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White House Launches the Fair Chance Higher Education Pledge
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- Written by YNN YNN
- Published: 11 June 2016 11 June 2016
Washington, DC - Friday at the White House, Domestic Policy Council Director Cecilia Muñoz and Education Secretary John King will host 15 higher education public and private institutions from across the country who are standing with the Obama Administration as founding partners in launching the Fair Chance Higher Education Pledge.
Federal Jury Convicts Three Minnesota Men for Conspiring to Join ISIL and Commit Murder in Syria
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- Written by Justice Department Justice Department
- Published: 04 June 2016 04 June 2016
Washington, DC - Guled Ali Omar, Abdurahman Yasin Daud and Mohamed Abdihamid Farah were convicted by a federal jury Friday of conspiring to commit murder in Syria on behalf of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and to provide material support to the designated foreign terrorist organization. Omar was also convicted of one count of attempted financial aid fraud, and Farah was also convicted of one count of perjury and providing a false statement.
Supporting Dual Language Learners in Early Learning Settings
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- Written by White House White House
- Published: 02 June 2016 02 June 2016
Washington, DC - Today the White House is announcing a new Federal policy statement from the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services and Education on better supporting our country’s youngest dual language learners (DLLs) in early childhood programs. The Obama Administration will be joined by public and private sector organizations that will also announce new commitments to support DLLs.
Under Secretary Rose Gottemoeller Travels to Wroclaw, Amman, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Vienna, and the Hague
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- Written by State Department State Department
- Published: 03 June 2016 03 June 2016
Washington, DC - On June 3, Under Secretary Gottemoeller will participate in a panel discussion titled, “NATO’s Future and the Warsaw Summit,” at the Wroclaw Global Forum in Wroclaw, Poland.
USS Stout Completes Multinational Search and Rescue Exercise Argonaut
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- Written by Bill Dodge Bill Dodge
- Published: 02 June 2016 02 June 2016
Mediterranean Sea - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Stout (DDG 55) completed the multinational search and rescue exercise Argonaut May 31.