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  • Ambassador Schmierer and Mrs. Schmierer standing with students and teachers infront of a school building (U.S. Emb. Muscat)

    U.S. Ambassador Richard J. Schmierer, Mrs. Schmierer, and U.S Embassy staff traveled to Dhofar Governorate on December 19 to 21 to visit Omani cultural sites and educational projects.

  • Your Weekly Address, December 1, 2011 (White House)

    Honoring Those Who Served in Iraq: President Obama expresses gratitude for the historic achievements of the brave men and women who have served in the war in Iraq -- and welcomes our troops home as we mark the official end to the war.

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    Secretary Clinton delivers a speech at the Conference on Internet Freedom in The Hague, Netherlands on December 8.

  • Sec. Clinton Speaking to Public (State Dept.)

    U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton defends human rights around the world in a speech entitled "Free and Equal in Dignity and Rights", at the UN in Geneva, Switzerland, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011, International Human Rights Day. (AP Photo)

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  • Ambassador Schmierer standing with e-teachers (U.S. Emb. Muscat)
    U.S. Embassy honors E-Teacher Scholarship Program participants (January 8, 2012)

    The U.S. Embassy in Muscat recognized ten Omani alumni and new participants in its E-Teachers Scholarship program at a ceremony on January 7. This new initiative provides English teaching professionals living outside of the United States the opportunity to take one of seven innovative, online, graduate-level courses offered by the University of Maryland, and the University of Oregon. 

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    The Art House I

    Art in Embassies Exhibition: Contemporary Art of the United States of America at the Residence of the U.S. Ambassador in Oman 

  • Students sitting around a table (U.S. Emb. Muscat)
    U.S. Embassy and Ministry of Education Host Workshops for English Teachers in Ibri, Salalah and Muscat (December 26, 2011)

    An English Language Specialist Program hosted by the U.S. Embassy and the Ministry of Education concluded last week in Muscat, finishing two one-week workshops in Ibri and Salalah. Dr. Spencer Salas, English Language Specialist and a lecturer at the University of North Carolina in Charlotte, conducted workshops for secondary school teachers in Ibri and Salalah, as well as a one-morning session for students and teachers at Sultan Qaboos University during his visit to Oman from December 10 to 21, 2011. 

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    Tehran Virtual Embassy

    "We are proud to launch our virtual U.S. Embassy Tehran. It is our Mission to the Iranian people. This place is for you. We hope you stay a while". --U.S. Embassy Tehran marking the opening of its virtual embassy. 

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