Kreyol Network » State of the Union http://kreyolnetwork.com The Heart of the Haitian Community Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:36:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Ambassador to Haiti invited by Obama to the State of the Union http://kreyolnetwork.com/ambassador-to-haiti-invited-by-obama-to-the-state-of-the-union/01411 http://kreyolnetwork.com/ambassador-to-haiti-invited-by-obama-to-the-state-of-the-union/01411#comments Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:48:40 +0000 recklaz http://kreyolnetwork.com/?p=411 The Ambassador of Haiti to the United States has been invited by the White House to attend his State of the Union Barack Obama Wednesday night in Congress, it was learned from the presidency two weeks after earthquake that ravaged the Caribbean country.

Haiti’s ambassador to Washington since 2004, was invited by First Lady Michelle Obama to join him in his box of Congress to attend the speech by her husband before the elected and the nation, highlight the political year U.S., according to the White House.

Among the guests of Mrs. Obama also included, in addition to Jill Biden, wife of Vice-President Joe Biden, students and entrepreneurs, a veteran wounded in Iraq in combat and a police official military base of Fort Hood ( Texas, south), scene of a fatal shooting in November.

Mrs. Obama has also invited the wife of a firefighter Virginia (is) deployed to Haiti as part of U.S. aid following the earthquake that struck near the capital Port-au-Prince January 12, killing some 150,000 lives, according to an estimate by the Minister of Health of the country.

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