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[Assignment: 48-DPA-02-05-08_SOI_K_Mori] Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [meeting at Main Interior] with delegation from the Federated States of Micronesia, led by Micronesia President Emanuel Mori [48-DPA-02-05-08_SOI_K_Mori_DOI_9613.JPG]

A 374th Tactical Airlift Wing C-130 Hercules aircraft stands on the flight line after delivering Christmas Drop packages for Micronesian island people evacuated to Saipan because of a typhoon. The annual airdrop is humanitarian effort providing aid to needy islanders throughout Micronesia during the holiday season

[Assignment: 48-DPA-SOI_K_Pohnpei_6-10-11-07] Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [and aides] to Pohnpei Island, of the Federated States of Micronesia [48-DPA-SOI_K_Pohnpei_6-10-11-07__DI13946.JPG]

[Assignment: 48-DPA-SOI_K_Pohnpei_6-10-11-07] Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [and aides] to Pohnpei Island, of the Federated States of Micronesia [48-DPA-SOI_K_Pohnpei_6-10-11-07__DI13675.JPG]

Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlilfe and Parks, Craig Manson, speaking at meeting of the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force in Washington, D.C. Manson was among officials from 12 federal agencies, 7 states and territories, as well as the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, and Palau, discussing projects to improveconservation and management of coral reefs, international trade issues, and other matters

[Assignment: 48-DPA-09-29-08_SOI_K_Isl_Conf_AM] Insular Areas Health Summit [("The Future of Health Care in the Insular Areas: A Leaders Summit") at the Marriott Hotel in] Honolulu, Hawaii, where Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [joined senior federal health officials and leaders of the U.S. territories and freely associated states to discuss strategies and initiatives for advancing health care in those communinties [48-DPA-09-29-08_SOI_K_Isl_Conf_AM_DOI_0503.JPG]

[Assignment: 48-DPA-SOI_K_Pohnpei_6-10-11-07] Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [and aides] to Pohnpei Island, of the Federated States of Micronesia [48-DPA-SOI_K_Pohnpei_6-10-11-07__DI14077.JPG]

A Chuukese apprentice, Farkos Kosam, practices masonry work under the guidance of TECH. SGT. John Stainer, a structures technician from Pope Air Force Base, N.C. SGT. Stainer is a member of a thirteen man civic-action team, on 8-months temporary duty, and chartered to enhance the socio-economic development of Chuuk, while providing a U.S. military presence at this island 632 miles southeast of Guam. Exact Date Shot Unknown . Published in AIRMAN Magazine August 1997

[Assignment: 48-DPA-02-05-08_SOI_K_Mori] Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [meeting at Main Interior] with delegation from the Federated States of Micronesia, led by Micronesia President Emanuel Mori [48-DPA-02-05-08_SOI_K_Mori_DOI_9654.JPG]

[Assignment: 48-DPA-SOI_K_Pohnpei_6-10-11-07] Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [and aides] to Pohnpei Island, of the Federated States of Micronesia [48-DPA-SOI_K_Pohnpei_6-10-11-07__DI13930.JPG]

Santa Clause (CPT Mike D'Albertis, 605th Military Airlift Support Squadron) and SSGT Tony Thompson, loadmaster with the 21st Tactical Airlift Squadron, watch as a Christmas Drop container is parachuted toward its destination. The annual airdrop is a humanitarian airdrop effort providing aid to needy islanders throughout Micronesia during the holiday season

[Assignment: 48-DPA-09-30-08_SOI_K_Isl_Conf_Final] Final day of Insular Areas Health Summit [("The Future of Health Care in the Insular Areas: A Leaders Summit") at the Marriott Hotel in] Honolulu, Hawaii, where Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [joined senior federal health officials and leaders of the U.S. territories and freely associated states to discuss strategies and initiatives for advancing health care in those communinties [48-DPA-09-30-08_SOI_K_Isl_Conf_Final_DOI_0854.JPG]