
US Embassy Sweden Sesame Street Celebrates 40 Years - Middle East productions teach children to love learning
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Sesame Street premiered in the United States on November 10, 1969, and is the longest-running children’s television program. Egyptian, Jordanian, Israeli and Palestinian production companies now produce local versions of the program.

US Embassy Sweden President Obama's Afghanistan Policy: Two Online Q&A Sessions
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December 2 and December 3 CO.NX webchats with State Department officials

US Embassy Sweden United States, South Asia Groups Empower Women to Fight Violence
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Groups and nongovernmental organizations in Afghanistan, Pakistan and India, with help and funding from the United States, epitomize the philosophy that empowering women is the best way to ensure that they cease to experience violence.

US Embassy Sweden Civilians to Expand U.S. Commitments to Afghanistan and Pakistan
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When responsibility for Afghanistan’s security begins to transition from U.S. and international forces to Afghan authorities, U.S. civilians will remain to help develop the country’s agricultural sector, democratic institutions and other areas, Secretary of State Clinton tells U.S. lawmakers.

The United States will send an additional 30,000 troops to Afghanistan to “seize the initiative” from violent extremists and responsibly transfer the country’s security to Afghan forces beginning in July 2011. In a...

US Embassy Sweden Senator Kerry, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, recorded a video message that was played at the Eurocities 09 conference in Stockholm, Sweden.

US Embassy Sweden The New Way Forward - The President's Address | The White House
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WhiteHouse.gov is the official web site for the White House and President Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States. This site is a source for information about the President, White House news and policies, White House history, and the federal government.

The U.S. is committed to forging an international response and achieving a successful outcome at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP-15) in Copenhagen, December 7-18...

US Embassy Sweden U.S. Officials Review Obama Administration’s efforts on HIV/AIDS
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On the eve of World AIDS Day, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator Eric Goosby and Valerie Jarrett, senior adviser and assistant to the president, highlight U.S. efforts on HIV/AIDS issues.

US Embassy Sweden America’s Commitment to the Fight Against Global AIDS
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The State Department releases a fact sheet highlighting America’s commitment in the fight against global AIDS.

US Embassy Sweden The History of Islam in America
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December 10 webchat with U.S. Foreign Service Officer Ali Lejlic

US Embassy Sweden Obama Addresses Afghanistan Strategy December 1
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President Obama will lay out his strategy for Afghanistan in a December 1 speech from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York. Senior civilian and military leaders are expected to testify before Senate and House committees this week on the president’s strategy.

US Embassy Sweden Clinton Cites AIDS as Defining Health Challenge of Today
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton calls HIV/AIDS “the defining health challenge of our time.” She also mentions a new five-year global AIDS strategy to be unveiled later in the week and that Washington will host the 2012 International AIDS conference.


















