Officials Look at Import Product Safety U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt is shown at a news conference in a grocery store in Oklahoma City. A federal interagency team, headed by Leavitt, in September issued a report to President Bush on the safety of products imported into the United States. Consumer product safety has been a vital issue in the United States for more than a century. More (© AP Images)

05 October 2007 Upcoming Moscow 2+2 Meeting On-the-Record Briefing with Daniel Fried, Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, on Defence Secretary Gates's upcoming meetings in Moscow.

05 October 2007 - Ramadan Is Time for Getting To Know Muslims in America - Visitors to the United States who interact with Americans see respect for Islam and Muslims’ lives and practices, Arafat said in an October 5 USINFO Webchat.

05 October 2007 - Bush Says Islam Is a “Great Religion that Preaches Peace” - Ahead of hosting an iftar celebration at the White House, President Bush said the Islamic religion “is a great religion that preaches peace,” and that Americans are free “to worship any way they see fit.”

2007 Report on International Religious Freedom - Full Report / Section on France / Translation

News from the Embassy

September 11 - Ambassador Stapleton's interview, Europe 1

New Page in Franco-American Relations, Ambassador Stapleton, Le Figaro, July 24, 2007

FBI Director Mueller in Paris
While in Paris, FBI director Robert Mueller, III, met with the French Minister of Justice, Rachida Dati, and with the French Minister of the Interior, Michèle Alliot-Marie. (Photo US Embassy)

The eagles in Paris
Based in Lyon during the Rugby World Cup, U.S. national team, the Eagles, spent a day in Paris on September 18, 2007.  After visiting the Louvre museum and Notre-Dame in the morning, Ambassador Stapleton welcomed them at his residence for a barbecue.  The Eagles later visited the special rugby exhibit at the Quai Branly Museum and had their picture taken at the top of the roof.  They ended their busy day with a visit to the Eiffel tower. (Photo US Embassy)