Ambassador Deborah Lovell Represents our Country at President Obama’s Historic Inauguration

WASHINGTON, D.C. – January 21, 2009…….Ambassador Deborah Mae Lovell, Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador to the United States represented the Government and people of this country at the historic inauguration of President Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States.

The inauguration, labeled the largest in America’s history, drew an estimated 2 million to the Capitol and the National Mall in Washington D.C. on Tuesday 20 January. In his inaugural address, President Obama pledged, inter alia, to extend the hand of friendship to all countries stating that “America is a friend to each nation and every man woman and child, who seeks a future of peace and dignity.”

In preparation for an engagement with the new administration, Ambassador Lovell has taken a proactive stance in seeking to increase the awareness of members of the new administration to the issues and concerns of Antigua and Barbuda be they social, economic or cultural. To this end, the Ambassador has implemented a three-pronged approach based on engaging members of Congress; interacting with influential persons close to the new administration and working with officials of the executive branch of the United States government.

Ambassador Lovell said the she was delighted and honored to have been invited to witness this historic moment and to represent our island nation at this event. She also stated that she looks forward to working with President Obama’s administration in continuing to promote and defend the interests of Antigua and Barbuda.