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  • State Department Special Representative Farah Pandith visits French Entrepreneurs Association (Image US Embassy Paris) France Celebrates Global Entrepreneurship Week

    During the week of November 16 to 22, millions of people in 85 countries are participating in over 25,000 events to encourage people worldwide to celebrate the power of individuals with ideas to drive sustainable economic growth. Global Entrepreneurship Week will connect young people everywhere to help them explore

  • President Barack Obama tours the Great Wall of China, White House Photo, Lawrence Jackson, 11/18/09 President Obama tours the Great Wall of China

    On November 12, President Obama began a 10-day journey to Asia, which includes visits to Japan, Singapore, China and South Korea. The purpose of this trip is to strengthen U.S. leadership and economic competitiveness in the region, renew old alliances, forge new partnerships.

  • A worker in Berlin puts up a banner in preparation for the December climate change conference in Copenhagen. Copenhagen Climate Conference as Steppingstone

    With the proper approach, the Copenhagen climate conference next month can be the steppingstone to a full and binding legal agreement on climate, Secretary Clinton says.
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Regional News
Press Release Nov. 20, 2009
FBI Director Mueller visits Paris

Press Release Nov. 20, 2009

Clinton on Copenhagen Climate Change Conference
It can become the steppingstone to a full and binding legal climate agreement.

Clinton on Copenhagen Climate Change Conference

Under Secretary Burns on Middle East Policy
Highlights Obama’s vision of realizing a positive agenda for Middle East

Under Secretary Burns on Middle East Policy

Clinton on U.S. Relief Efforts
U.S. donates $5 million in relief funds for reconstruction efforts.

Clinton on U.S. Relief Efforts

Voting Rights Seminar – Monday, November 23, 2009
Workshop and Discussion with Federal Voting Assistant Program Director, Bob Carey.


Embassy Latest
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.

Dancers of Indancités

Film screening at the Ambassador's Residence
Continuing with the successful film screening series at the Ambassador’s Residence, the embassy had the opportunity to show ‘Fame’ for a youth audience.

Martin Luther King wall

Ambassador inaugurates exchange program on mural art
Ambassador Rivkin and Ms. Tolson were the guests of honor of the Mayor of Villiers-le-Bel at the inauguration of the first mural achieved within a Franco-American artistic and educational exchange program on mural art.

Artist working in the residence's garden

Graffiti at the Ambassador's residence
Bulle d'Ox, a group of young graffiti artists from Bondy, created a happening in the gardens of the Ambassador's Residence.

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.