U.S. Contact with Interim Leader of Kyrgyzstan

U.S. Contact with Interim Leader of Kyrgyzstan (Taken Question)

Question: Has the United States made formal contact with the reported interim leader of Kyrgyzstan, Kurmanbek Bakiyev?

Answer: Ambassador Stephen Young met with Mr. Bakiyev on the evening of March 24. At that time Mr. Bakiyev was serving as Chairman of the Committee for National Unity and had not yet been named Prime Minister and President. Ambassador Young has been in regular telephone contact with him and other interim leaders.

2005/354 Released on March 25, 2005 Taken Question Richard Boucher Washington, DC March 25, 2005 SOURCE: State.gov

Freedom Calendar 03/26/05 - 04/02/05

March 26, 1910, President Taft appoints Republican William Lewis as first African-American U.S. Asst. Attorney General.

Easter Sunday
March 27, 1856, First meeting of Republican National Committee in Washington, DC to oppose Democrats’ pro-slavery policies.

March 28, 1870, Republican Jonathan Wright of South Carolina becomes first African-American state Supreme Court Justice.

March 29, 1885, Birth of U.S. Rep. Frances Payne Bolton (R-OH), first woman to serve as U.S. Delegate to United Nations General Assembly.

March 30, 1868, Republicans begin impeachment trial of Democrat President Andrew Johnson, who declared: “This is a country for white men, and by God, as long as I am President, it shall be a government of white men”.

March 31, 1806, Birth of U.S. Senator John Hale (R-NH), early leader of Republicans’ anti-slavery movement in Congress.

April 1, 1846, Born into slavery on this day, Jeremiah Haralson (R-AL) served in state legislature before being elected to U.S. House in 1874.

April 2, 1855, Republican John Langston becomes nation’s first African-American elected official, in Brownhelm, OH; later served as U.S. Rep. (R-VA) and as diplomat in Republican administrations.

“We love freedom more, vastly more, than slavery; consequently we hope to keep clear of the Democrats!”

Rep. Joseph Rainey (R-SC), the first African-American in the U.S. House of Representatives (1870-79)

SOURCE: 2005 Republican Freedom Calendar