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Posted: July 17, 2003

STATE GOP: LOCAL LEADERS AT WHITE HOUSE

WILMINGTON, --- Community leaders from Delaware participated in a White House Summit of Urban Leaders Wednesday. 

President George W. Bush addressed the attendees, focusing on his administration’s initiatives on education, housing and urban renewal through faith-based organizations. 

“We will accomplish a lot here at home if we use all the resources available to our communities,” President Bush said. “I will continue to tell the American people one of the great untapped resources for government is to work side-by-side with the faith community.” 

The Delaware delegation to the summit included Chipman L. Flowers, Jr., chair of the Multicultural Judges & Lawyers Section of the Delaware State Bar Association; Dr. Jaime H. Rivera, chair of the Governor’s Advisory Council on Hispanic Affairs; Mr. Rhett Ruggerio, executive assistant of Wilmington Mayor James Baker; and Ms. Marilyn Whittington, executive director of the Delaware Humanities Forum. 

Delaware GOP Executive Director Troy A. Brocco said he is pleased with the reports he’s received from the Delaware delegation to the summit. 

“Under the leadership of President Bush and Chairman Terry Strine we are seeing true partnerships emerge that will strengthen our communities in substantive ways,” Mr. Brocco said. 

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