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Sister Cities International Inaugural Gala
Canadian Inauguration Tailgate and Parade Viewing Hundreds gather in the Canadian Embassy courtyard to watch the inauguration on jumbo screens.
Sister Cities International (SCI) President and CEO Mary Kane, Ambassador of Slovenia Božo Cerar, President and Chief Executive Officer of Fort Worth Sister Cities Mae Ferguson and Matt Graves. Samira Safarova, political officer at the Embassy of Azerbaijan; former U.S. Ambassador to Bulgaria James Warlick; and wife of the Azeri ambassador Lala Abdurahimova.
Maj. Laura Batchelov of the British Embassy and Commodore Peter Leavy of the Australian Embassy.
Spectators at the Canadian Embassy watch President Trump’s speech.
Spectators at the Canadian Embassy watch President Trump’s speech.
Canadian Naval Attaché Capt. Marc Batsford and Vice Adm. Herman Shelanski of the U.S. Naval Inspector General.
Simon Gadd, Steve McCarthy, Dawn McCarthy and Alison Gadd.
Guests pose with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Michelle Van Dyk and Jason Belanger.
Ambassador of Sri Lanka Prasad Kariyawasam, Taweel Tawil of Sahouri Insurance and Ambassador of Serbia Djerdj Matkovic.
Richard Bradley, Judi Bradley and Chandler Goule, CEO of the National Association of Wheat Growers.
Guests enjoy poutine, a Canadian dish of French fries and cheese curds topped with gravy.
Brent Lepp of the Canadian Border Services Agency, Cybele Wilson of the Conference of Defence Associations Institute and Derek Moss.
Richard Leiby of the Washington Post, senior producer Yvette Torell, writer Michele Langevine Leiby, embassy liaison Jan Du Plain, event planner Daniela Paoli and Monique Fray.
European Union Ambassador David O’Sullivan and his wife Agnes O’Hare.
Wife of the Nicaraguan ambassador Miriam Hooker and Jerome Barry of the Embassy Series.
Women’s March Protest
Max McCormick, former U.S. Ambassador to Serbia Mary Burce Warlick, Michelle Caruso-Cabrera of CNBC and Van McCormick of the International Economic Alliance. Taweel Tawil of Sahouri Insurance, former Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.), Fuad Sahouri of Sahouri Insurance and Rachael Capua, an assistant director at Texas Christian University. Jan Du Plain interviews Ambassador of Nicaragua Francisco Obadiah Campbell Hooker. Photos: James Cullum
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