USAG News  2005/2006/2007

 

1. (Manchester, NH) January 2007: USAG gears up for the 2008 Diplomatic Observers event that brings high-level international observers to the US to observe the US political system and the NH Presidential primary.
2. (Washington, DC) December 2006: USAG’s George Bruno mediated a successful resolution to an international business dispute.
3. (Beirut, Lebanon) November 2006: USAG’s LawServe immigration service interceded with the US Embassy/Beirut on behalf of a client to obtain a K-3 family visa to enter the US to be with his wife who was experiencing a dangerous pregnancy.
4. (Boston, MA) September 2006: USAG’s LawServe immigration service won approval of the last 2006 H-1B specialty worker visa for a chef from India.
5. (Castine, ME) August 2006: USAG’s George Bruno presented international law and business tips to Connecting Maine and 2nd Tier Emerging Economies conference attendees.
6. (The Hague, Netherlands & Manchester, NH) June 2006: USAG heralded the newly created Institute for Justice Sector Development (IJSD) that will assist emerging democracies in setting up and operating strong, independent justice sectors.
7. (Washington, DC): USAG's George Bruno, US Ambassador (Ret) provided consulting services and held a training program for the new Bosnian Ambassador and Bosnian government.
8. (Concord, NH) March & June 2006: In association with the University of New Hampshire, USAG again hosted two senior military/civilian delegations from former Soviet nations under the auspices of the Partnership for Peace program of the United States Department of Defense. The delegations were from Kazakhstan and Belarus in March and June, respectively. Each delegation returned to their countries eager to initiate additional cooperation.
9. (Shanghai, China) spring 2006: For LawServe’s immigration service, USAG's George Bruno, US Ambassador (Ret) traveled to Shanghai and successfully obtained a business visa for a Chinese manufacturer dealing with small machinery.
10. (New Orleans, LA) November 2005: USAG facilitated the transfer of 50 emergency power generators to the State of Louisiana and City of New Orleans to assist in municipal recovery efforts related to Hurricane Katrina. The generators were donated by a Chinese multinational manufacturing company based in Shanghai, China.
11. (Oldenzaal, Netherlands) February 2006: USAG’s Richard Wilde assisted the State of New Hampshire and a private New Hampshire corporate client in the oversea export of commercial containers to the NH European Logistics Center (NHELC) in Oldenzaal and Amsterdam, the Netherlands. European warehousing and logistics provided by RoadAir, BV.
12. (Washington, DC) Nov 14-17, 2005: USAG's George Bruno is in Washington leading a Bosnian delegation headed by the President of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovinia. The delegation is meeting with Senators Biden, Harkin, Specter, and Sununu as well as retired General Wesley Clark.
13. (Shanghai, China): USAG's George Bruno met with US Consular and Commercial Section officials at USCONGEN/Shanghai in mid-October 2005.
14. (Amsterdam, The Netherlands): USAG’s Richard Wilde held meetings with US State Department officers at the US Consulate General in Amsterdam, NL on 30 September 2005. Prior to the meetings, Wilde lectured on US immigration policy and procedure at the American Book Center, Vootboogstraat 11, Amsterdam.