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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" align="right"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #4c6e78; FONT-SIZE: 27pt">Public Lecture:</span></p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" align="right"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #4c6e78; FONT-SIZE: 27pt">US Engagement with the Pacific Islands and the Region</span></p>
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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" align="right"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #4c6e78; FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt">ANU College of Asia and the Pacific</span></p>
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<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 1.5pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt">Speaker: US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Edgard Kagan</span></p>
<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 1.5pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt">Time and Date: 5:<span style="COLOR: #111111">30 - 6:30pm Thursday 25 October 2012</span></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 1.5pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt">Venue:
<span style="COLOR: #1f497d"><a href="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Hedley+Bull+Centre,+Fellows+Rd,+Acton+ACT,+Australia&hl=en&ll=-35.283042,149.119631&spn=0.007217,0.009313&sll=-35.283016,149.11962&sspn=0.002551,0.002328&t=h&hq=Hedley+Bull+Centre,+Fellows+Rd,+Acton+ACT,+Australia&z=17" target="_blank">Lecture
Theatre 1, Hedley Bull Centre (130) Garran Road, The Australian National University</a></span><span style="COLOR: #111111"> </span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #111111">In this public lecture US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Edgard Kagan</span></b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d">
</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">will examine the unique opportunities and challenges for the countries in the Pacific region. Mr Kagan will focus on how these countries have benefited from dramatic changes in the region over recent years,
and within this context, how the United States remains an enduring driver of prosperity as a source of innovation and investment and as a champion for freer and fairer societies.<span style="COLOR: #1f497d"> </span></span></p>
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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 15pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #111111; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Edgard Kagan was appointed Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, responsible for relations
with Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands, in July 2012. A Foreign Service officer since 1991, he most recently served as Director of Korean Affairs from 2010-2012, including serving as acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Japan and Korea from August
2011 to January 2012. Edgard also recently served as Economic and then Political Economic Counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Canberra, Australia from 2007-2010. Mr Kagan was a 1989 graduate cum laude of Yale University.
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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 15pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #111111; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">This event is free and open to the public. To register please go
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