Clinton hosting U.S.-Northern Ireland economic conference

Secretary Clinton is hosting a U.S.-Northern Ireland economic conference today in Washington that brings together American business leaders currently or potentially invested in Northern Ireland with political leaders from that area. "This conference will allow us to sell the Northern Ireland product directly to some of America’s most successful and best-known companies," Northern Ireland First ...

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Secretary Clinton is hosting a U.S.-Northern Ireland economic conference today in Washington that brings together American business leaders currently or potentially invested in Northern Ireland with political leaders from that area. "This conference will allow us to sell the Northern Ireland product directly to some of America's most successful and best-known companies," Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson said, as reported in the Irish Times.

Secretary Clinton is hosting a U.S.-Northern Ireland economic conference today in Washington that brings together American business leaders currently or potentially invested in Northern Ireland with political leaders from that area. "This conference will allow us to sell the Northern Ireland product directly to some of America’s most successful and best-known companies," Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson said, as reported in the Irish Times.

It’s all part of Clinton’s effort to support the Northern Ireland peace process through promotion of economic development, something she touched upon when visiting Northern Ireland last October, as seen in the photo above with Robinson (left) and Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness outside Belfast’s Stormont Castle.

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