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Statement by Secretary Gutierrez on June’s Employment Report
Boulder, Colo. (July 3)—Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez today released the following statement on the June Employment Report, which showed that the unemployment rate remained unchanged from last month at 5.5 percent. “Today’s employment report is not welcome news – we are disappointed anytime jobs are lost. Our economy is still growing in the face of challenges, although slower than we would like. The economic stimulus plan proposed by the President and passed with bipartisan support in Congress is starting to have an impact and came at the right time.” (More)
21st Century Workforce Preparedness in Focus at Aspen Ideas Festival Panel
Aspen, Colo. (July 2)—At the Aspen Ideas Festival, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Carlos M. Gutierrez participated in a panel discussion on keeping America’s competitive. Pictured from left to right are panelists Judith Rodin, President of the Rockefeller Foundation, Dr. Sidney Harman, Executive Chairman of Harman International Industries, Inc. Margaret Spellings, U.S. Secretary of Education, Secretary Gutierrez, and panel moderator Terence Smith. Gutierrez authored an opinion editorial on workforce preparedness in the Aspen Daily News. (Aspen Ideas Festival) (Opinion Editorial)
NOAA and Partners Free Juvenile Dolphin From Life-Threatening Debris
Washington (July 2)—Members of the Southeast Regional Marine Mammal Stranding Network successfully removed a black rubber strap that was wrapped around the head of a juvenile bottlenose dolphin, averting a life-threatening injury. In a coordinated effort, NOAA and network members located the juvenile dolphin in the Wilmington River, part of the intracoastal waterway near Savannah, Ga., and removed the piece of rubber that had wrapped around the area between its flippers and blowhole. (More)
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