USAID To Honor Colleagues With Memorial Dedication
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 16, 2005
2005-06
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Washington, DC- On Tuesday, May 17, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Andrew S. Natsios will host a dedication ceremony for a new memorial honoring colleagues whose lives were lost while carrying out the economic and humanitarian assistance programs of the United States of America. The unveiling of the USAID memorial will take place in its permanent location in the 14th Street lobby of USAID headquarters in Washington, DC.
The memorial will be unveiled by Administrator Natsios, who will be joined by family members of those who are being honored. The names of the 60 colleagues will be read, and the ceremony will conclude with a wreath-laying in front of the memorial.
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- Andrew S. Natsios, USAID Administrator
- Virginia Foley, widow of Laurence Foley
- Families of those honored
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| When:
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Tuesday, May 17, 2005
Program begins at 3:30 pm.
Reporters should arrive no later than 3:00 pm. |
| Where:
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USAID Headquarters, 14th Street Lobby
Ronald Reagan Building
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.
Please enter 14th Street entrance and go through USAID checkpoint on left.
Closest Metro is Federal Triangle on the Orange and Blue Lines.
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Contact:
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R.S.V.P. required through the USAID Press Office at (202) 712-4320
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The U.S. Agency for International
Development has provided economic and humanitarian assistance
worldwide for more than 40 years.
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