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  • Secretary Rice and Poland’s Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski U.S. Signs Missile Defense Agreement With Poland

    On August 20, Secretary Rice and Poland’s Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski signed in Warsaw the Agreement Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Poland Concerning the Deployment of Ground-Based Ballistic Missile Defense Interceptors in the Territory of the ...

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  • Ambassador Culbertson departs the Noordeinde Palace after presenting his credentials to Queen Beatrix. Photo: Jos van Leeuwen Ambassador Culbertson presents his Credentials

    August 13, 2008 U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, James B. Culbertson, presented his credentials to Her Majesty Queen Beatrix at Noordeinde Palace in The Hague. Photo: Jos van Leeuwen

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  • James B. Culbertson is sworn in by Elizabeth L. Quick, in the presence of Mrs. Culbertson. Source: MLANEPHOTO.com James B. Culbertson sworn in

    July 10, 2008. James B. Culbertson was sworn in by E.L. Quick as Ambassador of the United States of America to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Thursday, July 10, 2008 in his home town Winston Salem, North Carolina and in the presence of Mrs Culbertson. Source: MLANEPHOTO.com

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Country and Western singer Kareem Salama

Muslim Country singer performed in Amsterdam
As part of his European tour celebrated Muslim-American Country and Western musician Kareem Salama gave a concert in the Netherlands on Friday, July 11, 2008. An enthusiastic audience in the Paradiso theater in Amsterdam listened to him perform songs from his albums This Life of Mine (2007) and Generous Peace (2006).

U.S. Celebrity Chef Jay McCarthy holds Beef Master Class in Amsterdam

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July 2, 2008 – Nice to Meat, a Dutch importer and distributor of U.S. beef (NHTC), organizes a U.S. beef Master class for the leading hotel and restaurants chefs in Amsterdam. U.S. celebrity chef Jay McCarthy talks about the possibilities and benefits of working with this high quality U.S. beef.

Dutch Foreign Minister Verhagen shakes hands with Ambassador Eric M. Javits (Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons), looked on by Michael Gallagher, United States Chargé d’Affaires a.i.

U.S. Embassy Celebrates Independence Day
July 2, 2008 - Dutch Foreign Minister Verhagen shakes hands with Ambassador Eric M. Javits (Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons), looked on by Michael Gallagher, United States Chargé d’Affaires a.i., at the U.S. Embassy's official Independence Day reception. Embassy photo.

Professor Lieber discusses foreign policy with a student. U.S. Embassy.

American foreign policy expert meets students
June 12, 2008. Robert J. Lieber, professor of Government and International Affairs at Georgetown University in Washington DC engages with representatives of the Leiden University Public Administration student association, who recently returned from a Washington DC study tour, at the U.S. Embassy in The Hague. Photo: U.S. Embassy.