Remarks By Deputy Chief Of Mission Dean Thompson At The 10th Anniversary Of American Corner Cluj-Napoca December 11, 2016 Bună ziua, Vă mulţumesc foarte mult pentru prezenţa dumneavoastră aici, la Biblioteca Judeţeană “Octavian Goga” Cluj, pentru a sărbători împreună 10 (zece) ani de la înfiinţarea American Corner Cluj-Napoca. We couldn’t have celebrated this important anniversary ...
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By U.S. Mission Romania | 11 December, 2016 | Topics: Former Ambassadors | Tags: American Corner, Cluj-Napoca, Dean Thompson, Octavian Goga
Mr. Deputy Prime Minister, Ambassador, speakers, distinguished guests, colleagues, It is really a great opportunity to be here today and I want to open by offering Ambassador Klemm’s regrets that he couldn’t be with you this morning to the opening due to some changes in his travel plans, but he will be back this afternoon ...
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By U.S. Mission Romania | 5 October, 2016 | Topics: Former Ambassadors | Tags: Conference, Dean Thompson, Innoteque, Innovation
Honorable Rector Sorin Cimpeanu, Honorable Education Minister Dumitru, His Excellency Ambassador Saint-Paul, colleagues from the diplomatic corps, esteemed guests, teachers and students, It is my pleasure to be here today to congratulate the Faculty of Biotechnology on its 20th anniversary and to celebrate the progress and advances Romania has achieved in agriculture through biotechnology. Biotechnology ...
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By U.S. Mission Romania | 4 October, 2016 | Topics: Former Ambassadors | Tags: Agricultural Studies, Biotechnology, Dean Thompson, University
It’s been nearly two weeks since nearly 50 people were slaughtered in Orlando. And that is nowhere near enough time for healing or for moving beyond the terrible realization of that day’s events. The memories of those who were lost will, above all, live on in the minds and the hearts of their loved ones long ...
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By U.S. Mission Romania | 25 June, 2016 | Topics: Former Ambassadors | Tags: Dean Thompson, Diversity, LGBT, March, Orlando
Good evening ladies and gentlemen and distinguished guests. I want to thank the Innovation Labs team for inviting me this evening. It is my honor to be here tonight and it is my pleasure to offer some words of encouragement during this graduation ceremony. I look forward to seeing some of the teams present their ...
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By U.S. Mission Romania | 26 May, 2016 | Topics: Former Ambassadors | Tags: Dean Thompson, Engineering, Innovation, Science, Technology
Good evening ladies and gentlemen and distinguished guests. Minister of Education Adrian Curaj, Minister of Labor Dragos Pislaru, it is a pleasure to have you here. Thank you for attending the U.S. Embassy and TechLounge’s 2016 Entrepreneurship Evening, a celebration of Romanian entrepreneurship and innovation. President Obama believes in the power of entrepreneurship, and we ...
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By U.S. Mission Romania | 20 May, 2016 | Topics: Former Ambassadors | Tags: Dean Thompson, Entrepreneurship, TechLounge
The U.S. Embassy congratulates the organizers of the third Women’s Health Conference in Romania, which brings together health care professionals, policy makers, civil society, and media. Coming together today to discuss women’s health issues is an important step towards addressing Romania’s health care challenges. Improving the public health system starts with the smart implementation of ...
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By U.S. Mission Romania | 31 March, 2016 | Topics: Former Ambassadors | Tags: Dean Thompson
Critical Infrastructure Protection Forum Bucharest March 30, 2016 Ladies and Gentlemen, Often described as the backbone of a country’s economy and security, critical infrastructure represents a fundamental element in the public’s perception and confidence in the way a state functions. Leaders and decision makers from both the public and private sectors are called upon to ...
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By U.S. Mission Romania | 30 March, 2016 | Topics: Former Ambassadors | Tags: Dean Thompson
Daniela, thank you very much for those important remarks and congratulations as you wrap up your tenure as President of AmCham and as AmCham moves towards a new board in the coming days. We have some very exciting times ahead of us and we appreciate all the support and effort that this current board has ...
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By U.S. Mission Romania | 29 March, 2016 | Topics: Former Ambassadors | Tags: AmCham, Dean Thompson, România
Good morning ladies and gentlemen and distinguished guests. Chairperson Birchall, thank you for inviting me to participate in today’s debate and for organizing and hosting this event. The world has benefited tremendously from the use of information technology and the Internet’s rapid expansion. An engine of global economic growth, cyberspace has allowed us to create ...
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By U.S. Mission Romania | 17 March, 2016 | Topics: Former Ambassadors | Tags: Dean Thompson
Vă mulţumesc foarte mult pentru invitaţia la lansarea proiectului “Mame pentru viaţă. Viaţă pentru mame” în România. MSD va lucra împreună cu World Vision la un model care să previnã decesele materne evitabile şi să sprijine accesul mamelor la servicii de sănătate de calitate în unele dintre cele mai sãrace comunităţi rurale din România în ...
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By U.S. Mission Romania | 14 March, 2016 | Topics: Former Ambassadors | Tags: Dean Thompson
National Library of Romania Good Morning Mr. Vice Prime Minister, Mr. Ambassadors, distinguished colleagues, guests and fellow participants. It is truly a great pleasure to be here and thank you for inviting me and the Embassy to be part of Open Data Week and I am looking forward to it. We have a number of ...
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By U.S. Mission Romania | 9 March, 2016 | Topics: Former Ambassadors | Tags: Dean Thompson
Bună dimineaţa Daţi-mi voie să le mulţumesc foarte mult lui Alexandru Florian şi Institutului „Elie Wiesel” pentru că mi-au oferit ocazia de a vă vorbi astăzi. I would also like to say hello to my friend, Radu Ioanid, who is joining us from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington. And I want to say ...
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By U.S. Mission Romania | 12 November, 2015 | Topics: Former Ambassadors | Tags: Dean Thompson, Elie Wiesel
Good morning. It’s a great pleasure to be here today. It’s a really fanstastic opportunity for the Embassy to be represented. I want to congratulate AmCham, Anca, Catalin, Andra and the whole committee for the great work that has gone into this report and to the previous report. This is the third step if you ...
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By U.S. Mission Romania | 3 November, 2015 | Topics: Former Ambassadors | Tags: AmCham, Dean Thompson
Inspector General Tobă / Deputy Inspector General Spiridon, Colleagues from the International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children and the Romanian National Police, Ladies and Gentlemen, I’m honored to be with you this morning and welcome you to a specialized training program designed to improve investigative skills and raise awareness about the various cyber threats ...
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By U.S. Mission Romania | 9 October, 2015 | Topics: Former Ambassadors | Tags: Dean Thompson
– As prepared for delivery – Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen and distinguished guests, thank you for joining us here today as we announce the U.S. Embassy’s Entrepreneur of the Month for August 2015. I would like to thank both Modpack System for opening their fine facilities, and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Prahova ...
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By U.S. Mission Romania | 21 August, 2015 | Topics: Former Ambassadors | Tags: Dean Thompson
Good afternoon and thank you to Expert Forum for inviting me here today. It’s an honor to be speaking, along with these distinguished Ambassadors, to the very people who are transforming judicial and law enforcement systems in Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. It’s been 25 years since the fall of the iron curtain and rise of ...
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By U.S. Mission Romania | 13 May, 2015 | Topics: Former Ambassadors | Tags: Dean Thompson, Partners, Rule of Law
Thank you very much for your kind welcome and this excellent opportunity to address key members of our government in both the executive and legislative branches. There will be many topics under discussion today, among which is the critical issue of how our countries can strengthen economic ties under the auspices of our bilateral strategic ...
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By U.S. Mission Romania | 30 March, 2015 | Topics: Former Ambassadors | Tags: Dean Thompson
