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President Obama, in his speech at Cairo University: “I've come here to seek a new beginning between the United States and Muslims around the world, one based on mutual interest and mutual respect, and one based upon the truth that America and Islam are not exclusive and need not be in competition. …I know there are many…who question whether we can forge this new beginning. Some are eager to stoke the flames of division…. Many more are simply skeptical that real change can occur. …But if we choose to be bound by the past, we will never move forward. … All of us share this world for but a brief moment in time. The question is whether we spend that time focused on what pushes us apart, or whether we commit ourselves to…a sustained effort to find common ground…and to respect the dignity of all human beings.” President Barack Obama, June 4, 2009
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (left) answers a question on U.S. foreign policy during a forum on November 13 with some 800 students from various universities in Metro Manila who gathered to meet her at the Philippines’ oldest university, the University of Santo Tomas. Students at the Ateneo de Zamboanga University in the southern Philippines’ Mindanao region and at the Silliman University in central Philippines were linked to the forum in Manila through digital video conferencing. The Secretary responded to questions from students in the audience as well as from those who submitted questions on-line via websites, Twitter and Facebook. Secretary Clinton visited Manila Novem ber 12-13 to show solidarity with the Filipino people in the wake of Tropical Storm Ketsana (local name Ondoy), Typhoon Parma (Pepeng), and Typhoon Mirinae (Santi), which have affected over 10 million Filipinos and claimed almost a thousand lives. (Click the picture to view the photo gallery.)
United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton wears the sash and medal of the Order of Sikatuna that President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo conferred on the Secretary in a ceremony at Malacanang Palace on November 12 in recognition of Secretary Clinton’s service in strengthening relations between the Philippines and the United States. The Secretary visited Manila to show solidarity with the Filipino people in the wake of the devastating storms and floods that hit the country recently. During her visit, the Secretary launched a book fair at Malanday National High School in Marikina City, one of Metro Manila areas hardest hit by Typhoon Ondoy (Ketsana) last September, and announced an additional $5.2 million in disaster relief and recovery assistance to the Philippines.
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack makes a courtesy call to Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo during his October 24-27 visit to Manila to lead top executives of 20 American agribusiness companies on a mission to further enhance the trade and investment relations between the Philippines and the U.S. In addition, Secretary Vilsack met with Philippine Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap, and local businessmen; toured the International Rice Research Institute in Laguna and a flour milling plant in Metro Manila; distributed cookies and candies from the U.S. Department of Agriculture in a public school in Pasig City; and announced the donation of US $8.5-million in food aid for the victims of recent typhoons. (Click the picture to view the photo gallery.)
U.S. Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission Leslie A. Bassett (left) and U.S. Senior Commercial Officer Patrick Wall(second, right) meet Mindanao Bloggers Society founder Oliver “Bloggie” Robillo (second, left) and other participants during the Mindanao Bloggers Summit held in Cagayan de Oro City. Ms. Bassett also met with U.S. International Visitors Program alumni in Mindanao and visited an American businesses process outsourcing company as well as a local food factory that USAID assisted in meeting international standards to increase the its exports (Click on the picture to view the photo gallery.)
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (third from left) and U.S. Ambassador Kristie Kenney (left) pay their respects to the memory of American and Filipino soldiers who perished in World War II during the wreath laying ceremony in Palo, Leyte on October 20. The ceremony commemorated the 65th anniversary of General Douglas MacArthur’s landing in Leyte in 1944 to liberate the Philippines from the Japanese forces. (Click the picture to view the photo gallery.)
U.S. Embassy Chargé d’Affaires Leslie Bassett (middle), US Agency for International Development (USAID) Acting Mission Director Elzadia Washington (left), and International Organization for Migration (IOM) Regional Representative Charles Harns (right show samples of relief supplies that arrived in Manila on October 13 from the USAID Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA). USAID is donating supplies valued at US $250,000 to IOM for immediate distribution to the victims of Storm Ondoy and Typhoon Pepeng. The donation includes 20,000 units of 10-liter water containers, 20,000 hygiene kits and 50,000 bars of soap.US donation for flood victims now nears US $4.7 million. (Click the picture to view the photo gallery.)
A member of the U.S. military’s medical team examines the foot of an evacuee at the ULTRA sports stadium in Pasig City. The U.S. medical team joined their counterparts in the Armed Forces of the Philippines on October 6 to provide medical assistance to more than a thousand people who are temporarily sheltered at the stadium in the wake of massive floods caused by Typhoon Ondoy (Ketsana). (Click on the picture to view the photo gallery.) |
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