Selected Events 2007
U.S. Consulate General Visits City of Oldenburg
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February 7, 2007. Consul General Duane Butcher and staff of the consulate’s Public Affairs section paid a full-day visit to Oldenburg in Lower Saxony, exploring opportunities for joint programs and projects. CG Butcher first met with 40 high school students from the Cäcilien High School who learned about the American Foreign Service and about study and work opportunities in the U.S. for young Germans. The Hamburg delegation then met with newly elected Lord Mayor Prof. Gerd Schwandner, discussing a possible sister cities partnership with Baltimore county, Mission Germany support for an international independent film festival and American art exhibits in Oldenburg. The visit ended with a meeting with experts on German emigration to the U.S. at the University of Oldenburg.
