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Patrick Gaspard

...There is photos of him popping up in Angola , all these other places where he's ou...

Michael McFaul

...in a revolution, forget about Angola and Zimbabwe. There's a revolutio...
...in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Angola . So I have this even kind o...

Johnnie Carson

...out of Africa, especially Nigeria and Angola in particular, coming into the U...

Neal Wolin

...among the places you traveled was to Angola , where you went to discuss th...
...social needs. You also discussed Angola 's cooperation with the Financia...
...Were there challenges in persuading Angola to participate in the objectives of th...
...of the task force? I went to Angola , as you say, to talk about economi...
...so I spent some time in Sana'a. In Angola , there were issues about the extent t...

...and a certain modest expectation. And Angola was a tough set of interlocutors. I wa...

Karen Richardson

...then I was all for it. It was that or Angola . Yes, exactly. [Laughter] I wa...
...have a new adventure.” It was that or Angola , you're right. But that's how I ende...
...what was happening in the civil war in Angola . [Laughs] The Angolan Civil War—the...

Thomas Holst

...which included work in Brazil, Russia, Angola , and Romania, where he served a...
...was running for office, you were in Angola , I believe. Would you mind sharin...
...election cycle from your position in Angola at the time? My assignment in Angol...
...Angola at the time? My assignment in Angola started in 2008. On the day o...
...to say, “Yes, we can.” Few people in Angola speak English. They're more likely t...

...I did not think people in Angola would follow what was happening in th...
...the people you were interacting with in Angola , if there were particular issue...
...Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to Angola in 2009. The Obama presidency pai...
...The Obama presidency paid attention to Angola , and that was unusual for th...
...one, the Portuguese who colonized Angola in 1575 left Angola in the 1970s, an...
...who colonized Angola in 1575 left Angola in the 1970s, and that departure of th...
...vacuum of power. Two factions arose in Angola that entered a civil war that divide...
...that entered a civil war that divided Angola for twenty-seven years. This civil wa...
...sent thirty-five thousand soldiers to Angola . The Soviet Union supported Jos...
...was Russian. He served as president of Angola for thirty-eight years, starting i...
...Secretary of State Clinton traveled to Angola for some good reasons. A quick surve...
...business climate. By contrast, Angola exhibited positive aspects, noticed b...
...operated, and continues to operate, in Angola for sixty-four years as the Cabind...
...Gulf Oil Company operated in offshore Angola all throughout the entirety of th...
...been in power for multiple decades. Angola appeared to be different. I credit th...
...those changes and what was happening in Angola . Did you think that the Obam...
...say a few words about my assignment in Angola , and I think that might help. I wa...
... I was seconded by Chevron to the Angola LNG [Liquefied Natural Gas] Project...
...of all the companies that came to Angola . When those companies produced crud...
...market. In my opinion, the Angola LNG Project deserves a lot of credit...
...LNG Project deserves a lot of credit. Angola LNG avoids flaring natural gas into th...
...every member of the consortium wanted Angola LNG to succeed. If I could just add ...
...just add a footnote. When I arrived in Angola , my understanding was that all thes...
...about Secretary Clinton's visit to Angola in 2009. There she talked abou...
...was, whether there was a rivalry in Angola at the time, and what your sense of th...
... However, when China reached out to Angola , and said, “We will help you rebuil...
...of Dos Santos turned to China, but Angola wasn't the only country. Sudan als...
...and technical know-how that support Angola in a way that China could not, and in ...
...your experience of that period was from Angola and whether they affected the work o...
...whether they affected the work on the Angola LNG Project. Yes. You're exactl...
...any direct impact on our operations in Angola . I personally was focused o...
...place towards the end of your time in Angola . Like we mentioned earlier about th...
...relationship with countries like Angola in Africa, large oil producers but als...
...replacement of the seated president of Angola . But in the final analysis, th...
...how I interpreted the reaction in Angola . That's helpful, thanks for sharin...
...about the time that you moved from Angola , I wanted to ask if there were an...
...the environmental advantages to the Angola LNG project. The typical business cas...
...in this way.” That wasn't the case in Angola . The Angolan government too...
...into the atmosphere and made LNG. Angola purchased seven large LNG carriers, ...
...first cargo went to Brazil. Brazil and Angola share the same language, which is ver...
...are doing, and continue to do, with the Angola LNG Project, and creating a...
...not cut off from the world by living in Angola , but I was so focused on what I wa...
...I was so focused on what I was doing in Angola that I had not paid attention to othe...
...London, Moscow, Rio, then Moscow again, Luanda , Aberdeen, and then Bucharest. ...
...approached me on the sidewalks in Luanda to say, “Yes, we can.” Few people i...

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