Extract: French-American Foundation is the principal non-governmental organization ~~~ leadership levels and across the full range of the French-American relationship. ~~~ . ~~ . ~~ . ~~ . ~~ • French-American Foundation http://www.frenchamerican.org
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Extract: ~~~ leadership levels and across the full range of the French-American relationship. ~~~ FAF is to strengthen the French-American relationship as a vital component of ~~~ Washington, DC 20015 (Entrance on 17th Street, between C and D Streets) What: The French-American Foundation will host French Minister of State and Minister of the Interior Nicolas Sarkozy as he delivers a foreign policy speech titled "The United States and France: the Future of a Vital Relationship." The visit marks the Minister’s first U.S. ~~ Identification will be required at the door. ~~ Sarkozy has held a number of cabinet positions, currently serving as France’s Minister of State and Minister of the Interior, a position he formerly held from 2002 to 2004. ~~ The purpose of FAF is to strengthen the French-American relationship as a vital component of the trans-Atlantic partnership. ~~ • French American Foundation: FRENCH-AMERICAN FOUNDATION HOSTS NICOLAS ~~~ http://www.frenchamerican.org/cgi-bin/pressreleases.cgi?f=ShowDetail&dbid=13
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Extract: Both the Canadian federal government and the Quebec provincial government are in ~~~ the French consistently confrontational and difficult in their relationship with ~~~ Then it was we who angered the French by thwarting their military plans to regain ownership and control of the Suez Canal from Egypt's Nasser. ~~ This material is contained in the collection of over fifteen hundred oral histories of retired American diplomats, compiled by the Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training (ADST) in the Washington, D.C. ~~ These observations help identify those elements of French behavior that cause us difficulty in our relationship and help explain the underlying reasons for this behavior. ~~ These French officials are consistently described as first class, highly trained, intelligent public servants, well versed in French policy and capable of expressing it eloquently. ~~ • [University site]: [University site]: Mak | The Nature of French Diplomacy: Reflections of American Diplomats http://www.unc.edu/depts/diplomat/archives_roll/2003_07-09/mak_french/mak_french...
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Extract: ~~~ stake is not only the future of France but of the strained French-American~~~ not only the future of France but of the strained French-American relationship. ~~~ But in reality it continues a two-centuries-old debate in France over the Franco-American relationship.Royal's anti-American argument dates back as far as 1776, when Benjamin Franklin arrived in Paris to lobby for French support of the American Revolution. ~~ American leaders didn't endear themselves to the French when they nearly declared war on France in 1798 and again during the War of 1812. ~~ In 1909, Hanotaux founded a France-America Society in Paris and New York. ~~ But French anti-Americanism was at its shrillest immediately after these wars, as France struggled to regain its footing in a changing world.After World War I, American politicians wanted France to forgive German war debts, while at the same time insisting that the French repay their own debts to American financiers. ~~ • Opinion | Relations with U.S. at stake as French pick a president ~~~ http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2003692406_france04.html
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Extract: In the aftermath of Sept. 11, Americans rushed to bookstores and libraries in search of the answer to the question that ~~~ French-American relationship comes ~~~ . ~~ . ~~ . ~~ . ~~ • Why do the French hate us? - By Chris Suellentrop - Slate Magazine http://www.slate.com/id/2077874
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Extract: ~~~ on the French-American relationship with three prominent French opinion leaders. ~~~ Les Relations transatlantiques - The French-American relationship. ~~~ . ~~ . ~~ . ~~ . ~~ • Conversations Francaises - French audio book http://www.champs-elysees.com/products/french/conversation.aspx
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Extract: ~~~ drive, determination, and leadership to transform the U.S.–French relationship? ~~~ to a stronger Franco-American relationship, there is great uncertainty about ~~~ But with Sarkozy's determination to reassert France's place at the heart of Europe and the French political establishment's opposition to a stronger Franco-American relationship, there is great uncertainty about what Sarkozy's win means for U.S. ~~ Foreign Policy With the Chirac presidency drawing to a close, the younger and more popular Nicolas Sarkozy has achieved his lifelong dream of reaching the Élysée Palace. ~~ Over the past year, Sarkozy has taken it upon himself to conduct a personal foreign policy while abroad, independent of the traditional Gaullist line. ~~ by Kurt Volker May 06, 2008 by Dr. ~~ • Sarkozy's Victory and the Future of U.S.–French Relations http://www.heritage.org/Research/Europe/wm1446.cfm
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Extract: ~~~ françaises : Les Relations transatlantiques (The French-American relationship) ~~~ and future of the French-American relationship, check out the Conversations ~~~ . ~~ . ~~ . ~~ . ~~ • Les Relations transatlantiques - The French-American Relationship http://french.about.com/cs/listening/fr/conversations.htm
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Extract: ~~~ transatlantiques - The French-American Relationship - From the publisher ~~~ françaises : Les Relations transatlantiques - The French-American Relationship ~~~ . ~~ . ~~ . ~~ . ~~ • Conversations françaises : Les Relations transatlantiques - The French ~~~ http://french.about.com/b/a/2004_01_26.htm
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Extract: FACE (FRENCH AMERICAN CULTURAL EXCHANGE), a nonprofit organization and chartered ~~~ Rita, and given the longstanding relationship between Louisiana and France, two ~~~ . ~~ . ~~ . ~~ . ~~ • FACE | French American Cultural Exchange http://www.facecouncil.org/index.html
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Extract: ~~~ economy and society have been affected by our national relationship with God. ~~~ All content copyright 1998-2006 French American TV ~~~ aped Feb 11, 07 - produced by Larry Bisagni week of 02/20/07 : Chef Stephane Legrand a San Francisco week of 02/13/07 : Richard Rubenstein : Resolving the Issue. ~~ voir www.dbf.net week of 01/09/07 : Reception for Ralph Nader (green party presidencial candidate) at Matt Gonzalez law offices. ~~ week of 01/02/07 : Brad Strutner and Michael Herst interviewtaped 12/09/06 followed by slide show of Cambodia and Belize at Kayak club in Sausalito.week of 12/26/06 : Alissa Quart on educating gifted children - produced by Larry Bisagni. ~~ 12/05/06, 12/06/06, 12/09/2006: Grace at Grace - musical by Joe Goode taped at Grace Cathedral 11/03/06. ~~ • French-American Television http://www.french-american.tv
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Extract: ~~~ French politics that would continue the disintegration of the Franco–American relationship. ~~~ to rebuilding the French-American alliance and has ~~~ Royal, the Socialist presidential candidate has outlined a 100-policy presidential pact "for France to rediscover a shared ambition, pride, and fraternity."[1] Royal is frequently touted as the face of change, a breath of fresh air, a new start for France. ~~ Royal's Foreign Policy A series of diplomatic blunders have left an indelible bad impression of French foreign policy under a Royal presidency. ~~ foreign policy in the Middle East as "unlimited American insanity."[2] Matched with other serious errors of judgment--such as praising China's justice system and calling for independence for Quebec[3]--Royal has lurched from one crisis to another in foreign affairs. ~~ "My diplomatic position will not consist of going and kneeling down in front of George Bush," Royal told the press.[5]Last month, she again harkened back to deep anti-American sentiment, condemning Sarkozy as a "clone of Bush" and "an American neo-conservative carrying a French passport."[6] Royal continues to snipe from the sidelines about Operation Iraqi Freedom and advocates America's withdrawal from Iraq.[7] She believes that decisions about Iraq's transition should be made solely by the Iraqi government, barely concealing her implicit criticism of American involvement in the region.[8] During her keynote manifesto speech outlining her presidential platform, she not only acknowledged the divisions caused by France's vocal opposition to the war in Iraq, but even pledged to speak "louder and stronger."[9] She has also made diplomatically crass comments about President Bush. ~~ • Ségolène Royal and the Future of Franco–American Relations http://www.heritage.org/Research/Europe/wm1368.cfm
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Extract: ~~~ will give a speech about the relationship between France and the United States of America ~~~ The San Diego French American Chamber of Commerce (SDFACC) is ~~~ . ~~ . ~~ . ~~ . ~~ • San Diego French-American Chamber of Commerce http://www.france-sandiego.org/index.html
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Extract: ~~~ see the French and Indians as aggressors, the American colonists as their innocent victims. ~~~ about "America's disastrous relationship with Spain" an ~~~ The book opens with a blood-curdling narrative of the Deerfield massacre (1704), when Indians abetted by French-Canadian authorities attacked English settlers in western Massachusetts. ~~ But Miller/Moleskys account is one-sided. ~~ Miller/Molesky see the French and Indians as aggressors, the American colonists as their innocent victims. ~~ It seems a little forgetful to claim, the United States does not pose and has never posed any threat to their country. The French werent even the first who resisted Anglo-American expansion. ~~ • French Lessons http://www.amconmag.com/2005_01_17/review.html
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Extract: An index of French Listening Links and Resources FullReviews for the French Language guide site. ~~~ Les Relations transatlantiques - The French-American Relationship ~~~ . ~~ . ~~ . ~~ . ~~ • French Language, French Listening Links and Resources - FullReviews http://french.about.com/cs/listening/a
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