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Congressman Kirk addresses a group of elementary students at Highland Elementary School in Libertyville about the dangers of MySpace.com. |
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Congressman Kirk addresses a group of elementary students at Highland Elementary School in Libertyville about the dangers of MySpace.com. |
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Congressman Kirk addresses a group of elementary students at Highland Elementary School in Libertyville about the dangers of MySpace.com. |
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Congressman Kirk addresses a group of elementary students at Highland Elementary School in Libertyville about the dangers of MySpace.com. |
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Congressman Kirk addresses a group of elementary students at Highland Elementary School in Libertyville about the dangers of MySpace.com. |
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Congressman Kirk at the Town Hall on Food Allergies with Denise Bunning at Everett Elementary in Lake Forest |
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Congressman Kirk introduces 8 members of the Afghan parliament to students at Stevenson high school |
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Congressman Kirk speaks with Stevenson students after the Afghan visit |
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Members of the Afghan parliament meet with Lake County Board President Suzi Schmidt, board members Angelo Kyle, Mary Ross Cunningham and David Stolhman. Also with Ray Vukovic, City Manager |
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Ms. Zahra Sahak was banned from school by the Taleban from age 5 to 16. She now works for the Afghan parliament |
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Reviewing the reflecting pool with Afghan parliamentarians and leaders of the Bahai Sipritual Assembly |
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Reps. Kirk and Biggert hear testimony from local law enforcement agencies on action they are taking to protect children from internet pedophiles. |
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Reps. Kirk and Biggert hear testimony from local law enforcement agencies on action they are taking to protect children from internet pedophiles. |
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Reps. Kirk and Biggert hear testimony from local law enforcement agencies on action they are taking to protect children from internet pedophiles. |
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Reps. Kirk and Biggert brief the media before a congressional hearing on the dangers of social networking websites. |
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Reps. Kirk and Biggert brief the media before a congressional hearing on the dangers of social networking websites. |
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June 12, 2006 - Kirk, North Chicago Leaders, Navy Break Ground on the Re-opening of 22nd Street Railway Crossing. |
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June 10, 2006 - Congressman Kirk congratulated nine students in the 10th District who were appointed to the United States Military Academies. |
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June 5, 2006 - Congressman Kirk speaks with doctors from Condell Medical Center in Libertyville about Condell’s plans to upgrade to a Level 1 Trauma Center. |
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May 31, 2006 - U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk joined Cook County State's Attorney Richard Devine in announcing $1 million in new federal funds for the Cook County Cold Case Unit. In just six years, the Unit solved 35 previously unsolved homicides.including the infamous Palatine Brown's Chicken massacre where two alleged killers who walked free for almost 10 years are awaiting trial. Kirk secured the funding as part of the Justice Department's Appropriations legislation for FY06. |
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May 29, 2006 - Congressman Kirk honored WWII Veterans Richard L. Idstein of Buffalo Grove with a long overdue bronze star and William R. Glynn of Glenview with a long overdue Air Service Medal during a special Memorial Day Ceremony in Arlington Heights. |
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May 27, 2006 - U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk joined Navy veterans to break ground on a memorial dedicated to African-Americans who served in World War II. The monument alsomarks a historic moment in naval history. In March 1944, the U.S. Navy commissioned its first 13 African-American officers. The twelve commissioned officers, and a warrant officer who received his rank at the same time, became known as the “Golden Thirteen”. |
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May 15, 2006 -- Congressman Kirk visited the Kohl's Children's Museum in Glenview where students from the Andrew Cooke
Magnet School in Waukegan were participating in their Early Childhood Connections Program. |
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May 12, 2006 - Congressman Kirk awarded the top prize in the 24th Annual Congressional High School Art Competition ‘An Artistic Discovery’ to Renee Kimpel, a senior at Hoffman Estates High School. The piece titled “We Will Never Forget” was selected as the grand prize winner from among 25 original works-of-art and photography entered by high school students from throughout the Tenth District and will hang in the U.S. Capitol for the next year. |
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April 24, 2006 - Congressman Kirk hosted a roundtable discussion at New Trier High School sharing details of his bipartisan legislation he introduced to promote diplomatic, business and academic relationships with China. |
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April 2006 -- Congressman Kirk speaks with Stevenson High School students about the need for more diplomacy with China. |
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April 26, 2006 -- Congresssman Kirk holds a press conference at a Marathon Gas Station in Mount Prospect where E85 gasoline is selling 30 cents cheaper than regular unleaded gasoline. |
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Congressman Kirk takes a tour of the Northwest Central Dispatch 911 Center in Arlington Heights. Kirk secured $200,000 for the Center to replace antiquated communications equipment in police and fire vehicles in several northwest suburban communities. |
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April 11, 2006 -- Congressman Kirk presents a $100,000 grant he secured for the Waukegan Police Department’s gang resistance programs. |
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Congressman Kirk tours Great Lakes Battle station. |
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February 14, 2006 -- Congressman Kirk presents a ceremonial check from HUD for $700,000 for Youthbuild Lake County, a program that helps at-risk kids in Waukegan and North Chicago. |
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February 14, 2006 -- Congressman Kirk was awarded the Arctic Medal of Courage by the Alaska Coalition for his work in Congress to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from oil drilling. |
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January 5, 2006 -- Congressman Kirk talks with ABC7's Frank Mathie about the threat invasive species pose on our Great Lakes ecosystem. |
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January 4, 2006 -- Congressman Kirk welcomes residents of Tonatico, Mexico to Waukegan at a reception held in their honor. Kirk helped secure visitor's visas for grandparents to come visit family members living in Waukegan. |
Congressman Kirk held a press conference at the Notebarert Nature Museum to discuss legislation he is introducing to prevent sewage dumping in Lake Michigan. Click to view more photos.
