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Article: MARIA OTERO SWORN IN AS UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR DEMOCRACY, GLOBAL AFFAIRS
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- August 13, 2009
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- The U.S. Department of State issued the following press release:
Maria Otero was sworn in on August 10, 2009 as the Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs. She oversees and coordinates the work of the Bureaus of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor; Oceans, Environment and Science; and Population, Refugees and Migration; and the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons.
"I am proud to have Maria Otero join my team as Under Secretary of Democracy and Global Affairs in order to advance issues crucial to America's foreign policy," stated Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. "I look forward to working with her to address crucial challenges ...