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The Rushford Report
on the “Consul General’s Candidacy as the Next Ambassador to Vietnam”
On April 15, Greg Rushford of The Rushford Report published
this piece on How (Not) to Become a U.S. Ambassador. The article refers to the U.S. Consul General
in Ho Chi Minh City, career Foreign Service officer An T. Le. Our U.S.
Ambassador to Vietnam is David Shear who arrived at post in August 2011. Under
typical appointments, Ambassador Shear,
as a career diplomat appointed to his position by President Obama, is expected
to serve until the summer of 2014.
The reporter is citing email exchange concerning this
“candidacy” – this might be the first
time a career FSO is shown as allegedly conducting in Rushford’s words
“essentially a clandestine political pressure campaign aimed [at] securing a
White House nomination.” If you want to
look at this kindly, one might say, the FSO demonstrates long term preparation
and foresight for a vacancy that is expected to occur in 15 months.
The report here also includes the list of “Friends &
Supporters of Consul General An T. Le in Ho Chi Minh City” that was reportedly
presented by California businessman David Duong to President Obama at a
Democratic Party fundraiser during the president’s April 3-4, 2013 appearances
in the San Francisco Bay area. Quick excerpt:
Le wants to become the next U.S. ambassador to Vietnam.
Toward that end, the consul general has been working behind the scenes since at
least last July with a network of Vietnamese-American allies, some of whom have
political and business connections in both Washington and Hanoi. Although Le
has urged his supporters to try to drum up congressional support, the main
target of the lobbying campaign is the man who would make the nomination:
President Barack Obama.
[...]
The e-mails reveal
that as he has sought to advance what Le has repeatedly referred to as his
“candidacy,” the consul general has not been merely a passive observer. Le has
participated in drafting and editing various letters of support and
introduction. Before California business Duong presented the letter to Obama on
April 3, Le advised his ally to correct a typo. Upon being informed by Duong
that the letter had been delivered to Obama, Le expressed his gratitude in
another e-mail. Writing on his iPad, the consul general related how “I
appreciate” the efforts of such good “friends in advancing my candidacy.”
[...]
It is highly unusual — perhaps
unprecedented — for an active member of the U.S. foreign service to run what is
essentially a clandestine political pressure campaign aimed securing a White
House nomination for an ambassadorship to an important country.
posted by Greg Rushford
on April 15, 2013
on April 15, 2013
There are two paths that aspiring American ambassadors
traditionally take to persuade the president of the United States to nominate
them for that honor. First, there is the classic, merit-based path where senior
U.S. foreign service officers with distinguished diplomatic backgrounds are
quietly-and-carefully vetted in the higher echelons of the State Department.
Those who survive the
scrutiny by their peers have their names forwarded to the White House to get
the formal — usually routine — presidential approval. The second route, the
political one, is (sometimes scandalously) reserved for famous personalities,
presidential cronies, and major contributors of campaign cash who buy their
ambassadorships. But now comes the U.S. consul general in Ho Chi Minh City, a
Vietnamese-American foreign service officer named An Le, with a novel third
way: an oh-so-Asian way.
Le wants to become the next U.S. ambassador to Vietnam. Toward
that end, the consul general has been working behind the scenes since at least
last July with a network
of Vietnamese-American allies, some of whom have political and business
connections in both Washington and Hanoi. Although Le has urged his supporters
to try to drum up congressional support, the main target of the lobbying
campaign is the man who would make the nomination: President Barack Obama.
Toward that end, Le and his allies have demonstrated a certain
Asian-style chutzpah. One of Le’s key supporters in the Vietnamese-American
community is David Duong, an Obama contributor from the San Francisco Bay area.
Duong has given more than $150,000 to Obama and the Democratic Party since
2008, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. According to e-mails
exchanged between Le and Duong that this reporter has seen, Duong related that
he had approached Obama directly to press Le’s ambassadorial qualifications at
a Democratic Party fundraising event
held in California earlier this month.
Obama was in northern California raising money on
April 3 and 4, the White House has reported. Businessman Duong informed Le in
one e-mail that he had presented the president a letter, along with a list of people
who have lent their names in support of Le’s candidacy, at one fundraiser held
on the evening of April 3.
The list of Le’s supporters— reprinted in the public interest at
the bottom of this article — has more than 70 names on it. The first name stands
out: former Obama chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, who is now mayor of Chicago. On
April 4, Duong informed Le in an e-mail that he had pressed Obama a second
time. “I had brunch
with president and 27 other people this morning and did talk about you and
letter delivered to him last night.”
Duong indicated to the consul general that he had received a
friendly response from Obama: “We need to work and have a couple congress
members and or us senators to recommend you. This will assure you will be in.”
The e-mails reveal that as he has sought to advance what Le has
repeatedly referred to as his “candidacy,” the consul general has not been
merely a passive observer. Le has participated in drafting and editing various
letters of support and introduction.
Before California business Duong presented the letter to Obama on April 3, Le
advised his ally to correct a typo. Upon being informed by Duong that the
letter had been delivered to Obama, Le expressed his gratitude in another
e-mail. Writing on his iPad, the consul general related how “I appreciate” the
efforts of such good “friends in advancing my candidacy.”
Duong and Le did not respond to several e-mails asking for comment.
Nor was an effort to obtain comment from the White House successful. A call to
Emanuel’s press office prompted a suggestion that this reporter request a
response from the mayor in an e-mail — which was then not answered.
Duong, who came to America penniless after the communists won the Vietnam War, is the classic
American immigrant success story: an entrepreneur whose waste-management
company, California Waste Solutions, now has multi-million dollar contracts
with government entities in both the United States and in Vietnam (the latter
through a subsidiary corporation in Vietnam that has developed a $400 million
solid waste landfill in Ho Chi Minh City, according to the corporation’s
website and Vietnamese press clips.)
Apart from his business activities, Duong was appointed in 2010 by
Obama to serve on the Vietnam Education Foundation, which receives U.S.
government funding to give scholarships to provide higher education to
Vietnamese students. The Vietnamese-American entrepreneur had been
recommended to the White House by Rep. Barbara Lee, a California Democrat and
another recipient of Duong’s political contributions. Duong has praised the
“full support” that he has received for his charitable work from the higher
levels of the Vietnamese government, including Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.
Duong is not the only Vietnamese exile in Le’s network of
supporters who has cultivated ties with the current Vietnamese government that
he fled from as a child. Another key supporter appears to be Bui Duy Tam,
a medical doctor who has helped introduce the consul general to
Vietnamese-American friends in northern California.
Dr. Tam is another immigrant’s success story. An octogenarian, he
is well-known in the Vietnamese-American community for his charitable medical
works in his homeland, including a campaign to help Vietnam fight liver
disease. Deputy Prime Minister Tuong Vinh Trong visited Dr. Tam at the doctor’s
home in San Francisco in 2010. “The Deputy PM highlighted the great
contributions made by Mr. Tam to the Vietnamese community in the US and to the
homeland,” reported Hanoi’s official Voice of Vietnam, which broadcasts in
Vietnamese and 11 other languages. “Mr. Tam said he was deeply moved.”
On July 28, 2012, Consul General Le sent Dr. Tam a private e-mail
sent on a personal Hotmail account (presumably to avoid federal restrictions
like those in the Hatch Act that bar government employees using official U.S.
government computers and time to engage in political activities). “Thank
you for your generous draft letter of introduction,” the consul general told
the doctor. “Please allow me a few days to review and prepare a re-draft
letter, as this is a very sensitive matter,” Le cautioned.
A few weeks after their exchange of e-mails, Le spent time in
California on leave. Much of the official downtime in the state was to be spent
advancing the consul general’s “candidacy as the next ambassador to Vietnam,”
as he put it in one e-mail.
The disclosure of that candidacy is likely to be controversial in
the Vietnamese-American community. Many Vietnamese-Americans who fled from
communist rule have come to accept the normalization of diplomatic and
commercial ties with Hanoi. But while there are naturally differing views on
politics, there remain bright red lines for Vietnamese exiles who will always
love their homeland, while also having become patriotic American citizens. One
of those bright lines —perhaps the clearest — involves the fact that it remains
a crime for Vietnamese citizens to assemble peacefully to advocate the
democratic right to vote. Vietnamese citizens have been jailed for expressing
such beliefs.
I asked Dr. Tam and David Duong if they believed that advocating
democracy should be legally barred in their home country. Neither man
responded. The fact that such prominent exiles are willing to avert their eyes
and keep their mouths shut on core human-rights issues — perhaps because to do
otherwise could be inconvenient for maintaining their current dealings with the
Vietnamese communist-run government — will be considered offensive by many. And
back in the homeland, one can imagine the reaction when this news is brought to
the attention of Vietnamese citizens who are presently languishing in prison
because they have been brave enough to advocate the right to vote.
The only member of Le’s network of supporters who responded to a
request to comment for this article was Truong Ngoc Phuong, who is the
executive director of the Harrisburg, Pa.-based International Service Center.
The center was established in 1976 to assist Vietnamese refugees who fled from
the communist takeover in the preceding year. It now helps others in need as
well, including victims of the Hurricane Katrina disaster in Louisiana.
Truong declined to be interviewed on his work with Le regarding
the hoped-for ambassadorship (and also further declined to express an opinion
on the current Vietnamese government’s anti-democracy laws). Still, the
Pennsylvania social worker was willing to explain his support for Le’s
candidacy in general terms.
“We are only a small group of community and business
representatives who happened to be aware of the wonderful deeds Mr. An Le was
able to accomplish as the consul General in Ho Chi Minh City for the past three
years,” Truong told me in an e-mail. “Out of admiration for Mr. An Le, and out
of respect for the current U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam, David Shear, we decided
to organized a discreet campaign to mobilize additional support for Mr. An Le’s
candidacy.” (The consul general was copied on the e-mail.)
In another communication that Truong has sent to potential
supporters of the consul general, he reasons that Le is the Vietnamese
equivalent to Gary Locke, who is now U.S. ambassador to China. Locke is a
former governor of Washington state and a former U.S. commerce secretary.
“The appointment of Gary Locke as U.S. Ambassador to China provides a precedent
worth replicating,” Truong writes. “Ambassador Locke’s exemplary service owes
much to his identity as a Chinese-American. His qualifications have enabled him
to find areas of productive alignment between the two cultures and countries.”
It is highly unusual — perhaps unprecedented — for an active
member of the U.S. foreign service to run what is essentially a clandestine
political pressure campaign aimed securing a White House nomination for an
ambassadorship to an important country.
A quick look at the background on what ambassador wannabes usually
do illustrates just how unusual.
The first two paths to an ambassadorship are the usual ones. The
current U.S. ambassador to Vietnam, David Shear, comes from the elite ranks of
the U.S. foreign service. Shear earned a masters degree from the prestigious
John Hopkins School of Advanced International Service, is fluent in Japanese
and Chinese, and was a deputy assistant secretary of state for Asia before he
was vetted by the State Department and tapped for Hanoi in 2011. That
traditional route accounts for about two-thirds of all U.S. ambassadorships.
Previous U.S. ambassadors to Vietnam have all come from the elite ranks:
foreign service officers with broad national-security experience such as
Michael Michalak, Michael Marine and Raymond Burghardt.
The first U.S. ambassador to Vietnam, Douglas “Pete” Peterson, who
served from 1997 – 2001, was a political appointment. But Peterson was
considered an excellent choice. He was a respected former member of the U.S.
congress and a former prisoner of war during the Vietnam war.
As for the political path in general, think of Caroline Kennedy,
who is reported soon to replace U.S. ambassador to Japan John Roos, a Silicon
Valley lawyer who earned his diplomatic stripes by “bundling” more than
$500,000 for the Obama 2008 presidential race. Did Roos buy his ambassadorship?
Of course. But thanks to the U.S. system of campaign financing, the bribery
laws never come into play as long as there are winks-and-nods when the deal
goes down, and not quid pro quos — which there “never” are.
To be sure, thoughtful circles in the U.S. foreign policy
establishment rightly cringe at such political appointments. After all,
ambassadorships — or any government positions — should never be for sale.
Perhaps the surprising thing is that the system often produces good results, as
some of the presidential cronies turn out to be skilled diplomats who represent
their country admirably. Pamela Harriman, who was dispatched to Paris by Bill
Clinton, comes immediately to mind. So does former child movie star Shirley
Temple Black, who served admirably as U.S. ambassador to both Ghana and
Czechoslovakia in the 1970s and ‘80s. And when the politically connected
ambassador happens to be a little light, every U.S. embassy seems to have a
top-notch deputy chief of mission to ensure that important American diplomatic
interests do not suffer. Like career ambassadors, DCMs come from the elite
ranks of the foreign service and can be counted upon to manage the real
diplomatic affairs.
Le doesn’t come from such elite ranks. He is a former civilian in
the U.S. Navy who, after 15 years of service, joined the foreign service in
1991. Le’s official State Department resume that is posted on the consulate’s
website says, confusingly, that he was “born and raised” in Vietnam, which is
subsequently contradicted with the assertion that he is “a native of Virginia.”
A search of the available public record suggests that Le was indeed born
somewhere in Vietnam, although exactly when and where, and when he left his
homeland, remains unclear.
Le earned a masters degree from George Washington University in
engineering administration in 1978, according to his resume. Le has been a
senior member of the U.S. foreign service since 2001. But his State Department
service seems to have been focused on the managerial side of diplomacy,
involving issues such as buildings and administration, not deep involvement in
national-security affairs.
An was the honored recipient in 2006 of the State Department’s top
management award, the Luther I. Replogle Award for Management Improvement.
However praiseworthy that award — and it is indeed a significant honor — such
accomplishments suggest that his lack of experience in high-level diplomacy
might not even qualify him to become a deputy chief of mission in the U.S.
embassy in Hanoi, much less an ambassador.
Le’s immediate predecessor as consul general in Ho Chi Minh City,
Kenneth Fairfax, is now the U.S. ambassador to Kazakhstan. But Fairfax has been
one of the stars of the foreign service, whose previous service in sensitive
positions included a high-level stint on the National Security Council staff,
where he dealt with nuclear weapons issues. These days, diplomats based in the
U.S. embassy in Hanoi handle sensitive matters of diplomacy, while the
consulate in Ho Chi Minh City headed by An Le tends to be seen as a
visa-processing center.
An educated guess would be that Consul General Le will not get the
ambassadorship that he is seeking. Imagine the reaction from the U.S. foreign
service if Le were to succeed in getting the White House nomination by making a
political end run around the normal State Department vetting process, including
a direct approach to the president — and at a fundraising event.
***
Note to readers: Below is the list of “Friends & Supporters
of Consul General An T. Le in Ho Chi Minh City” that was apparently presented
by California businessman David Duong to President Obama at a Democratic Party
fundraiser during the president’s April 3-4, 2013 appearances in the San
Francisco Bay area. The letter that the consul general approved, according to
his e-mail correspondence that this reporter has seen, is un-edited. (The
reference to (F) after the names of some of the endorsers — such as former U.S.
Ambassador to France Craig Stapleton, himself a former political appointee —
apparently refers to the “former” position. Le served in the U.S. embassy in
Paris during Stapleton’s tenure.)
LIST OF ENDORSERS OF MR. AN LE’S CANDIDACY
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Title
|
First Name
|
Last N.
|
Position
|
Business/Organization
|
City
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St.
|
Zip
|
|
T.H.
|
Rahm
|
Emanuel
|
Mayor
|
City of Chicago
|
Chicago
|
IL
|
60602
|
|
Mr.
|
David
|
Duong
|
President
|
California Waste Solutions
|
Oakland
|
CA
|
94607
|
|
Mr.
|
Pedro (Sonny)
|
Ada
|
President
|
Ada’s Trust and Investment, Inc.
|
Hagatna
|
GU
|
96932
|
|
Mrs.
|
Jennifer M.A.
|
Ada
|
Ambass-at-Large
|
Governor of Guam’s Trade Mission to VN
|
Hagatna
|
GU
|
96932
|
|
Mrs.
|
Stephanie
|
Au
|
Behavioral Cons.
|
Spencer, Shenk, Capers & Associates
|
Irvine
|
CA
|
92618
|
|
Mr.
|
Charles R.
|
Bailey
|
Representative (F)
|
Ford Foundation/Vietnam
|
Chestnut Ridge
|
NY
|
10977
|
|
Mr.
|
Mark
|
Baldyga
|
President/Owner
|
Baldyga Group, LLC
|
Tumon
|
GU
|
96913
|
|
Mr.
|
David C.
|
Ball
|
Owner
|
DesignBalls Studio
|
Grapevine
|
TX
|
76051
|
|
Mr.
|
Greg J.
|
Baroni
|
President/CEO
|
Attain, LLC
|
Vienna
|
VA
|
22182
|
|
Mr.
|
Elvin Y.
|
Chiang
|
Senior Advisor
|
Ernst & Young, LLP
|
Tamuning
|
GU
|
96913
|
|
Dr.
|
Hung Manh
|
Chu
|
Professor/Dean
|
West Chester University
|
West Chester
|
PA
|
19382
|
|
Ms.
|
Sandy
|
Dang
|
Principal
|
11plus Philanthropic Consulting, LLC
|
Washington
|
DC
|
20015
|
|
Mr.
|
Huy
|
Do
|
Chair/President
|
Strategic Alliance VN Ventures Internl.
|
Brisbane
|
CA
|
94005
|
|
Mr.
|
Duc
|
Do
|
Editor
|
Thoi Luan Newspaper
|
Westminster
|
CA
|
92684
|
|
Mr.
|
Thien-Chuong
|
Duong,Esq
|
Patent Attorney
|
AD Intellectual Property Consulting
|
Palo Alto
|
CA
|
94306
|
|
Dr.
|
Huan
|
Giap,M.D
|
Director
|
Scripps Proton Therapy Center
|
San Diego
|
CA
|
92121
|
|
Mrs.
|
Lourdes Leon
|
Guerrero
|
President/CEO
|
Bank of Guam
|
Hagatna
|
GU
|
96910
|
|
Mr.
|
Loc
|
Hoang
|
IT Director
|
University of Maryland
|
College Park
|
MD
|
20742
|
|
Mrs.
|
Diane
|
Hsiung
|
Prog. Associate
|
American University
|
Washington
|
DC
|
20016
|
|
Ms.
|
Kim-Yen
|
Huynh
|
Founder/President
|
Asian-American Business Women Assn.
|
Huntington Beach
|
CA
|
92647
|
|
Dr.
|
Johannes
|
Kratz
|
Physician
|
Massachusetts General Hospital
|
Boston
|
MA
|
02115
|
|
Mr.
|
Larry Trung
|
La
|
President
|
Meiwah Group
|
Washington
|
DC
|
20036
|
|
Mrs.
|
Jennifer L.
|
Lawless
|
Professor
|
American University
|
Washington
|
DC
|
20008
|
|
Dr.
|
Tommy
|
Le, PE
|
Vice Chair
|
County Board of Electrical Examiners
|
Silver Spring
|
MD
|
20906
|
|
Mr.
|
Anh-Tuan, P.E
|
Le
|
Managing Cons.
|
Green Orange
|
Fountain Valley
|
CA
|
92708
|
|
Mr.
|
Marc
|
Levin
|
Managing Partner
|
Levin Capital Management
|
Chicago
|
IL
|
60611
|
|
Mr.
|
David
|
Lublin
|
Professor
|
American University
|
Washington
|
DC
|
20016
|
|
Dr.
|
David
|
Mai, M.D
|
President
|
MediZen Advanced Imaging, Inc.
|
Fountain Valley
|
CA
|
92708
|
|
Mr.
|
Nolan
|
Metzger
|
Financ. Advisor
|
Oppenheimer
|
Houston
|
TX
|
77022
|
|
T.H.
|
Constance A.
|
Morella
|
Congressman (F)
|
U.S. House of Representatives
|
Bethesda
|
MD
|
20817
|
|
Mr.
|
Steve A.
|
Nagel
|
Council Member
|
City of Fountain Valley
|
Fountain Valley
|
CA
|
92708
|
|
Dr.
|
Chau Thanh
|
Nguyen
|
M.D.
|
Private Practice
|
San Jose
|
CA
|
95116
|
|
Ms.
|
Diem H. Helen
|
Nguyen
|
Mrktg Executive
|
Caesars Entertainment Corporation
|
Las Vegas
|
NE
|
89109
|
|
Dr.
|
Chau
|
Nguyen
|
Physician
|
Chau Nguyen Osthreopathic Center
|
Westminster
|
CA
|
92683
|
|
Ms.
|
Ginna Claire
|
Nguyen
|
Design./Professor
|
Ginna Claire Studio & Pasadena College
|
Pasadena
|
CA
|
91105
|
|
Mr.
|
John Wynn
|
Nguyen
|
President
|
Imperial Investment & Development Inc.
|
Milpitas
|
CA
|
95035
|
|
Dr.
|
Duc Tien
|
Nguyen
|
Vice-President
|
International Liver Foundation for Vietnam
|
West Covina
|
CA
|
91790
|
|
Dr.
|
Thuan Hoa
|
Nguyen
|
Physician
|
Kaiser Permanente
|
Silver Spring
|
MD
|
20902
|
|
Ms.
|
Hoa
|
Nguyen
|
Tec. Bus.Analyst
|
METRO/Public Transportation
|
Houston
|
TX
|
77002
|
|
Dr.
|
Ai
|
Nguyen
|
Owner
|
Pain Clinic of Westminster
|
Santa Ana
|
CA
|
92706
|
|
Ms.
|
Ai Van
|
Nguyen
|
Singer
|
Performing Artist
|
Cupertino
|
CA
|
95014
|
|
Mr.
|
Chris
|
Nguyen
|
Co-Chair
|
Stanford U. Vietnamese Student Assn.
|
Arcadia
|
CA
|
91007
|
|
Mr.
|
Dzuong Ky
|
Nguyen
|
Professor
|
Stanford University
|
Stanford
|
CA
|
94305
|
|
Ms.
|
Anna
|
Nguyen
|
Chief Fin.Officer
|
Strategic Intl. Medical Business Alliance
|
Rancho St. Fe
|
CA
|
92067
|
|
Dr.
|
Thu-Huong
|
Nguyen-Vo
|
Professor
|
University of California at Los Angeles
|
Los Angeles
|
CA
|
90095
|
|
Mr.
|
Dean
|
Nguyen
|
President
|
USA Home Realty
|
Falls Church
|
VA
|
22042
|
|
Dr.
|
Ngai
|
Nguyen
|
Medical Doctor
|
Viet Heritage Foundation
|
San Jose
|
CA
|
95112
|
|
Ms.
|
Hong Thuy
|
Nguyen
|
Author/Board
|
Vietnam Literary & Artistic Association
|
Annandale
|
VA
|
22003
|
|
Dr.
|
Quan H.
|
Nguyen
|
President (F)
|
Vietnamese Physicians Assn. of South CA
|
Fountain Valley
|
CA
|
92708
|
|
Mrs.
|
Kim D.
|
Nguyen
|
Vice-President
|
Wells Fargo Bank
|
San Francisco
|
CA
|
94105
|
|
Mr.
|
David
|
O’Brien
|
Vice President
|
University of Guam
|
Mangilao
|
GU
|
96923
|
|
Ms.
|
Allyson
|
Perleoni
|
Grad. Assistant
|
Women & Politics Institute
|
Washington
|
DC
|
20008
|
|
Dr.
|
Christina
|
Pham
|
Clinical Fellow
|
Harvard Medical School, Cambridge H.A
|
Cambridge
|
MA
|
02139
|
|
Ms.
|
Geneva
|
Pham
|
Manager
|
Management Sciences for Health
|
Washington
|
DC
|
20036
|
|
Mr
|
Son Michael
|
Pham
|
Principal
|
U.S – Asia Gateway
|
Bellevue
|
WA
|
98009
|
|
Mr.
|
Trong
|
Pham
|
President
|
Washington Vietnamese-American C of C
|
Seattle
|
WA
|
98111
|
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Mrs.
|
Susan W.
|
Preator
|
Exec. Chairman
|
Imagine Learning, Inc.
|
Provo
|
UT
|
84604
|
|
Mrs.
|
Thanh-Lo
|
Sananikone
|
ManagingDirector
|
TAF International, Inc.
|
Honolulu
|
HI
|
96816
|
|
T.H.
|
Craig
|
Stapleton
|
Ambassador (F)
|
Stapleton Management
|
Greenwich
|
CT
|
06830
|
|
Mr.
|
Steve
|
Stewart
|
Chairman
|
Gulf Winds International
|
Houston
|
TX
|
77061
|
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Ms.
|
Cheryl
|
Sturm
|
Vice President
|
R. Crusoe & Son
|
Chicago
|
IL
|
60661
|
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Mr.
|
Steven
|
Taylor
|
Asso.Professor
|
American University
|
Washington
|
DC
|
20910
|
|
Dr.
|
Michelle
|
Thai
|
Medical Doctor
|
St. Jude Medical Center
|
Westminster
|
CA
|
92683
|
|
Ms.
|
Diem Lan
|
Ton Nu
|
Senior Vice Pres
|
Children’s Hospital, Los Angeles
|
Los Angeles
|
CA
|
91007
|
|
Mr.
|
Brian
|
Ton, Esq.
|
President
|
Satori Law Group, Inc.
|
Fountain Valley
|
CA
|
92708
|
|
Mr.
|
Nhan
|
Tran
|
Managing Partner
|
Advent Pacific Technologies, LLC.
|
Tamuning
|
GU
|
96913
|
|
Dr.
|
Thanh Nga
|
Tran
|
Physician
|
Massachusetts General Hospital
|
Boston
|
MA
|
02114
|
|
Ms.
|
Jenny
|
Truong
|
President/CEO
|
Apollo Manufacturing Services
|
San Diego
|
CA
|
92121
|
|
Dr.
|
Joseph M.
|
Vo, PsyD
|
President
|
International Epic Solutions, Inc.
|
Riverside
|
CA
|
92506
|
|
Mr.
|
Loc Van
|
Vu
|
Exec. Director
|
Immigrant Resettlement & Cultural Center
|
San Jose
|
CA
|
95112
|
|
Mrs.
|
Rosine T.
|
Vu
|
Branch Chief (F)
|
National Security Agency
|
Silver Spring
|
MD
|
20902
|
|
Ms.
|
Linda
|
Vuong
|
Attorney
|
International Service Center
|
Denver
|
CO
|
80219
|
|
Ms.
|
Quyen
|
Vuong
|
Exec. Director
|
International Children Assistance Network
|
Milpitas
|
CA
|
95035
|
|
Ms.
|
Diep
|
Vuong
|
President
|
Pacific Links Foundation
|
Santa Clara
|
CA
|
95054
|
|
Mrs.
|
Margaret A.
|
Weekes
|
Associate Dean
|
School of Public Affairs (American Univ.)
|
Washington
|
DC
|
20016
|
|
Ms.
|
Jackie Bong
|
Wright
|
President/CEO
|
Vietnamese-American Voters Association
|
Dulles
|
VA
|
20189
|
|
Mr.
|
Antoine
|
Yoshinaka
|
Assis.Professor
|
American University
|
Washington
|
DC
|
20016
|
|
Mrs.
|
Gamze
|
Zeytinci
|
Dean
|
School of Arts&Sciences (American U.)
|
Rockville
|
MD
|
20852
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