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I'm an ambassador 24 hours a day.
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Ambassador
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I have a direct line with Obama. It's a crucial link. And I can put Spain in the spotlight.
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Crucial
Spain
Spotlight
Link
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I want to help find opportunities for people to become active participants in their communities.
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Active
Participants
Communities
Opportunities
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As ambassador, I am focused on expanding bilateral trade and investment between the United States and Spain.
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Expanding
Investment
Spain
Ambassador
Bilateral
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One of the roles of a U.S. ambassador - anywhere in the world - is to promote bilateral trade and investment.
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Investment
Ambassador
Bilateral
Promote
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At the end of the day, what I have is the power to give a louder voice to people who have issues, questions and problems.
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Power End Of The Day Day
End Of The Day
Louder
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A diplomatic mission, like a company, is comprised of multiple departments, all of which must be relied upon to move business forward.
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Multiple
Departments
Mission
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You can have all of the laws and protection in place, but how do you get rid of homophobia? This is something that the U.S. is going to have to deal with.
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Protection
Rid
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At HBO, my leadership had to inspire and gain the respect of employees in a large company with over 100 external business relationships in dozens of countries.
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Hbo
Inspire
External
Dozens
Employees
Gain
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Spain is an important historical ally of the United States, and if confirmed, I will add to our more than 200 years of diplomatic history to further our shared interests.
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Add
Spain
Ally
Confirmed
Further
Shared
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I believe that my experience as an HBO executive responsible for global marketing and communications should serve our country well as we tell America's story in Spain and Andorra.
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Hbo
Marketing
Spain
Experience Believe I Believe
Communications
Executive
Global
Serve
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Prince Felipe is the best ambassador for Spain: I have already told Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo, minister of foreign affairs, that the prince should travel to the U.S. more often.
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Foreign Affairs
Spain
Affairs
Ambassador
Minister
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No party or event is without a reason. This is how we foster new relationships, open doors, and launch new ideas that create business opportunities, investments, and jobs in the U.S. and Spain.
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Doors
New Ideas
Spain
Business Opportunities
Event
Foster
Investments
Launch
Open Doors
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My passion for service came from my parents, and my community involvement began at a very young age, when I volunteered with the local Chamber of Commerce in Lowell, MA to help revitalize our city.
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Chamber
Commerce
Involvement
Young Age
Ma
Volunteered
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Coming from the industry and maintaining contacts with producers and directors, I am very well aware that costs associated with movie production are a major factor in determining where films get made.
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Maintaining
Associated
Contacts
Determining
Factor
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I say I just happen to be gay. It's just like everything else - I've been on the board of The Humane Society, and I'm a vegetarian, but these are just some of the things that define me as a person. They don't define me in general.
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Humane
Board
Define
Everything Else
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My mom and dad are second-generation Greek-Americans who instilled in our middle-class family the values of hard work, self-reliance, and service, exemplified by my father's tenure as a U.S. Marine who was stationed at Camp David under President Truman.
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Hard Work
Marine
Middle Class Family
Mom And Dad
Self Reliance
Tenure
Truman
Family Work Mom
Family Work Dad
David
Camp
Instilled
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The Canary Islands offer special incentives to companies looking at potential filming locations, so it was only logical for me to help the local government make connections with major U.S. film studios like Universal, Fox, Sony, Disney, Paramount, Time Warner, 21st Century Fox, CBS, Viacom, Comcast, HBO, Netflix, Warner Brothers etc.
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Century
Connections
Etc
Hbo
Incentives
Islands
Local Government
Paramount
Sony
Studios
Warner Brothers
Time Government Me
Brothers
Canary
Cbs
Companies
Filming
Disney
Fox
Major
Local
Offer
Viacom
Warner
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