>From: Sidi Sanneh <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: A proud father of a Gambian-American diplomat >Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2001 19:39:48 -0500 > >Messrs. Ceesay, Sun Rise, Kanteh, Dampha, Joh, Olley-Mboge,Comrade Jassey- >Conteh etc. can you leave politics aside for a moment and join me in >wishing my daughter a successful assignment as Political Officer in the US >Embassy in Kenya. She is expected to report for duty in October. > >Fatuma Yassin Sanneh joined the US Foreign Service as a junior FSO a little >over a month ago after a battery of US civil service tests, including the >usual security clearance etc. I need not say how proud I am of her and my >kids; all blessed with different talents and capabilities. > >Fatuma, the road may have appeared long and winding but you stayed focused: >Eagle Heights-UW-MadCity, Methodist Prep.,Marina, GHS, Cass Tech.H.S., >(Detroit),U of M-Ann Arbor, Georg >etown, National Democratic Institute with >Madelene Allbright and now at the State Department with Collen Powell. As >you get ready to ship out to Nairobi, the entire family wish you the best >of luck in your new job: Bigger Mama, Bigger Daddy, Neneh, Aji-Mallen, >Sainabou, Pap Morro, Kelly, Maina, Fatou Njie, Aunty Fatma, Uncle Basiru, >Mbye Chow, Baboucarr, Abdoulie, Nancy, Uncle Hap, Michael, Stephanie, Uncle >Botto, Uncle Mbye Cham, Uncle Ayo Langley and Mrs.Langley. God bless. > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L >Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html >You may also send subscription requests to [log in to unmask] >if you have problems accessing the web interface and remember to write your full name and e-mail address. >----------------------------------------------------------------------------