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2nd October 2013 Washington DC, USA

by Kelly Hysan

Communications Manager

How timely: Britain announces it will host 2014 NATO Summit

Earlier this month I had the opportunity to travel to NATO headquarters in Brussels to attend a course put together by my colleagues in the UK Joint Delegation to NATO. The course is designed to give staff a thorough introduction to NATO and an understanding of its place at the centre of the UK’s defence […]

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3rd September 2013 Washington DC, USA

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by Patrick Davies

Deputy Head of Mission, British Embassy, Washington

Coming to America

Today is my first day as Britain’s Deputy Ambassador to the United States. It’s a real privilege to be starting my new role. Partly that’s because it’s simply a terrific job. I’m in charge of making sure that the Embassy and the UK’s ten other posts in the US work together smoothly, which will be […]

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29th August 2013 USA

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by Spencer Mahony

HM Consul and UKTI Regional Director for the South East United States

Wounded Warriors bring British inventor’s dreams to life

It is rare to witness the moment when an inventor sees his dreams realised; the culmination of years of testing, adapting and perfecting inventions suddenly paying off. I had the pleasure of witnessing one of those extraordinary moments while attending the 33rd National Veterans Wheelchair Games last month in Tampa, Florida. When I visited Tampa […]

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28th August 2013 USA

by James Kariuki

Counsellor and Head of Politics, Economics and Communication Group

Dr King’s British Legacy

Today I will have the honour of representing the UK government on the fiftieth anniversary of Dr Martin Luther King Jr’s historic “I have a dream” speech at the Lincoln Memorial. I’ve represented my country at many big events in my 20-year diplomatic career, from G8 and UN Summits to the State of the Union […]

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30th July 2013 Washington DC, USA

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by Maeve Atkins

Communications Officer

Nostalgic for 2012: The Olympic Legacy

Nostalgia is defined as “a sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past, typically for a period of place with happy personal associations.” With this weekend marking one year on, was I feeling nostalgic about the London 2012 games, which I experienced from more than 3,000 miles away? I most definitely was. While I couldn’t […]

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8th July 2013 Washington DC, USA

UK-US Service Personnel Task Force: A Personal View of the Past Two Months

“The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional to how they perceive the Veterans of earlier wars were treated and appreciated by the nation.” President George Washington, 1789. Judging by the amazing opportunities and activities of the last few months for […]

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7th June 2013 Los Angeles, USA

Efforts in the Global Mapping of Carbon Emissions

The Los Angeles S&I team recently visited NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to meet the Megacities Carbon Project team. The MCP is designed to measure greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in urban areas, starting with Los Angeles (LA). CLARS, a laboratory housing remote-sensing instruments built by JPL researchers, sits atop of Mount Wilson, where it samples […]

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28th May 2013 USA

Spencer Mahoney

by Spencer Mahony

HM Consul and UKTI Regional Director for the South East United States

Can You Hear Me, Major Tim?

The following is a guest post by Ryan Nalty, Business Development Associate, Advanced Engineering, UKTI. The great British comedian, Eddie Izzard, once quipped, that British efforts in space would be equivalent to putting a man in a track suit up a ladder. Last week, that track suit became more expensive and that ladder, a tad […]

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