For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
August 12, 2005

Presidential Delegation to Kyrgyz Republic Inauguration

President Bush today announced the designation of a Presidential Delegation to the Inauguration of President Kurmanbek Saliyevich Bakiyev of the Kyrgyz Republic on August 14.

The Honorable Carlos M. Gutierrez, Secretary of Commerce, will lead the delegation. He will be accompanied by the Honorable Steven M. Young, Ambassador of the U.S. to the Kyrgyz Republic.

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