Resettling Iraqi Refugees
"We are marking the goal for resettling Iraqi refugees in fiscal year 2008. On September 11, we crossed the 12,000 threshold. Thus far, 12,118 Iraqi refugees have arrived in the U.S. for permanent resettlement, and more than 1,000 are booked to travel to the U.S. by the end of the month." Full Text | Fact Sheet
Secretary Visits Maghreb Region
"This has been an opportunity, the visit to Libya, where we established, really, the way forward for constructive relations, to Tunis, to Algiers, and now here, in Morocco, to talk about the ways that the United States can help this region, the Maghreb region, with the many challenges that it has, but also with the many opportunities that it has. " more
Drug and Crime Report Released
The report further strengthens our commitment to the current comprehensive counternarcotics strategy in Afghanistan. We are especially encouraged to learn that 18 provinces, over half of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces, are now poppy free, a significant increase from 13 provinces in 2007. Full Text | Fact Sheet
Mapping the Arctic Seafloor
The U.S. Extended Continental Shelf Task Force, chaired by the Department of State, plans two Arctic cruises by the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy, one of which will be conducted in collaboration with the Government of Canada. The cruises are part of an interagency effort to collect scientific data about the continental shelf and oceanic basins in the Arctic. More l Arctic Chronicles Blog
AGOA Forum
The seventh U.S.-Sub-Saharan Africa Trade and Economic Cooperation Forum--the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) Forum--had as its theme "Mobilizing Private Investment for Trade and Growth." More
Clean Development and Climate: Asia-Pacific Partnership
"The APP is a great initiative, representing exactly the kind of creativity and pragmatism we need in the fight against climate change." Full Text | www.app.gov
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