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John P. Brady
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John L. Brannaman
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Derrick Brown
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Patrick J. Butler
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Candace H. Buzzard
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Jayne Carbone
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Ronald Carlson
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Samuel Carter
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Elizabeth A. Chambers
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Julie Chen
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Kenneth J. Collins
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Brenda B. Colwell
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Fernando Cossich
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Linda S. Crawford
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Paul R. Crawford
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George J. D’elia
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Kim J. Delaney
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H. Peter Delp
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Alicia Dinerstein
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Timothy J. Donnay
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Robert E. Drapcho
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Peter Duffy
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Steven D. Edminster
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Mustapha El Hamzaoui
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Michael J. Enders
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Clay W. Epperson
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Sylva Etian
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Karen Stone Exel
Program Officer
Tadeusz Findeisen
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Gerald Florkowski
Controller
Mary Pamela Foster
Program Officer
Bruce Gelband
Contracting Officer
Megan A. Gerson
Health Sciences Specialist
David E. Gosney
Democracy Officer
Deborah L. Grieser
Comptroller
Sergio R. Guzman
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Sean P. Hall
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Luis J. Hernandez
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Kristine Herrmann DeLuca
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Deshanta N. Hinton
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Andrew Holland
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McDonald C. Homer
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James M. Hope
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Christian Hougen
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David E. Hull
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John D. Irons
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Nicholas A. Jenks
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Sheri Nouane B. Johnson
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Vicki R. Johnson
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Sean M. Jones
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Cheryl M. Kamin
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Grace K. Lang
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David G. Lavine
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Suezan C. Lee
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David A. Lieberman
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John F. Lord
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Richard W. Loudis
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Kimberley Lucas
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Melinda R. Lucke
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Dana R. Mansuri
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Janean E. Martin
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Thomas P. McAndrews
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Michael R. McCord
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Emily Baldwin McPhie
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Jed D. Meline
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Daniel J. Miller
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Thomas C. Milligan
Deputy Mission Director
Daniel C. Moore
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Sheron E. Moore
Financial Management Specialist
Stephen R. Morin
Natural Resources Officer
Debra I. Mosel
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Nils Mueller
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Aleathea P. Musah
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Peter R. Natiello
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Catherine N. Niarchos
Supervisory Democracy Officer
Katherine L. Nichols
Democracy Officer
Mary E. Norris
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Alexandre B. Ostroff
Contract Specialist
Bradford C. Palmer
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Joakim E. Parker
Legislative Officer
Kendra Phillips
Supervisory Health & Population Development Officer
Suzanne M. Poland
Food for Peace Officer
Neil G. Price
Supervisory Contracting Officer
Elizabeth G. Ramirez
International Coop Specialist
Andrew A. Rebold
IDI (Health & Population Nutrition Officer)
Robert Rhodes
Supervisory Project Development Officer
Thomas E. Rhodes
General Development Officer
Francisco Rivera
Program Specialist
Patrick L. Robinson
Executive Officer
Sheila R. Roquitte
Program Officer
Michael P. Rossman
Contracting Officer
Zachary Rothschild
Program Analyst
Richard E. Rousseau
Supervisory Project Development Officer
Marion G. Rutanen Whaley
Supervisory Spec. Programs Officer
Jessica L. Schubel
Contract Specialist
Janet A. Schulman
General Development Officer
Frederic G. Scott
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Leigh Shamblin
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Kevin C. Sharp
Agricultural Development Officer
Donald R. Soules
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Richard Steelman
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James I. Stein
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Kathryn D. Stevens
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Zdenek L. Suda
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Scott M. Taylor
Supervisory Program Officer
Susan C. Thollaug
Health Development Officer
David J. Thompson
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Natalie J. Thunberg
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Christophe A. Tocco
Program Officer
Elyssa T. Tran
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Jessica R. Tulodo
Housing & Urban Development Officer
Mark R. Visocky
Private Enterprise Officer
Nicholas J. Vivio
Program Analyst
James M. Weatherill
General Development Officer
Karen L. Welch
Supervisory Health Development Officer
Clinton D. White
Comptroller
Joseph C. Williams
Supervisory Education Development Officer
Alonzo A. Wind
Supervisory General Development Officer
John M. Winfield
Supervisory Executive Officer
Genet B. Yohannes
Accountant
Iris L. Young
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Sheila A. Young
Natural Resources Officer
Retired
D. Annette Adams
Henry Lee Barrett
Carlton M. Bennett
Lawrence Bogus
J. Michael Deal
Stephen W. Giddings
Philip K. Jones
Robert A. Kahn
James Lehman
Debra Dewitt McFarland
Raymond Herold Morton
Jonathan T. Olsson
Sophia A. Riehl
James E. Stephenson
John B. Swanson
F. Wayne Tate
Charles M. Uphaus
Robert A. Ward
Barbara Turner Gets Service Award
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Barbara Turner
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Barbara Turner, who recently retired from USAID as a deputy
assistant administrator, was one of nine public servants to
receive a 2005 Service to America Medal Oct. 4.
Turner was awarded the Career Achievement Medal, which recognizes
a federal employee for significant accomplishments throughout
a lifetime of achievement in public service. The medal is
accompanied by a $10,000 award.
“Most of the things we do—get on a plane, go to
another country where we don’t know the language or the
culture or where there are great security threats—it’s
not something you learn in school, I don’t care how many
degrees you have,” Turner said at the award ceremony,
according to the Washington Post.
Turner began her government career as a part-time clerk
40 years ago, while still in high school. After joining USAID,
she worked her way up to its highest levels and played a critical
role in the Agency’s work in Egypt, the former Soviet
Union, Bosnia, and several other countries. She worked in
the Bureau for Policy and Program Coordination before her
retirement this spring.
“No single officer in the Agency has had the impact
she has had over the course of her career,” Administrator
Andrew S. Natsios said. “Ms. Turner’s distinguished
career should be held up as a model for future government
leaders.”
In July, Turner was named president of the Bethesda, Md.-based
University Research Co. (URC), a consulting firm specializing
in health, education, and social programs. With its nonprofit
affiliate, the Center for Human Services, URC works in both
the United States and abroad.
The awards ceremony—a black-tie event—took place
in the soaring atrium of the Ronald Reagan Building, where
Turner had worked until her retirement.
Reassigned
Michele A. Amatangelo
COMP/DRI to PPC/SPP/SRC
John L. Anderson
Uganda/PPD to ANE/TS
Karen Lee Anderson
Nicaragua/DI to Bolivia/DEM SOT
Rolf R. Anderson
WARP to Armenia/ERE
Timothy H. Anderson
Bangladesh/EGFE to DCHA/FFP/EP
Randall Y. Ase
RIG/Baghdad to RIG/Frankfurt
Liliana Ayalde
Bolivia/D to Colombia
Jim N. Barnhart
Jordan/EO to Zambia/D
Sithara Batcha
COMP/NE/OJT to Tanzania/D
Michael D. Blackman
Armenia/ERE to Bosnia-Herzegovina
Paulette Neal Broadus
OIG/M/IT to OIG/AIG/M
Jeff R. Bryan
Afghanistan/OPPD to DROC
Beverly A. Busa
Africa/DP to Caucasus
Kenneth J. Collins
Iraq/OFM to REDSO/ESA/RFMC
Marilyn Collins
COMP/FS to M/AS/OD
Charles J. Crane
Dominican Republic/OFM to Tanzania/D
Katherine Crawford
COMP/LWOP to ANE/EAA
Thomas P. Crehan
COMP/NE/OJT to Pakistan/PDO
Christopher D. Crowley
Ukraine/D to CA/DO
Eirdis M. Davis
M/FM/LM to M/CFO/WFS
Thomas R. Delaney
Peru/PDP to CA/DO
Alexander Dickie IV
Honduras/D to Nicaragua/D
Anne M. Dix
Guatemala/RD to El Salvador/S01
Daniel L. Driggers
El Salvador/CONT to Nicaragua/CONT
Beth P. Dunford
Ethiopia/FHA to Afghanistan/OA
John L. Dunlop
Tanzania/D to Rwanda
Richard Edwards
Egypt/PSD to Sri Lanka/D
Michael J. Enders
FRY to Africa/WA
Theresa A. Essel
M/FM/CMP/RP to M/CFO/CMP
Susan F. Fine
ANE/SPO/SPPM to ANE/SPO
Allen P. Fleming
Bangladesh/EGFE to Kenya/PE
Michael T. Fritz
CA/DO to Bulgaria
Brad Fujimoto
Skopje to Honduras/MDI
Alonzo L. Fulgham
ANE/SAA to Afghanistan
Celeste Fulgham
RS/Africa/RCO to Iraq/OAA
Christian G. Fung
COMP/FS to Rwanda
Kurt A. Gainer
COMP/NE/OJT to India/PS
Earl W. Gast
WFP AFF ROME to Ukraine/D
Ramses Gauthier
REDSO/ESA/RFMC to Guinea/CONT
Sheryl J. Grossman
COMP/LT TRNG to E&E/PO
Helen K. Gunther
Zambia/D to EGAT/AG/ATGO
Tamra L. Halmrast Sanchez
COMP/LT TRNG to DCHA/PPM
Martin Edward Hanratty
EGAT/PR/PASSN to Iraq/OMD
R. David Harden
CA/DO to WB/GAZA
Nancy Carmichael Hardy
O/S LANG TRNG to Colombia
Croshelle D. Harris
COMP/NE/OJT to Jordan/PM
Ann G. Hirschey
Mali/GD to COMP/LWOP
Shirley D. Hoffmann
Peru/PDP to Iraq/PO
Carol J. Horning
COMP/LT TRNG to Nicaragua/D
Alan R. Hurdus
COMP/LT TRNG to Bolivia/FST
Hussain W. Iman
Bangladesh/OFM to COMP/FS
Connie J. Johnson
El Salvador/SO3 to Nicaragua/HI
Jill D. Kelley
Ecuador/SDE to Guatemala/RD
Sepideh Keyvanshad
El Salvador/SO2 to ANE/SAA
Michael Eric Kite
DCHA/DG/SAR to Afghanistan/OD
Thomas LeBlanc
COMP/NE/OJT to Malawi/PFNP
Jennifer M. Link
Iraq/GO to O/S LANG TRNG
Melinda R. Lucke
Egypt/HRH to DCHA/OTI
Bella V. Maipid Smith
M/FM/CMP/GIB to M/CFO/CMP
Thomas C. Milligan
Iraq/OMD to COMP/LT TRNG
Richard D. Newberg
Peru/OFA to WFP AFF ROME
Deborah J. Niewijk
COMP/NE/OJT to Afghanistan/OPPD
Christine N. Nteireho
OIG/A/PA to RIG/Pretoria
Anthony N. Okonkwo
RIG/Manila to RIG/Baghdad
Oludayo Onafowokan
OIG/A/PA to OIG/A/IT&SA
Herminia G. Pangan
India/RFMO to Iraq/OFM
Henderson M. Patrick
Rwanda to Madagascar/D
Andrew K. Posacki
M/OMS to Sri Lanka/D
Shally Prasad
COMP/NE/OJT to Jordan/SSO
Cynthia Diane Pruett
Nicaragua/CONT to M/CFO/ICFO
Richard H. Puerto
OIG/M/N&CO to OIG/M/IT
Raul J. Raymundo
RIG/Baghdad to RIG/Manila
Susan G. Reichle
E&E/EA to Colombia
Curtis A. Reintsma
Africa/EA to Africa/SP
Thomas E. Rhodes
Iraq/OMD to O/S LANG TRNG
William L. Riley
COMP/FSLT to Haiti/HRD
Kimberly A. Rosen
Romania to COMP/FS
Jonathan Ross
COMP/NE/OJT to Cambodia
Beth A. Salamanca
COMP/LT TRNG to M/HR/PPIM
Ragip Saritabak
RIG/Dakar to RIG/Baghdad
Kendra L. Schoenholz
RIG/Dakar to RIG/Baghdad
Frederic G. Scott
Afghanistan/OPPD to Ethiopia/PROG
Nancy M. Shalala
COMP/NE/OJT to Iraq/HEO
Mary E. Skarie
COMP/NE/OJT to Pakistan/OD
Monica Smith
Egypt/DIR to Jordan/D
R. Christian Smith
COMP/NE/OJT to Bolivia/SOS
Thomas M. Stephens
Indonesia/OP to M/OAA/GRO
Naima A. Taylor
OIG/M/N&CO to OIG/M/IT
Aye A. Thwin
COMP/NE/OJT to PHIL/PHN
Lynn N. Vega
Jamaica-Car/OPDM to Colombia
Mark R. Visocky
Iraq/HEO to Malawi/AFS
Nicholas J. Vivio
COMP/DRI to PPC/SPP/SPA
Raymond W. Waldron
Honduras/ANRO to Ecuador/GD
Bobbie J. Wallin
E&E/MO/AIS to E&E/EA
Sharon Wayne
COMP/NE/OJT to Dominican Republic/DIR
Cheryl A. Williams
Mozambique/PDM to Indonesia/PROG
Alonzo A. Wind
Nicaragua/HI to Angola
Neil J. Woodruff
Guinea/RD to Africa/WA
James S. Wright
Ghana/PPD to Nigeria
Sarah E. Wright
Pakistan/PDO to Kenya/PROG
Michael J. Yates
PHIL/D to Bolivia/D
Sheila A. Young
Honduras/ANRO to Sri Lanka/D
Terry G. Youngblood
RIG/San Salvador to RIG/Baghdad
Moved On
Christine Lindsey Abrams
Kathleen C. Bridges
Kojo Of Busia
Richard J. Byess
Angela Fortune
Bulbul Gupta
Lee Shian Hsieh
Richard Jones
Roddy D. Jones
Mahalakshmi Krishnan
Brian Levy
David C. Liner
John M. Miller
Kyle A. Newkirk
Jon J. Orourke
Diane S. Ponasik
Carla Rochara Roberts
Kim L. Robinson
David B. Simpson
Carmen Silvia Talavera
Susan M. Tatten
Peter H. Thormann
Dianne C. Tsitsos
Danielle Typinski
Sharon Van Pelt
Abdul H. Wahab
Annette D. Weichlein
Barbara K. Zarling
In Memoriam
Lyndon L. Brown, 52, died Sept. 28 in Washington,
D.C. As team leader for the Bureau for Asia and the Near East
(ANE) in Global Health’s Office of Regional and Country
Support, Brown was the main link to the Bureau for Global
Health (GH) and the primary counterpart in GH for ANE’s
population, health, and nutrition team. His work included
health assistance in Iraq, a polio vaccination program in
Indonesia, and mitigating the problems caused by the tsunami
of 2004. He supported all the country teams in ANE, but provided
special assistance as country coordinator for Yemen and Iraq.
In addition to USAID, Brown had worked to increase child survival
through public health programs for UNICEF and the World Health
Organization.
William Fiske Gelabert, 79, died June 30 in Lisbon,
Portugal. A foreign service officer, Gelabert began his career
with the predecessor agency of USAID in 1954. His overseas
postings included Iran, Korea, Ouagadougou, Brazil, Tunisia,
Portugal, and Egypt. He retired from USAID in 1991. Gelabert
held bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Syracuse
University.
Clifford “Cliff” Olson, 58, died Aug. 12
in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Olson spent more than 25 years designing,
managing, and evaluating child and reproductive health programs
in some 36 developing countries on five continents. His most
recent efforts, as a technical advisor on AIDS and child survival
in USAID/ Bangladesh’s Population, Health, and Nutrition
Office, supported the Agency’s contraceptive social marketing
and logistics management programs in Bangladesh. Olson received
a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology from the University
of Michigan and a master’s degree in health administration
from the University of Oregon.
Robert C. Ware, 67, died Aug. 8 on Tilghman Island,
Md. Ware, a foreign service officer, retired from USAID in
1995. During his tenure, he served several tours in Vietnam,
and as a deputy executive officer in Laos for about six years.
Upon his return to Washington, D.C., Ware enrolled in USAID’s
after-hours program, through which he graduated from George
Washington University. At his retirement, he was a contract
specialist in the Bureau for ManagementLyndon L. Brown, 52,
died Sept. 28 in Washington, D.C. As team leader for the Bureau
for Asia and the Near East (ANE) in Global Health’s Office
of Regional and Country Support, Brown was the main link to
the Bureau for Global Health (GH) and the primary counterpart
in GH for ANE’s population, health, and nutrition team.
His work included health assistance in Iraq, a polio vaccination
program in Indonesia, and mitigating the problems caused by
the tsunami of 2004. He supported all the country teams in
ANE, but provided special assistance as country coordinator
for Yemen and Iraq. In addition to USAID, Brown had worked
to increase child survival through public health programs
for UNICEF and the World Health Organization.
Break of Ramadan Fast Observed
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Afghan Agriculture Minister Obaidullah Ramin speaks
at USAID headquarters during the holy month of Ramadan.
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As the fourth day of Ramadan fasting drew to a close Oct.
6, staffs from USAID and the U.S. Department of Agriculture
joined with Afghan Agriculture Minister Obaidullah Ramin and
other guests to break the fast with an iftar at the Agency’s
headquarters in Washington, D.C.
The iftar, which is a meal served at the end of each day
during Ramadan, was also an effort by the two agencies to
reach out to local Muslim communities and highlight their
respective efforts to boost agriculture in Afghanistan.
Ramadan, which falls on the ninth month of the Islamic calendar,
is a time when observant Muslims refrain from all food and
drink from sunup to sundown.
Jim Kunder, assistant administrator for Asia and the Near
East, read a message issued by President Bush Oct. 4 sending
“warm greetings to Muslims in the United States and throughout
the world as they begin the observance of Ramadan.”
Saif Urahman, substitute imam of the Mustafa Center in Annandale,
Va., chanted the call to prayer, invoking Allah, the Arabic
name for God.
Urahman, born in Afghanistan, is now a civil engineer for
Prince William County, Va., an outer suburb of Washington,
D.C.
Ramin told the gathering of about 60 that nearly 85 percent
of Afghans work in the agriculture sector, and that legitimate
agricultural products represent more than half of the country’s
gross domestic product.
“If we are to have security and prosperity in Afghanistan,”
he said, “we must build a sustainable, stronger, and
more robust agricultural sector.”
“In this effort, we are extremely pleased to have the
support of the U.S. government,” Ramin added. “The
challenges of rebuilding agriculture in Afghanistan are grave
indeed—25 years of armed conflict and economic decline
have almost completely destroyed the rural economy. I have
every confidence that, with the continued commitment of the
United States, Afghanistan can move forward to become stable
and prosperous democracy.”
Administrator Andrew S. Natsios played host to another iftar
at USAID headquarters Oct. 20, which was led by Imam Hisham
Husainy of the Karbala Islamic Education Center in Dearborn,
Mich. The administrator was also joined by Imam Mohamad Bashar
of the Islamic Affairs Council of Maryland.
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