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UPDATED: 23 Dec 2009 GMT
  • The Champs-Elysées Ambassador Rivkin's Greetings

    In this season of joy, peace, celebration, and love, on behalf of the American Embassy, I would like to wish you happy holidays and best wishes for the new year. Ambassador Charles H. Rivkin

     
  • A Marine playing with kids When the Marines play Santa

    On Wednesday, December 23, several members of the U.S. Embassy’s Marine Security Guard detachment delivered toys to children at the “Maison Maternelle de la rue Manin” group home for children in Paris’s 19th arrondissement, a few blocks from the fabled Buttes de Chaumont park.

  • The First Lady Michelle Obama The First Lady Reads "The Night Before Christmas"

    First Lady Michelle Obama visits the Children's National Medical Center in Washington D.C. to read "The Night Before Christmas." Joined by daughters Malia and Sasha, along with dog Bo, the First Lady continues this tradition of visiting with patients which dates back to Bess Truman.

     
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Thione Niang meets with young French political leaders
Thione Niang spent the morning at the Embassy discussing with young French political leaders of diverse backgrounds.

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Belles Etrangeres Literary Festival
The Belles Etrangeres literary festival, founded twenty-two years ago by the National Center for Books (a branch of the French Ministry of Culture), highlighted US literature and enabled thousands of French people to meet and learn about the writers.

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American Center France, the hub for franco-american exchange, is online !
The American Center France builds synergy among institutions promoting Franco-American friendship. We define Franco-American friendship in the broadest sense, from culture to politics, and from heritage to trade.

Farah Pandith and members of Chorba pour Tous

Special Representative to Muslim Communities Farah Pandith in Paris
She conducted a day of outreach to associations in the XIXth arrondissement of Paris.

Opening session i.p.o Consul General Catherine Barry and Representative Louis Giscard d’Estaing, President of the Franco-American friendship group at the National Assembly

Building the Future of Franco-American Organizations
The Embassy organized a daylong seminar on ‘Building the Future of Franco-American Organizations’ structured in the form of capacity-building workshops for 100 leaders of Franco-American associations based in France.

President and Ms. Obama, President Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni

President Obama's Visit to Normandy
During his visit in France, President Obama met with President Sarkozy in Caen and participated to activities commemorating the 65th anniversary of D-Day.