The view from Secretary of State John Kerry's airplane as it flies over the Red Sea on the evening of March 24, 2013, en route from Amman, Jordan, to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. [State Department photo/ Public Domain]
Today's "Photo of the Week" comes to us from Secretary Kerry's staff who are currently traveling with him to the Middle East and Africa. This photograph was taken as the Secretary's U.S. Air Force jet was flying over the Red Sea on its way to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Since taking office only a few months ago, Secretary Kerry has logged 85,540 travel miles by visiting 21 countries in 44 days. According to our estimates, he's spent 188 hours (or 8 days) inside his plane!
As grueling as the...more
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President Obama delivers the 2013 commencement address at the U.S. Naval Academy. May 24, 2013. |
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President Obama signs a bill designating the Congressional Gold Medal commemorating the lives of the four young girls killed in the 16th Street Baptist Churc... |
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At Savoy Elementary School in Washington, D.C., First Lady Michelle Obama joins Ms. Jones Pre-K class in an exercise of Freeze Dance. The First Lady visited ... |
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Ghanaian children weclome U.S. Ambassador to Ghana Gene Cretz to the Northern Region in May 2013. [State Department photo/ Public Domain]
I recently had the opportunity to travel to Tamale and the environs of the Northern Region. Throughout Ghana we have broad and rich relationships, but the relevance of our development efforts really crystallized for me in Tamale.
We all know that malaria kills more children under the age of five in Ghana than any other single disease. I'm proud that the U.S. Government has a program aimed at keeping mothers and children alive. It is called the President's Malaria Initiative (PMI). Through this initiative we directly provided...more
