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Zackios meets US Marshallese, Obama Friday

By Journal on September 15, 2016 Anjua Loeak, Barack Obama, Gerald Zackios, Junior Aini, Nemaad Loeak, RMI ambassador, Sacramento News Archive

RMI Ambassador to the United States Gerald Zackios is scheduled to present his diplomatic credentials to President Barack Obama at the White House this Friday. In the meantime, he made his first visit to the Marshallese community in Sacramento, California earlier in September. He spoke to hundreds of Marshallese at an event hosted by the […]

US declares drought disaster

By Journal on May 5, 2016 Barack Obama, Dan Dieckhaus, drought, El Nino News Archive

President Barack Obama’s Presidential Disaster Declaration (PDD) late last week has opened the doors to additional US federal aid for drought relief in the Marshall Islands. “The PDD allows us to tap into FEMA resources,” said USAID Office for Disaster Assistance Regional Advisor Dan Dieckhaus, who is based at the US Embassy in Majuro. Earlier […]