{"id":37213,"date":"2013-07-09T08:32:09","date_gmt":"2013-07-09T12:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/?p=37213"},"modified":"2013-07-09T08:32:09","modified_gmt":"2013-07-09T12:32:09","slug":"u-s-sec-of-state-kerry-on-bahamas-independence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2013\/07\/u-s-sec-of-state-kerry-on-bahamas-independence","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Sec. of State Kerry On Bahamas Independence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2013\/07\/u-s-sec-of-state-kerry-on-bahamas-independence-37213.html\/kerry\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-37215\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-37215\" title=\"kerry\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/kerry.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/kerry.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/kerry-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/kerry-250x187.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>On behalf of President Obama and the people of the United States, I congratulate the people of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas on your 40th anniversary of independence.<\/p>\n<p>I commend this year\u2019s Independence Day theme, \u201cThe Bridge to the Future\u2026The Journey Continues,\u201d which emphasizes a connection to the past while also highlighting a commitment \u201cto pressing onward, marching together to a common loftier goal,\u201d as expressed in your National Anthem.<\/p>\n<p>The United States and The Bahamas share a long history of trade partnership and security cooperation.\u00a0 Our cooperation on the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative, the U.S. President\u2019s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, Operation Bahamas, Turks and Caicos and other programs, have advanced civilian security; promoted social equity and combatted HIV\/AIDS; spurred economic development; and promoted a clean and secure energy future in our region.<\/p>\n<p>From Grand Bahama to Great Inagua, as you commemorate the anniversary of your peaceful journey to nationhood, know the United States is committed to strengthening the friendship and cooperation between our two neighboring nations.<\/p>\n<p>May peace, happiness, and prosperity be abundant for The Bahamas in the years ahead.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #888888;\">Source: U.S. Embassy<\/span> <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I commend this year\u2019s Independence Day theme,&#8221; United States Secretary of State John Kerry said, &#8220;which emphasizes a connection to the past while also highlighting a commitment &#8216;to pressing onward, marching together to a common loftier goal&#8217;.&#8221; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10223285771444175_51037792744":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[1857,1858,1859],"class_list":["post-37213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-bahamas-independence","tag-forty-years","tag-john-kerry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37213\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}