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Mayor Greg Nickels, Jack Peters, HUD, Ellen Von Wandruszta, Pike Market Child Care and Preschool, and Lesa Valenzuela, Pike Market
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Vilma Fernandez, Legacy House Nutrition Program / Seattle Chinatown-International District Preservation and Development Authority (SCIDPDA) |
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Gemma Daggatt, Board Member / SCIDPDA |
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Mayor Greg Nickels
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In Iraq, Rep. McDermott takes a meal with soldiers from Washington State.
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Outside the Green Zone in Baghdad, Rep. McDermott and others visited one of the U.S. reconstruction projects in Iraq. |
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In Afghanistan, Rep. McDermott pauses to pay his respects to our fallen heroes. |
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In Afghanistan, Rep. McDermott meets with soldiers from Washington State. |
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Rep. Jim McDermott joined a team of volunteers on Wednesday, October 22 in Seattle to serve 250 seafood meals to the homeless and unemployed as part of the At-Sea Processor Association’s Community Catch program. |
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New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA) met to discuss their commitment to developing a new poverty measurement, which has remained essentially unchanged for almost half a century. |
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Rep. Jim McDermott spoke at the Seattle Art Museum. With strong congressional support, SAM has received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities that will help bring the first major exhibition of the art and culture of the Native Coast Salish Peoples to Seattle later this year, called S'abadeb – The Gifts: Pacific Coast Salish Art and Artists.
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The families of the Fort Lawton soldiers stand with the Honorable Discharge plaques they received from the U.S. Army during the ceremony. Rep. McDermott, other local officials and representatives from the Army stand behind the families. |
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In Washington, D.C. recently, the Hindu American Foundation presented Rep. Jim McDermott, co-chair of the Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans, with its Friend of the Community Award.
- To the Congressman's right is Nikhil Joshi, Esq. – a member of HAF’s Board of Directors; to the Congressman's left are Suhag Shukla, Esq. - Managing Director and Legal Counsel for HAF and Ishani Chowdhury, HAF’s Director of Public Policy. |
