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2005 Award for Corporate Excellence Ceremony

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced November 2 that Cisco Systems in Jordan and Lapa Rios Ecolodge in Costa Rica are the winners of the 2005 Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE), which is given to outstanding U.S.-owned firms operating overseas.  [Media Note] State Department photos

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Secretary Rice presents 2005 Award for Corporate Excellence to multinational enterprise winner Cisco Systems, Inc., CEO John T. Chambers. State Department photo
Secretary Rice presents 2005 Award for Corporate Excellence to multinational enterprise winner Cisco Systems, Inc., CEO John T. Chambers.		 Cisco Systems CEO John T. Chambers accepts the Secretary of State's Award for Corporate Excellence from Secretary Rice. State Department photo.
Cisco Systems CEO John T. Chambers accepts the Secretary of State's Award for Corporate Excellence from Secretary Rice. 		Secretary Rice stands with Award for Corporate Excellence winner John T. Chambers, President and CEO, Cisco Systems, Inc. State Department photo
Secretary Rice stands with Award for Corporate Excellence winner John T. Chambers, President and CEO, Cisco Systems, Inc.
Secretary Rice stands with Award for Corporate Excellence winner Karen G. Lewis, Co-Founder, Lapa Rios. State Department photo.
Secretary Rice stands with Award for Corporate Excellence winner Karen G. Lewis, Co-Founder, Lapa Rios.		 Secretary Rice presents 2005 Award for Corporate Excellence to small-medium enterprise winner Lapa Rios Co-Founder Karen G. Lewis. State Department photo.
Secretary Rice presents 2005 Award for Corporate Excellence to small-medium enterprise winner Lapa Rios Co-Founder Karen G. Lewis. 		Participants in the 2005 Secretary of State's Award for Corporate Excellence Ceremony from left to right: Secretary Rice, Lapa Rios Co-Founder Karen G. Lewis, Cisco Systems CEO John T. Chambers, Economic Bureau Assistant Secretary E. Anthony Wayne, U.S. Ambassador to Costa Rica Mark Langdale, Under Secretary for Economic, Business and Agricultural Affairs Josette Sheeran Shiner. State Department photo
Participants in the 2005 Secretary of State's Award for Corporate Excellence Ceremony (left to right): Secretary Rice, Lapa Rios Co-Founder Karen G. Lewis, Cisco Systems CEO John T. Chambers, Economic Bureau Assistant Secretary E. Anthony Wayne, U.S. Ambassador to Costa Rica Mark Langdale, Under Secretary for Economic, Business and Agricultural Affairs Josette Sheeran Shiner..


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