Raleigh is the capital city of the U.S. state of North Carolina and the seat of Wake County. It is the second-most populous city in North Carolina,after Charlotte. Raleigh is the tenth-most populous city in the Southeast,the 41st-most populous city in the U.S.,and the largest city of the Research Triangle metro area. Raleigh is known as the "City of Oaks" for its many oak trees,which line the streets in the heart of the city. The city covers a land area of 148.54 square miles (384.7 km2). The U.S. Census Bureau counted the city's population as 467,665 at the 2020 census. It is one of the fastest-growing cities in the United States. The city of Raleigh is named after Sir Walter Raleigh,who established the now-lost Roanoke Colony in present-day Dare County.
The Carolina Hurricanes are a professional ice hockey team based in Raleigh,North Carolina. The Hurricanes compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as part of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference,and play their home games at PNC Arena.
Mary Elizabeth Alexander Dole is an American attorney,author,and politician who served as a United States Senator from North Carolina from 2003 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party,she previously served in five presidential administrations,including as U.S. Secretary of Transportation under President Ronald Reagan from 1983 to 1987 and as U.S. Secretary of Labor under Reagan's successor,George H. W. Bush,from 1989 until 1990. Dole then left government to serve as president of the American Red Cross from 1991 to 1999;she departed from that position to seek the Republican nomination in the 2000 presidential election but eventually withdrew from the race.
James Franklin Jeffrey is an American diplomat who served most recently as the United States Special Representative for Syria Engagement and the Special Envoy to the International military intervention against ISIL.
John Dimitri Negroponte is an American diplomat. In 2018,he was a James R. Schlesinger Distinguished Professor at the Miller Center for Public Affairs at the University of Virginia. He is a former J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Professor of International Affairs at the George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs. Prior to this appointment,he served as a research fellow and lecturer in international affairs at Yale University's Jackson Institute for Global Affairs,United States Deputy Secretary of State (2007–2009),and the first ever Director of National Intelligence (2005–2007).
Clark T. "Sandy" Randt Jr. is an American lawyer and diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to the People's Republic of China from July 23,2001 to January 20,2009,making him the longest-serving U.S. Ambassador to China. Randt was formerly a partner with the law firm of Shearman &Sterling in Hong Kong,where he headed the firm's China practice.
Thomas Reeve "Tom" Pickering is a retired United States ambassador. Among his many diplomatic appointments,he served as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations from 1989 to 1992.
Eduardo Aguirre Reyes,Jr. is a Cuban-born American diplomat,with Atlantic Partners,an international consulting firm based in Houston.
J. Rich Leonard has been the dean of the Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law since July 2013. He previously served as a U.S. bankruptcy judge for the Eastern District of North Carolina and was chief judge from 1998 until 2005. Leonard was also a former federal judicial nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina.
Diplomatic relations between Denmark and the United States of America began in 1783. Both countries are members of the Arctic Council,OECD,OSCE,NATO and the United Nations.
The Phi Beta Delta Society (ΦΒΔ) is an international honor society that was founded at California State University,Long Beach on February 27,1986. It was the first honor society dedicated to recognize scholarly achievement in international involvement and education,to give scholarships to deserving students and to enhance knowledge about various cultures around the world. It was established as a national organization in 1987 with 38 chartered chapters,and has grown to become an international organization with over 179 chapters.
James B. Culbertson served as the United States Ambassador to the Netherlands until 2009. Appointed by President George W. Bush,Culbertson was commissioned as ambassador on July 10,2008. He presented his credentials to Queen Beatrix on August 13,2008.
Denmark–Turkey relations are the current and historical relations between Denmark and Turkey. Denmark has an embassy in Ankara,and Turkey has an embassy in Copenhagen. Both countries are members of NATO and Council of Europe. Diplomatic relations between Denmark and Turkey were put under pressure in 2014 because of the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy and the Roj TV affair (Roj TV's broadcasting license was suspended by the Supreme Court in Denmark on February 27,2014). Denmark is a member of the European Union,Turkey is not a member.
The 2008 United States presidential election in North Carolina was part of the national event on November 4,2008,throughout all 50 states and D.C. In North Carolina,voters chose 15 representatives,or electors,to the Electoral College,who voted for president and vice president.
Kilpatrick Townsend &Stockton is an American multinational law firm headquartered in Atlanta,Georgia. The firm has twenty-two offices,including U.S. offices in Arizona,California,Colorado,Illinois,New York,North Carolina,Texas,Washington State,and the District of Columbia,and has presence via international offices in Japan,Beijing,Shanghai,and Sweden. The firm is particularly known for its intellectual property practice. Clients have included Google in litigation related to its Google Print product,and Sony in its suit against 21-year-old hacker George Hotz for jailbreaking the PS3.
The 2014 United States Senate election in North Carolina took place on November 4,2014,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of North Carolina,concurrently with other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. The primary took place on May 6,2014.
John Rufus Gifford is an American politician,and diplomat,who has served as Finance Chair of the Biden 2024 presidential campaign since July 2023. He was the chief of protocol of the United States from 2022 to 2023. Between 2013 and 2017,he was the United States Ambassador to Denmark.
The 2016 United States Senate election in North Carolina was held November 8,2016,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of North Carolina,concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Primary elections were held March 15.
The following is a timeline of the presidency of George H. W. Bush,from January 1,1992 to January 20,1993.
David Ayres is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender and former head coach of the Port Perry Lumberjacks of the Provincial Junior Hockey League. Ayres is also the oldest NHL goaltender to win his regular-season debut.
