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FrontLines

February 2009

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Welcome to FrontLines, the employee news publication of USAID. FrontLines features articles about the work that USAID is doing, and the people who are doing it. It is produced monthly and distributed electronically and in print to every employee and retiree, as well as some friends of USAID.

Contents

Front Page

• Obama, Clinton Pledge to Make International Aid a Priority
• USAID/Russia Programs Remain Vital Despite Tensions
• Ellyn Ogden Awarded for Heroism Fighting Polio
• Mexico City Policy Rescinded

Inside Development/Dialogue

• What They Are Saying: U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates
• Private Sector Helps Expand Amman Airport Terminal
• Insights From Acting Administrator Alonzo Fulgham

Global Developments

• Briefs
• Anti-Trafficking Concerts Rock Crowds in Cambodia, Thailand
• Literacy Hub Takes Off Under Afghan Ownership
• Bulgarian-American Enterprise Fund Pays U.S. Back $27 Million
• Paraguay Ends 61 Years of One-party Rule

The Regions

• Nigeria Mission Provides Education and Support to AIDS Orphans
• Guatemalan Journalists Receive Training in Investigative Reporting
• Belarus Trains Parents to Adopt Foster Children
• Agency Grants Made to 22 Creative Leaders in the Middle East
• Boosting Job Opportunities for Youth in Sri Lanka

Public-Private Partnerships

• Companies Join Forces with USAID in Developing World
• Afghan Reality TV Contestant Wins With Recycling
• Migrant Workers Invest in Home Countries
• Corporations and USAID Prepare to Cope with Disaster Overseas

Where In The World

• Drawn to Disasters, North Dakota Native Makes a Difference in Iraq
• Christine Lyons, Who Awarded Agency’s Largest Iraq Reconstruction Contract, Dies
• In Memoriam

In-House News

• Agency Helps Albania Cope with Trafficking, Improve Crops
• Students Win Grant for Cell Phone Project to Detect Famine
• Agency Staff Recognized at Annual Ceremony Marking Achievements
• Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Employees Seek Equality
• Asian-Pacific American Committee Holds Events

Spotlight

• Pakistani Villages Hit By Quake Continue To Rebuild

FrontLines is published by the Bureau for Legislative and Public Affairs
U.S. Agency for International Development

Jonathan Addleton
Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator for Legislative and Public Affairs

Joseph A. Fredericks
Director of Public Information

FRONTLINES STAFF

Ben Barber, Editorial Director

Claire McIntyre, Production Editor

Angela Rucker, Writer

Analeed Marcus, Writer

John Waggoner, Writer

Patricia Adams, Photo Librarian

Mary Jane Cotter, Human Resources Coordinator and Employee Liaison

Correspondents:

AFGE – Willy Hardin; AFR – Susan Quinn, Ranta Russell; AFSA – Francisco Zamora;
ASIA – Jan Cartwright; CFBCI – Lauren Seely; DCHA – Rebecca Gustafson;
EGAT – Jane Stanley; E&E – Jen Citrolo; EOP – Gloria Blackwell; GC – Suzette Smikle;
GDA – Lorin Kavanaugh-Ulku; GH – Sandra Jordan, Roslyn Matthews, Chris Thomas;
IG – Debra Scott; LAC – Maxine Hillary; LPA – Barbara Bennett;
M – Jahmal Sands; ME – Hope Bryer, Lori Severens; OTI – David-Sven Lindholm;
SEC – Dwayne Moore, Lorraine Meehan

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