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2009 Press Releases
Interior Grant to Assist U.S. Virgin Islands with Urgent Waste and Wastewater Needs
(December 9 2009)
Office of Insular Affairs Awarded Grant For Marine Lab Project In The United States Virgin Islands
(December 8, 2009)
Department of the Interior Provides Grant To Protect Agat And Santa Rita
(December 3, 2009)
Office of Insular Affairs Releases Compact Grant Award To The Northern Mariana Islands
(November 23, 2009)
Statement of Assistant Secretary Babauta on Authorizing the Use of Compact Impact Funds
(November 20, 2009)
Close Up Foundation Announces $1 Million Interior Grant. Insular Affairs Funds Provide Washington Civic Education Programs For Students And Teachers
(November 13, 2009)
Department of the Interior Releases Fiscal Year 2010 Public Infrastructure Grant Funding To The Federated States Of Micronesia
(November 13, 2009)
Office of Insular Affairs Releases Grant Award For Prior Service Trust Fund Administration
(November 13, 2009)
U.S. Embassy In Micronesia Honors All U.S. Military Veterans
(November 13, 2009)
Assistant Secretary Babauta Lends Assistance To The Marshalls Energy Company To Become Self Sustaining
(November 10, 2009)
Assistant Secretary Babauta Releases Technical Assistance Grant To Marshall Islands For Four Atolls Health Care Program
(November 10, 2009)
Junior Statement Foundation Announces Interior Grant Insular Affairs grant provides summer program scholarships to high school students in insular areas
(November 9, 2009)
The Marshall Islands Inaugurates a New President
(November 3, 2009)
U.S.Funded Election Observation Mission Presents Report On March Elections
(October 14th-19th, 2009)
Assistant Secretary Babauta Joins President Obama In Signing Ceremony For Asian Americans And Pacific Islander Americans
(October 14, 2009)
President Obama's Assistant Secretary for Insular Areas Arrives in American Samoa
(October 1, 2009)
Nikolao Pula Delivers Keynote Address to the Executive Leadership Development Program (ELDP) Graduating Class
(September 18, 2009)
The Office of Insular Affairs Joins Secretary Salazar in Lauding the Senate's Confirmation of Tony Babauta as Assistant Secretary for Insular Areas
(September 10, 2009)
Pohnpeian Soldier Dies In Afghanistan
(September 5, 2009)
JEMFAC Meets in Honolulu, Approves FY2010 Compact Sector Grant Funding for the Marshall Islands
(September 3, 2009)
JEMCO Meets in Honolulu, Approves Fiscal Year 2010 Budget for Compact Sector Grant Funding
(September 1, 2009)
New School Opens In American Samoa
(August 7, 2009)
CODEL welcomed to American Samoa
(August 5, 2009)
Secretary Salazar Receives Governor Togiola
(July 29, 2009)
U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Thad Allen Visits Pohnpei, Micronesia
(July 20, 2009)
Fiber Optic Cable Makes Landfall In American Samoa
(July 7, 2009)
Pohnpei Hosts A Visit From USS Crommelin
(June 25, 2009)
Two Doctors Receive Special Awards for TB Work in Chuuk, the Pacific
(June 18, 2009)
U.S. Soldier Dies In Afghanistan, Honored In Palau, Remembered In Hawaii And New York
(June 15, 2009)
Silver Lifesaving Citation Awarded to U.S. Coast Guardsman from Palau
(June 10, 2009)
OIA Serves Up Island Flavors
(May 28, 2009)
U.S. Coast Guard and Palau hold Sea Guardian Exercise
(May 22, 2009)
Mayor of Enewetak And RMI Finance Minister Visit OIA
(May 20, 2009)
Statement of Nikolao I. Pula, Jr., Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary Of The Interior For Insular Affairs Before The Subcommittee On Insular Affairs, Occeans And Wildlife Committee On Natural Resources. U.S. House Of Representatives, Regarding The Immigration Provisions In Public Law 110-229 That Affect The Commonwealth Of The Northern Mariana Islands And Guam.
(May 19, 2009)
Compact Funds Released to the Marshall Islands
(April 23, 2009)
National Park Service Funds Two "HOT SHOTS" From American Samoa
(April 17, 2009)
Conference on Business Opportunity in the Islands Concludes Successfully
(April 15, 2009)
Fallen U.S. Soldier Given Full Military Honors in Pohnpei, Micronesia
(March 20, 2009)
Interior and Commerce Departments Sign Agreement for GDP Data Collection, Training in U.S. Territories
(March 19, 2009)
Office of Insular Affairs Welcomes President Toribiong And Recognizes Fifty Years Of Service By Haruo Willter
(March 13, 2009)
Secretary Salazar Meets with Palau President Toribiong
(March 12, 2009)
Over One Hundred Pacific Islander Students Visit Interior's Office Of Insular Affairs through Close – Up Program
(February 25, 2009)
Secretary Convenes White House Interagency Group on Insular Affairs; U.S. Island Governors and Delegates Discuss Priorities
(February 24, 2009)
Micronesia Region Loses First Female Casualty In Operation Iraqi Freedom
(February 19, 2009)
University of the U.S. Virgin Islands Shows Appreciation to Interior for Support of New Wellness Center
(February 10, 2009)
MHOTEP NHPI Scholarships available for Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Students!
(January 23, 2009)
Secretary Kempthorne and Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary Doug Domenech Bid Farewell to Interior and OIA
(January 14, 2009)
American Samoa Governor Togiola "Blessed" for a Second Term
(January 09, 2009)
U.S. Insular Areas and FAS Receive Historic Preservation Grants
(January 08, 2009)
CNMI Governor And Member of Congress Visit Office of Insular Affairs
(January 07, 2009)
President Bush Creates Three New Pacific Marine Monuments in U.S. Pacific Insular Areas
(January 06, 2009)
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