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Remarks following a meeting with United States Ambassador-Designate to Iraq Ryan C. Crocker.(Week Ending Friday, February 16, 2007)(Speech)
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February 16, 2007
The President. I just had a lengthy conversation with our nominee to be the Ambassador from the United States to Iraq. I've gotten to know Ambassador Ryan Crocker during my time as President because he's been--fulfilled a very important mission for the United States, and that is the Ambassador to Pakistan, where he served ably and served well. And I'm confident I picked the right man to be our new Ambassador in Iraq.
The Ambassador will follow General David Petraeus into Iraq. So now we've got a new military commander and a new head of our diplomatic ...
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Ole's tale. (Quote of the Month).
Magazine article from: Cobblestone
; ...poor fisherman's boy, Ole Edvart Pedersen, was born on...sod-roofed cottage in Rolvaag, Norway. Rolvaag is on Donna Island...three-day train ride. Ole had just one dime in...with his family, Ole Rolvaag enjoyed his favorite...
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DEL. CHRISTENSEN ANNOUNCES WE THE PEOPLE BOOKSHELF AWARD TO LIBRARY
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News
; ...Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, edited by Louis P. Masur * Giants in the Earth: A Saga of the Prairie by Ole Edvart Rolvaag The bookshelf program is part of the NEH's We the People initiative, which supports projects that strengthen the...
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The Western Home: A Literary History of Norwegian America.(Review)
Magazine article from: Scandinavian Studies
; ...life, examining the aeuvre of Simon Johnson, Dorthea Dahl, Jon Norstog, Johannes B. Wist, Waldemar Ager, and Ole Edvart Rolvaag. Overland integrates a wide range of texts into his literary history of Norwegian America. His inclusion of early...
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REP. SHIMKUS ANNOUNCES NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES DONATIONS TO 10 LOCAL LIBRARIES
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News
; ...Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, edited by Louis P. Masur; and Giants in the Earth: A Saga of the Prairie by Ole Edvart Rolvaag. NEH Chairman Bruce Cole said, "This year's We the People Bookshelf gives readers young and old an opportunity...
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Summer reading.(Brief Article)(Critical Essay)
Magazine article from: The Christian Century
; ...Abraham Lincoln. My parents loved not only to read but to talk about what they were reading. When I was assigned Ole Edvart Rolvaag's Giants in the Earth in high school, my mother procured a library copy so we could discuss it. When my college...
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