July 2012, then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton traveled to Egypt to meet newly elected President Mohamed Morsi. During this visit, Clinton announced that Harmon would head the new Egyptian-American Enterprise Fund. Secretary of State John Kerry announced in March 2013

neg: John Davis (United States Court of Claims judge) John Davis (United States Court of Claims judge) John Davis (September 16, 1851 – May 5, 1902) was United States Assistant Secretary of State, and a judge of the United States Court of Claims. Davis was the grandson of John Davis, Massachusetts governor, Congressman and Senator, and nephew of Bancroft Davis, a Court of Claims judge. Davis was educated in the University of Heidelberg, the University of Berlin, and the University of Paris; he read law to enter the Bar, in 1874. Davis was a Clerk, U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC, from 1870 to 1872, and private secretary to

neg: Geri Palast Law scholar from NYU Law School. She is a member of the California and Washington DC Bars. She received a certificate in Non-Proft Management from Georgetown University, and is an attorney. Palast has also served as the national Legislative and Political Director of Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and established and ran the Washington office of the National Employment Law Project (NELP). She has consulted with and served on numerous boards of NGOs, currently the National Institute on Money in State Politics and CFE. From 1993-2000, she served as the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs under

neg: 2018 Washington Veterans Day Parade number was refuted by Defense Secretary Jim Mattis who stated; "I'm not dignifying that number ($92 million) with a reply." The $92 million estimate was to be divided between the Defense Department and the Department of Homeland Security, which would have contributed $50 million and $42 million respectively. Separately DC City officials estimated expenses related to the parade would have been $21.6 million with an expectation for reimbursement from the Federal government, with the Mayor of Washington DC Muriel Bowser reporting that $13 million would have been used alone to cover police costs. In February 2017, few lawmakers backed the

neg: 2000 Washington secretary of state election 2000 Washington secretary of state election The Washington secretary of state election, 2000, took place on November 7, 1992. Republican Sam Reed was elected to succeed incumbent Ralph Munro who did not seek re-election. The primary election took place in September. Leading contenders for the Republican nomination were Thurston County Auditor Sam Reed and Mike Wensman, a member of the Washington House of Representatives. Perennial candidate Will Baker and political newcomer James Findley of Wilkeson also sought the GOP nomination. During the primary contest Wensman, who was independently wealthy and largely self-financed his campaign, purchased television ads, marking the first

neg: Notary public South Carolina notaries public are appointed by the Governor to serve a ten-year term. All applicants must first have that application endorsed by a state legislator before submitting their application to the Secretary of State. South Carolina is one of three states (Florida and Maine are the others) where a notary public can solemnize the rites of matrimony (perform a marriage ceremony) (2005). If you live in South Carolina but work in North Carolina, Georgia or Washington, DC, these states will permit you to become a notary public for their state. South Carolina does not offer this provision to out-of-state

neg: Jocelyn Benson averages two full marathons per year. She has completed twenty-three full marathons since 2005, including races in New York City, Detroit, Honolulu, San Francisco, Washington DC, Florence, Venice, Chicago and Philadelphia. She completed her 18th Marathon representing Team Red White and Blue in Rome, Italy. In 2016 she completed her second Boston Marathon and became one of a handful of women in history to complete the Boston Marathon while more than 8 months pregnant. Jocelyn Benson Jocelyn Benson is the Secretary of State-Elect for the State of Michigan. She is also the former Dean of Wayne State University Law School

neg: Ralph Austin Bard at age 91. He is buried in the Lake Forest Cemetery. Bard's papers (1941–1944) are housed at the Naval Historical Center in Washington, DC. Ralph Austin Bard Ralph Austin Bard (July 29, 1884 – April 5, 1975) was a Chicago financier who served as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1941–1944, and as Under Secretary, 1944–1945. He is noted for a memorandum he wrote to Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson in 1945 urging that Japan be given a warning before the use of the atomic bomb on a strategic city. He was "the only person known to have formally dissented

neg: Victoria Nuland Victoria Nuland Victoria Jane Nuland (born 1961) is the CEO of the Center for a New American Security, (CNAS), and former Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs at the United States Department of State. She held the rank of Career Ambassador, the highest diplomatic rank in the United States Foreign Service. She became CEO of CNAS on January 9, 2018. The Center is a bipartisan think tank. in Washington DC. Nuland is also the Brady-Johnson Distinguished Practitioner in Grand Strategy at Yale University, and a Member of the Board of the National Endowment for Democracy. Victoria Nuland

neg: Joseph Rodota He was director of policy for the Bush-Quayle ’88 California campaign, the last election in which a Republican presidential nominee carried the popular vote in California. Rodota was a consultant to the 1990 campaign of Pete Wilson, who defeated Dianne Feinstein to become Governor of California. In early 1993, Rodota was named Cabinet Secretary to Governor Wilson, responsible for coordinating policy and administrative activities of the 11 cabinet agencies and the Washington, DC office of the State of California. After Wilson’s reelection in 1994, Rodota was named Deputy Chief of Staff. Within days after Arnold Schwarzenegger announced on the Jay

neg: Appalachian Volunteers director of the Mountaineer Family Health Plan in Raleigh County. Bill Schechter worked for the successful campaign of Jay Rockefeller, who ran for West Virginia secretary of state in 1968. Schechter and Bruce Boyens later worked for the UMWA in West Virginia. AV staff Tom Bethell, Tom Rhodenbaugh, and Dave Biesmeyer went to work for Arnold Miller's reform team in the UMWA national office in Washington, DC. By 1969 the AV was operating on the unexpended funds from previous grants, under extensions from OEO. Despite the endorsement of influential liberals like Robert Coles and a favorable review by the OEO

neg: Charles J. McCurdy of the Senate. From 1850 until 1852, he was commissioned by then Secretary of State Daniel Webster to serve as U.S. Chargé to the Austrian Empire, succeeding newspaper publisher James Watson Webb (father of H. Walter Webb, William Seward Webb, and Alexander Stewart Webb) who later served as Ambassador to Brazil. After his service, he was relieved by former doctor and newspaper editor Thomas M. Foote In 1861, he was an active member of the Peace Conference of 1861, a meeting held at Willard's Hotel in Washington, DC in an effort to avoid the U.S. Civil War. In June 1855,

neg: Janae Kroc pound total was achieved by Shawn Frankl (the man who held the record prior to Matt) in Ohio. She served in the United States Marine Corps from 1991 to 1995 and was selected for Presidential Security duty serving under President Bill Clinton. The tour of duty included time in Washington DC, providing security for military officers at the Pentagon and for some of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1992 to 1994. Assigned to security duty for Warren Christopher (then Secretary of State) during the United Nations Conferences in '93, she was later assigned to the security force at the

neg: Hiram Bingham IV a Righteous Among the Nations designation, the letter noted the "humanitarian disposition" of Bingham IV "at a time of persecution of Jews by the Vichy regime in France... [in] contrast to certain other officials who rather acted suspiciously toward Jewish refugees wishing to enter the United States." On June 27, 2002, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell presented a posthumous "Constructive Dissent" award to Bingham's children at an American Foreign Service Officers Association awards ceremony in Washington, DC. Since December 1998 his son Robert Kim Bingham Sr. had lobbied the US Postal Service to issue a stamp depicting his father

neg: Eric Sherbrooke Walker married to Lady Elizabeth Mary "Bettie" Feilding (22 August 1899 – ?), the daughter of Rudolph Feilding, 9th Earl of Denbigh, on 26 July 1926. Needing money to finance his marriage, he ran a bootlegging business, smuggling liquor into America during the Prohibition era, while his fiancée Lady Bettie worked as social secretary in the British Embassy in Washington DC. When Walker shot and wounded a corrupt state trooper who had tried to steal his cache of whiskey, the couple fled to Canada. Walker later wrote "The Confessions of a Rum-Runner" under the pseudonym of "James Barbican"' about his life

neg: Freedom suit slave of Henry Clay, in 1829 filed a freedom suit for her and her two children while they were living with Clay in Washington, DC, during his service as Secretary of State. Dupuy claimed that her previous master had promised to free her. The court required Clay to leave Dupuy in the capital until the case was settled, although he had completed his service and was returning to Kentucky. Dupuy was assigned to work for Clay's successor, Martin Van Buren, who paid her wages like a free laborer. The court ultimately ruled against Dupuy and she was returned to Clay

neg: George Burwell Utley wife moved to Washington DC where he served as executive secretary of the War Library Service during the American involvement in World War I." During this period the American Library Association was also located in Washington DC and supplied books and materials to American troops involved in the conflict. Utley was a key part of this effort for the length of the American involvement in World War One. In 1920, after World War One had drawn to a conclusion, George Utley moved back to Chicago with the intention of resuming his duties as secretary of the American Library Association. It

neg: W. J. Ghent in New York City and Ghent was pushed into resigning as the school's chief in the fall of 1909. Ghent was effectively pushed upstairs, elected as President of the Board of Directors of the American Socialist Society, the legal entity behind the Rand School, and Algernon Lee was elected as the school's new Secretary. In 1911 Ghent left for Washington, DC, to work as a secretary to Socialist Congressman Victor L. Berger. Following his stint with Rep. Berger, Ghent returned to journalism, contributing to the Washington, DC socialist weekly "The National Socialist" before moving to the Southeastern Kansas town of

neg: Daniel A. Johnson Mexico, Consul General in Guayaquil, Ecuador and assignments as Counselor of Embassy for Administrative Affairs in La Paz, Bolivia and in Santiago, Chile. Senior Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary for Administration at the Department of State in Washington, DC where he also served in the Bureau of Personnel and was selected for advanced management studies at George Washington University. He served previous ours of duty in Port-au-Prince, Haiti; Cotonou, Benin; Goteborg, Sweden; and Tunis, Tunisia. He is a career Foreign Officer and was sworn in as Ambassador of Suriname on July 14, 2000. Daniel A. Johnson Daniel A. Johnson

neg: Joyce Msuya based in Washington, DC. She is married and has two children. Joyce Msuya Joyce Msuya is a Tanzanian microbiologist and environmental scientist, who serves as the Deputy Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) at the level of Assistant Secretary-General. She was appointed to this position by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on 21 May 2018, for a 5-year term. She replaced Ibrahim Thiaw of Mauritania, who had served out his term. Following the resignation of Erik Solheim in November 2018, Msuya was appointed acting Executive Director of UNEP. She was born in Tanzania, circa 1968. She obtained

neg: Leigh Sales and Friday nights (with Tony Jones presenting on Tuesdays and Wednesdays). She was the ABC's national security correspondent from 2006 until 2008 and was based in Sydney. Sales was the network's Washington correspondent from 2001 to 2005, covering stories including the Iraq War, the 2004 presidential election, Guantanamo Bay and Hurricane Katrina In 2011, Sales was appointed presenter of the ABC's flagship news and current affairs program, "7.30". In January 2013, Sales hosted the 70-minute Townterview—a mix of a town hall and a television interview—with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the Newseum in Washington, DC. It is significant for

neg: Mindy Weisel B’nai Brith Museum, Washington, DC 1982 "Lili in Blue", Jack Rasmussen Gallery, Washington, DC 1981 "Recent Paintings", Jack Rasmussen Gallery, Washington, DC 1980 "Paintings of the Holocaust", Jack Rasmussen Gallery, Washington, DC 1977 "Works on Paper", Diane Brown Gallery, Washington, DC 2012 Gottesman Etching Center, Kibbutz Cabri, Israel 2008 Painting Fellowship, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, VA 2004 Fellowship, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, VA 2001–Present Smithsonian: Archives of American Artists 1997-98 NASA Art Program Commission, "Celebrating Women in Space" 1995–Present Art in Embassies Program, State Department, Washington, DC 1999–Present Member, Women’s Forum of

neg: Cordell Hull renamed in the mid-1990s to Meridian Park Elementary, after a renovation. The Cordell Hull State Office Building. Located at the base of Capital Hill, Nashville, Tennessee, is a secure 10 story building that contains the offices of Attorney General, Health and Child Services. The Eisenhower Executive Office Building (formerly the Old Executive Office Building) in Washington, DC, next to the White House, contains the ornately decorated "Cordell Hull Room" on the second floor, which is used for meetings. The room was Cordell Hull's office when he served as U.S. Secretary of State. Cordell Hull Cordell Hull (October 2, 1871July 23,

neg: American Polish Advisory Council and his wife Calista, and head of pro-Obama Priorities USA super PAC Bill Burton, former Connecticut state secretary Susan Bysiewicz, among others. The Conference presented the Polish American Agenda for 2012 Elections to representatives from the Republican and Democratic parties. Poland was represented by its new ambassador to United States Ryszard Schnepf. October 10, 2015 - Atlantic Council, Washington, D.C. December 2014 - Yale University, New Haven, CT. Polish-American vote About American Polish Advisory Council American Polish Advisory Council The American Polish Advisory Council (APAC) is a 501(c)(4) organization registered in Washington DC dedicated to improving the visibility of Polish-Americans

neg: Ashland (Henry Clay estate) Charlotte Dupuy, and their children Charles and Mary Ann. Clay took them with him to Washington, DC. Their lives have recently gained new recognition in an exhibit at the Decatur House, where they served Henry Clay for nearly two decades. In 1829, 28 years before the more famous "Dred Scott" challenge, Charlotte Dupuy sued Henry Clay for her freedom and that of her two children in Washington circuit court. She was ordered to stay in Washington while the court case proceeded, and lived there for 18 months, working for Martin Van Buren, the next Secretary of State. Clay took Aaron,

neg: 2012 Washington secretary of state election years, having won each of the preceding 12 elections. 2012 Washington secretary of state election The Washington secretary of state election, 2012, took place on November 6, 2012. Republican Kim Wyman was elected secretary of state to succeed incumbent Republican Sam Reed, who did not seek re-election. The primary election took place in August. Under Washington's top-two primary system, introduced in the early 2000s, the primary was designed to narrow the field of candidates to two, rather than select specific party nominees, and candidates could designate themselves as affiliated with any political party, whether it existed or not. Seven candidates

neg: 2012 Washington secretary of state election 2012 Washington secretary of state election The Washington secretary of state election, 2012, took place on November 6, 2012. Republican Kim Wyman was elected secretary of state to succeed incumbent Republican Sam Reed, who did not seek re-election. The primary election took place in August. Under Washington's top-two primary system, introduced in the early 2000s, the primary was designed to narrow the field of candidates to two, rather than select specific party nominees, and candidates could designate themselves as affiliated with any political party, whether it existed or not. Seven candidates contested the primary: Wyman and Drew scored the most

neg: 1992 Washington secretary of state election 1992 Washington secretary of state election The Washington secretary of state election, 1992, took place on November 3, 1992. Incumbent secretary of state Ralph Munro was re-elected. The primary election took place in September, with Republican incumbent Ralph Munro running unopposed. Libertarian candidate Maurice Willey also secured his party's nomination by acclamation. In the Democratic primary, first-time candidate Jeanne Dixon - who had spent less than $1,000 on her campaign - soundly defeated the party-backed Juanita Garrison by more than 100,000 votes. The shock outcome was widely ascribed to the fact that Dixon's name was very similar to that of

neg: Robert L. Van Antwerp Jr. during the Gulf War; U.S. Army Maneuver Support Center and Fort Leonard Wood/Commandant, U.S. Army Engineer School; CO, Los Angeles District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers during the Northridge earthquake of 1994; CG, South Atlantic Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Atlanta, Georgia. Other assignments include Chief of Staff, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management, Washington, DC; Director, Office of Competitive Sourcing, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Research, Development and Acquisition), Washington, DC; Executive Assistant to the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Washington, DC; Executive Office, Office of

neg: Flag of Washington official debut on June 27, 1927, flying on the official automobile of the governor during a tour of Fort Lewis. In 1929, the DAR presented a state flag to Governor Hartley, who received it on behalf of the state for display in the Washington State Capitol. The Washington Secretary of State issued standardized colors for the state flag in 1955, including the modern colors used in the state seal. The state seal itself was redesigned by Dick Nelms at the request of the Secretary of State in 1967, using Gilbert Stuart's famous portrait painting of George Washington. The new state

neg: Chiou I-jen the DPP in the three-in-one elections. The DPP had also begun sending its own representatives to the United States, so as to counterbalance the views of the official KMT-run Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office. Subsequent to his resignation as DPP Secretary General, Chiou was appointed DPP representative, and was sent to Washington, DC. While serving as DPP representative to Washington, Chiou also served as the campaign manager for former Taipei Mayor Chen Shui-bian, who was running as the DPP candidate for President. With Chen's election, Chiou was appointed Deputy Secretary General of the National Security Council. Shortly thereafter, Chiou

neg: John H. Wheeler Mary Elizabeth Brown (1804–1836). They had two daughters and a son. In 1838 he married Ellen Oldmixon Sully, daughter of the painter Thomas Sully. In 1842, Wheeler was elected state treasurer by the North Carolina General Assembly, but he was defeated for re-election in 1844. Wheeler moved to Washington, DC about 1853 to be more active in national politics. President Franklin Pierce appointed him as an assistant secretary in 1854. Shortly thereafter Wheeler was appointed as US Minister to Nicaragua. There, he officially recognized the government of William Walker, an American adventurer who had invaded the country with a small

neg: Edward Augustine Savoy national papers carried the news. Savoy is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Benning Ridge neighborhood of Washington DC. One of 18 US Liberty Ships built before the end of WWII that were named for prominent African Americans, the was named in his honor in 1944. The ship was christened in the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland on July 16, 1944. Edward Augustine Savoy Edward "Eddie" Augustine Savoy (May 2, 1855 – August 24, 1943) was first hired as a page in the State Department by United States Secretary of State Hamilton Fish, officially appointed on July 1, 1871, beginning a federal career

neg: Gabi Siboni is reflected in his being responsible for the organization of DCOI – the INSS USA – Israel Cyber Security Summit for the past three years. DCOI 2016, held in Washington DC in May, was a concerted effort of the state of Israel and INSS that aimed at enhancing collaboration between the two countries in cybersecurity. The summit was supported by Israeli state agencies and major private companies from across the U.S. Keynote speakers at this year's event included: Admiral Michael S. Rogers – Director, NSA; Alejandro Mayorkas – Deputy Secretary, DHS; General David Petraeus – Former Director, CIA; Richard A.

neg: Leila Amos Pendleton Leila Amos Pendleton Leila Amos Pendleton was an African-American community activist and a teacher in Washington’s public schools. She was the founder and president of the Alpha Charity Club of Anacostia and the Social Purity Club of Washington, DC. She was also active in several other women’s race organizations, both as a secretary and vice president. Leila Amos Pendleton was born in 1860 in Washington, DC. She went to Washington public, high and normal schools. In 1893, she married Robert Lewis Pendleton. The date of her death is not known for certain. Pendleton was a strong influence in her community.

neg: Caribbean and Central America Action Caribbean and Central America Action Caribbean and Central American Action is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization which has hosted the annual Miami Conference on the Caribbean & Central America for the past 33 years. The organization has a multinational Board of Trustees, currently headed by Cornelius B. Prior, Jr., and is based in Washington, DC. Among the public figures speaking at the 33rd conference, held in 2009 in Miami, were the Prime Minister of Haiti, Jean-Max Bellerive, Canada's Minister of State of Foreign Affairs, Peter Kent and Puerto Rico's Secretary of State, Kenneth McClintock. The organization's policy-oriented programs have focused on

neg: Stanley Clifford Weyman her. Weyman visited her as a State Department Naval Liaison Officer, apologized for the oversight and promised to arrange an appointment with the president. He managed to convince the princess to give him $10,000 for "presents" to State Department officials. He used the money for a private railway carriage to Washington DC and an opulent hotel room in the Willard Hotel for the princess and his entourage. Weyman proceeded to visit the State Department, dropped names of prominent senators and succeeded in getting the appointment, first with Secretary of State Charles Evans Hughes, and on July 26, 1921 president Warren

neg: Barbara Franklin corporate governance on national media sources, most notably PBS's "Nightly Business Report". Prior to her service as Secretary of Commerce, in 1984 she founded Franklin Associates, a management and consulting firm, where she served as the President and CEO until 1992. Currently, she serves as the President and CEO of Barbara Franklin Enterprises, headquartered in Washington, DC. Franklin is also included in numerous "Who's Who" publications. Barbara Franklin Barbara Hackman Franklin (born March 19, 1940) is an American government official, corporate director, and business executive. She served as the 29th U.S. Secretary of Commerce from 1992-1993 to President George H.W.

neg: Eastman Johnson Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Maine (ancient Free and Accepted Masons) (1836–1844). He was appointed in 1840 as Secretary of State for Maine, serving two years. Eastman Johnson's career as an artist began when his father apprenticed him in 1840 to a Boston lithographer. After his father's political patron, the Governor of Maine John Fairfield, entered the US Senate, the senior Johnson was appointed by US President James Polk in the late 1840s as Chief Clerk in the Bureau of Construction, Equipment, and Repair of the Navy Department. The family moved to Washington, DC and first lived in

neg: Alan Webber spent working alongside Goldschmidt resulted in Webber identifying Goldschmidt as his dear friend and mentor. Beginning in 1978, Webber served as editorial page editor of the alternative Oregon weekly newspaper, Willamette Week, where he received an Oregon State Newspaper Publisher’s Association Award for news and feature writing. In 1980, Webber and his family moved to Washington, DC, when Goldschmidt was named Secretary of Transportation in the Carter administration. While working as Special Assistant to the Secretary of Transportation, Webber worked on the Chrysler Corporation bailout, the crisis in the U.S. auto industry, and overall national economic competitiveness issues. Webber worked