Secretary of State Rice to Participate in Foreign Affairs Day Commemoration for Fallen Foreign Service Members

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will deliver remarks honoring Foreign Service members who died in the line of duty during the American Foreign Service Association’s (AFSA) Memorial Plaque Ceremony on Friday, May 5, 2006 at 10:20 a.m. in the C Street Diplomatic Lobby of the Department of State. Ambassador Tony Holmes, President of AFSA, will also give remarks.

The Foreign Affairs Day Ceremony is a special opportunity to honor the employees who have made the ultimate sacrifice in service to their country. Four names will be added to the plaque this year:

Barbara C. Heald, who served in 2005 as a civilian employee of the Army’s Project and Contracting Office, at Embassy Baghdad;
Lieutenant Commander Keith E. Taylor, who served in 2005 as Chief Contracting Officer for transportation and communications for the Project and Contracting Office, at Embassy Baghdad;
Diplomatic Security Special Agent Stephen E. Sullivan, who served in 2005 as Acting Regional Security Officer for the Regional Embassy Office in Mosul, Iraq;
David E. Foy, who served in 2006 as Facilities Manager at the U.S. Consulate in Karachi, Pakistan.

Pick up time for cameras: 9:10 a.m. from the 23rd Street Entrance
Pick up time for writers and stills: 9:45 a.m. from the 23rd Street Entrance
Final access for all press: 10:00 a.m. from the 23rd Street Entrance

Press Contact: Tom Switzer, American Foreign Service Association
202-944-5501

Media representatives who plan to attend this event must present one of the following press credentials: (1) a U.S. government-issued identification card (Department of State, White House, Congress, Department of Defense, or Foreign Press Center), (2) a media-issued photo identification card, or (3) a letter from their employer on letter-head verifying their employment as a journalist, accompanied by an official photo identification (driver’s license or passport).

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Released on May 4, 2006

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