This week, we mark the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, and mourn the nearly 3,000 lives taken too soon. The attacks claimed victims not just from the United States but from countries from around the world. The people who perished in the Twin Towers, the Pentagon, and Shanksville—including the heroic first responders who gave …
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My wife Haruko and I will soon be leaving our final posting in the Dutch Caribbean after two years of living on Curaçao. Along with my dedicated colleagues here at the Consulate General, we did our best to fulfill our responsibilities covering not only Curaçao but Aruba, Bonaire, Sint Maarten, Sint Eustatius and Saba, under …
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Remarks by U.S. Consul General Margaret D. Hawthorne for the 241st anniversary of the independence of the United States of America
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Thank you all for coming this evening and a special thank you to our cohosts the Curacao Development Institute, Director Luis Santine and his staff. I would like to welcome Minister Kenneth Gijsbertha, Minister of Finance, Minister Eugene Rhuggenaath, Minister of Economic Affairs, Minister Suzy Camelia-Romer, Minister of Traffic and Transportation, and Mrs. Giselle McWilliam, …
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