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09 October 2009
This Week from Washington
Courtesy of our sister site, America.gov, comes this new series of podcasts bringing you a summary of news from Washington.
In this episode: President Obama and his national security team are examining a range of strategies for achieving long-term security in Afghanistan; and how mountain climber, humanitarian, and author Greg Mortenson is helping remote villages in South Asia build for the future through girls’ education.

(MP3, 7 min 19 sec)

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11 July 2009
President Obama's SMS Question Responses
While in Ghana, Africa as part of his trip to Russia, Italy and Africa in July, President Obama invited questions regarding his Administration's policies towards Africa to be submitted via text, twitter and blogs. A panel of African journalists based in Washington was asked to select three questions for the President to respond to. Here are the President's responses to these questions.

(MP3, 6 min 10 secs)

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20 May 2009
In Other Rooms, Other Wonders
Pakistani-American writer Daniyal Mueenuddin reads an excerpt from his short story “Nawabdin Electrician”. The U.S. Embassy brought Daniyal to London and Birmingham to attend the Asia House Festival of Asian Literature and to speak with students, writers, and artists about his new book, In Other Rooms, Other Wonders.

(MP3, 03:21)

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23 March 2009
Letter to the Working-Men of Manchester, England
On January 19,1863 President Lincoln wrote a letter to the Working-men of Manchester thanking them for their support and acknowledging the suffering the blockade during the civil war was having on the people of Lancashire. Matt Goshko press officer at the U.S.Embassy in London, reads the letter.

(MP3 03:35)

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13 February 2009
Lincoln Bicentennial
Philip Breeden, Press Attaché at the U.S.Embassy London, talks to Richard LeBaron, Chargé d'Affaires at the Embassy on the importance of President Lincoln today.

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06 February 2009
What Do President Obama and President Lincoln Have In Common?

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06 February 2009
Lincoln Bicentennial
Courtesy of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History and in celebration of the Lincoln Bicentennial the American Embassy presents General Colin Powell reading the Gettysburg Address at the reopening ceremony of the National Museum of American History on 21 November 2008.
The America.gov article on the 145th Anniversary of President Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address has links to the text of the address.

(MP3, 2:30 mins)

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14 January 2009
About the Presidential Inauguration
Assistant Cultural Attaché Mark Lanning chats with the Embassy Webmaster about the upcoming inauguration of the 44th President of the United States of America. Listen in for an overview of what the inauguration means, how it works and how it has developed over the centuries.

(MP3, 9:00 mins)

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Related:Inauguration Quick Facts and schedule of events.