09-11-2005, 05:13 PM
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Spreading the Word: USA delegation
http://www.ukip.org/abc_news/gen12.php?t=1&id=1680
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A small delegation of MEPs visited Washington last week, to introduce the ideas and position of the group to a broad cross section of US opinion formers, journalists and legislators.
Their meetings included visiting Congressman Elton Gallegly, Chairman of the "Europe and Emerging Threats" Committee in the US House of Representatives. They also visited distinguished think-tanks like the Brookings Institution and the Heritage Foundation in order to exchange ideas.
Nigel Farage said "We have met a significant number of new contacts which will prove useful in the future, and let the Washington political set know that we and not the Conservative Party are the real voice of opposition".
The delegation consisted of:
Nigel Farage MEP
Godfrey Bloom MEP
Vladiměr Železný MEP
Mrs. Godfrey Bloom
Gawain Towler, Head of Media for IND/DEM Group (Brussels)
Stephen Sobey, Press Secretary for IND/DEM (London)
Emma Brader, Assistant to Godfrey Bloom.
The trip was funded exclusively by the TBO Group.
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