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President Bush to Deliver Keynote Speech at Washington Conference

May 1, 2008

38th Washington Conference on the Americas: The Globalization of the Americas

Washington DC, April 28, 2008—Convening President Bush, President Torrijos of Panama, and cabinet-level government representatives from the Western Hemisphere, the 38th Washington Conference on the Americas will focus on stimulating regional growth and development in an increasingly globalized world. The conference will take place Wednesday, May 7 at the U.S. Department of State.

The Annual Washington Conference on the Americas is the premiere forum on regional policy and is on-the-record and open to working press. For more information on the conference, click here.

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Wednesday, May 7, 2008
U.S. Department of State
2201 C Street, NW, Washington DC (enter at 23rd St, NW)
 
Confirmed Speakers:
George W. Bush, President of the United States
Martín Torrijos, President of Panama
Luis Carranza Ugarte, Minister of Economy and Finance, Peru
Carlos Gutierrez, Secretary of Commerce, U.S.
Henry Paulson, Secretary of the Treasury, U.S.
Jim Prentice, Minister of Industry, Canada
Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State, U.S.
Juan Manuel Santos, Minister of Defense, Colombia
Susan Schwab, Trade Representative, U.S.
Josefina Vazquez Mota, Minister of Public Education, Mexico
Thomas Shannon, Assistant Secretary of State, Western Hemisphere Affairs, U.S.
Margaret Spellings, Secretary of Education, U.S.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Managing Director, IMF

Media representatives must present: (1) a U.S. government-issued identification card (Department of State, White House, Congress, Department of Defense, or Foreign Press Center) and a media-issued photo identification card; or (2) a letter on letterhead verifying employment as a journalist, accompanied by official photo identification (driver’s license or passport).





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