[Assignment: 48-DPA-11-30-07_SOI_K_SA_email] [Highlight views from the] Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Ministerial Summit [("Earth Observation for Sustainable Growth and Development")] in Cape Town, South Africa, where Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [headed the U.S. delegation, and announced scientific advances including the North American Drought Monitor program, new operational use of global climate data, a new low-cost approach to dissemination of environmental data, and real-time air-quality forecasts to protect global public health] [48-DPA-11-30-07_SOI_K_SA_email_IOD_8301.JPG]

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Subject: [Highlight views from the] Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Ministerial Summit [("Earth Observation for Sustainable Growth and Development")] in Cape Town, South Africa, where Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [headed the U.S. delegation, and announced scientific advances including the North American Drought Monitor program, new operational use of global climate data, a new low-cost approach to dissemination of environmental data, and real-time air-quality forecasts to protect global public health]

Photographer: Tami Heilemann--Interior Staff
[Assignment: 48-DPA-11-30-07_SOI_K_SA_email] [Highlight views from the] Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Ministerial Summit [("Earth Observation for Sustainable Growth and Development")] in Cape Town, South Africa, where Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [headed the U.S. delegation, and announced scientific advances including the North American Drought Monitor program, new operational use of global climate data, a new low-cost approach to dissemination of environmental data, and real-time air-quality forecasts to protect global public health]