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Perdue on her way back

markjohnson — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:10:07 -0400

Gov. Beverly Perdue is flying back from Asia today after a nearly two week expedition to try and lure new businesses to North Carolina.

Perdue is due back this evening after 14 hours of flight time from visits to Japan and China. In addition to corporate shmoozing, she visited schools to get a firsthand look at how those countries' education efforts compare with North Carolina.

Costs for Perdue's trip to Asia detailed

mbieseck — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:59:33 -0400

State commerce officials say Gov. Beverly Perdue's upcoming trip to Asia, which is being paid for in part by private benefactors, does not violate state ethics rules that forbid elected officials from receiving gifts.

Kathy Neal, spokeswoman for the state Department of Commerce, said in an e-mail to Dome that all travel costs for the state delegation will be paid for with an estimated $76,700 in taxpayer money. State funds will also be used to provide a van and driver, interpreters and business cards in both Japanese and Chinese.

$82,000

bkrueger — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 10:13:01 -0400

Perdue plans trip to China, Japan

markjohnson — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 11:50:25 -0400

Gov. Beverly Perdue plans to lead a two-week trade trip to China and Japan in the last half of October.

Secretary of Commerce Keith Crisco, who has been to China 16 times, will join Perdue on the trip, along with business leaders and regional economic developers from across the state. More than half of the costs will be covered by "non-state funds," according to Perdue's office. The state will pay about $82,000.

Etheridge takes Pacific tour

Michelle_Valenzuela — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:01:34 -0500

U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge headed to the Pacific for his winter break travels.

Etheridge, a Lillington Democrat, joined a congressional delegation for a 12-day visit to Hawaii, Guam, Vietnam, Australia and New Zealand, Barb Barrett reports.

The group received a briefing from military leaders at the U.S. military’s Pacific Command in Hawaii. In Guam, they looked at infrastructure in place to receive 8,000 Marines being moved there from Okinawa, Japan, as part of an Army restructuring.

Miller votes against genocide bill

ryanteaguebeckwith — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 13:47:51 -0400

U.S. Rep. Brad Miller voted against the genocide resolution.

The Raleigh Democrat, the only member of the state's Congressional delegation who is on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, which voted this week to declare the Ottoman-Turkish killings of Armenians in 1915, in which 1.5 million people died, a "genocide."