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THIS WEEK, AT INTERIOR....
THE BUREAU OF OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT THIS WEEK ANNOUNCED A *SECOND* SALE OF OFFSHORE
WIND ENERGY LEASES... THAT SALE WILL TAKE PLACE IN SEPTEMBER... IT'LL OFFER UP NEARLY
ONE HUNDRED TWELVE THOUSAND ACRES OFF THE COAST OF VIRGINIA. INTERIOR SECRETARY SALLY
JEWELL SAYS THE SALE MARKS AN IMPORTANT TRANSITION FROM PLANNING TO ACTION, WHEN IT COMES CAPTURING
THE CLEAN ENERGY POTENTIAL OF THE ATLANTIC WINDS. MEANWHILE THE NATION'S *FIRST* LEASE
SALE OF OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY SITES, OFF THE COASTS OF RHODE ISLAND AND MASSACHUSETTS,
IS STILL ON SCHEDULE TO TAKE PLACE JULY 31ST.
THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE KOREAN WAR ARMISTICE IS BEING REMEMBERED THIS WEEK IN WASHINGTON...
SATURDAY PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA JOINS SECRETARY JEWELL, VETERANS AFFAIRS SECRETARY SHINSEKI
AND DEFENSE SECRETARY HAGEL AT THE MEMORIAL HONORING THOSE WHO FOUGHT AND DIED IN THAT
CONFLICT SIX DECADES AGO. THE PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY JEWELL WILL OFFER REMARKS AT THE
WREATH-LAYING CEREMONY... PORTIONS OF THE DAY'S EVENTS, WHICH KICK OFF SATURDAY AT 10AM,
WILL BE STREAMED LIVE ON THE PENTAGON CHANNEL WEBSITE AT PENTAGONCHANNEL DOT MIL.
AND STAFF FROM THE FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE'S PACIFIC REGIONAL OFFICE HELPED MAKE THE DAY
FOR SOME CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY... ABOUT 40 CHILDREN GATHERED THIS WEEK AT THE BONNEVILLE
DAM ON THE COLUMBIA RIVER NEAR PORTLAND OREGON FOR A FISHING EXPEDITION... FOR SOME KIDS,
THEIR FIRST FISHING TRIP *EVER.* U-S FISH AND WILDLIFE STAFF PARTNERED WITH THE OREGON
DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE, THE KIWANIS CLUB OF OREGON, *CAST* FOR KIDS FOUNDATION,
AND UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY OF OREGON, TO MAKE THE TRIP HAPPEN.
THAT'S THIS WEEK, AT INTERIOR.