[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 6]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 8514-8515]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




          AMBASSADOR MANSOUR VISITS SEWANEE FOR LECTURE SERIES

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                           HON. LINCOLN DAVIS

                              of tennessee

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 29, 2007

  Mr. LINCOLN DAVIS of Tennessee. Madam Speaker, known for its unique 
and comprehensive educational experience, Sewanee: The University of 
the South, is holding a two part lecture series focusing on the Middle 
East. Ambassador Reda Mansour, Consul General of Israel to the 
Southeastern United States, has been invited and will lead the first 
lecture.

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  Ambassador Reda Mansour was appointed to his current post in August 
2006. Previously he served as the Ambassador of Israel to Ecuador, 
Deputy Ambassador in the Israeli Embassy to Portugal, and Deputy Consul 
General of Israel to the U.S. Pacific Northwest based in San Francisco.
  Prior to his diplomatic career, Ambassador Mansour served in the 
Israeli Defense Forces Corps of Engineers in the Northern Command 
Demolition Unit. Ambassador Mansour holds a masters degree from Harvard 
University's Kennedy School of Government and is a Ph.D. candidate in 
Haifa University's Middle Eastern History department.
  In addition to his position as a diplomat, Ambassador Mansour is an 
accomplished author. He has published three books of poetry, as well as 
a number of short stories and poems published in literary articles and 
poetry reviews. Ambassador Mansour has received the Ha'retz Annual 
Short Story Award, as well as the Haifa University Miller Award.
  I join Sewanee, The University of the South, in thanking Ambassador 
Mansour for taking part in this important lecture series intended to 
foster a greater understanding of the Middle East.

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