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![[Assignment: 48-DPA-03-20-08_SOI_K_Lease_1] Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to New Orleans, Louisiana, [where he opened, and announced high bid totals for,] the Minerals Management Service-sponsored federal sales of offshore oil and natural gas leases [in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico (Lease Sale 224) and the Central Gulf of Mexico (Lease Sale 206). The sales, attracting a record-setting $3.7 billion in high bids, inaugurated a program of enhanced revenue sharing with oil and gas producing Gulf states, along with higher royalty rates.] [48-DPA-03-20-08_SOI_K_Lease_1_DOI_1506.JPG]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn10/L3Bob3RvLzIwMDgvMDMvMTkvYXNzaWdubWVudC00OC1kcGEtMDMtMjAtMDhfc29pX2tfbGVhc2VfMS12aXNpdC1vZi1zZWNyZXRhcnktZGlyay1rZW1wdGhvcm5lLTM4Y2U0Yy02NDAuanBn/40/26/webp "[Assignment: 48-DPA-03-20-08_SOI_K_Lease_1] Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to New Orleans, Louisiana, [where he opened, and announced high bid totals for,] the Minerals Management Service-sponsored federal sales of offshore oil and natural gas leases [in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico (Lease Sale 224) and the Central Gulf of Mexico (Lease Sale 206). The sales, attracting a record-setting $3.7 billion in high bids, inaugurated a program of enhanced revenue sharing with oil and gas producing Gulf states, along with higher royalty rates.] [48-DPA-03-20-08_SOI_K_Lease_1_DOI_1506.JPG]")
![[Assignment: 59-CF-DS-10241-03] Department officials meeting with visiting delegation of Iraqi women leaders [Photographer: Mark Stewart--State] [59-CF-DS-10241-03_DSC_0016.JPG]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn10/L3Bob3RvLzIwMDMvMTEvMTMvYXNzaWdubWVudC01OS1jZi1kcy0xMDI0MS0wMy1kZXBhcnRtZW50LW9mZmljaWFscy1tZWV0aW5nLXdpdGgtdmlzaXRpbmctZGVsZWdhdGlvbi1jZGY3ZjItNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/30/webp "[Assignment: 59-CF-DS-10241-03] Department officials meeting with visiting delegation of Iraqi women leaders [Photographer: Mark Stewart--State] [59-CF-DS-10241-03_DSC_0016.JPG]")
![Swearing-in ceremony for Deputy Secretary Maurice Jones, [with Secretary Shaun Donovan presiding, and Acting Deputy Secretary Estelle Richman among the senior officials on hand]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn10/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTQvMTIvMzEvc3dlYXJpbmctaW4tY2VyZW1vbnktZm9yLWRlcHV0eS1zZWNyZXRhcnktbWF1cmljZS1qb25lcy13aXRoLXNlY3JldGFyeS1zaGF1bi1hMjFjYzQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/26/webp "Swearing-in ceremony for Deputy Secretary Maurice Jones, [with Secretary Shaun Donovan presiding, and Acting Deputy Secretary Estelle Richman among the senior officials on hand]")
