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Pritzker sits at the wheel of a new car — Secretary Pritzker Visits Detroit Auto Show and Sees Resilience at its Finest

Working to Ensure Public Safety Has Cutting-Edge, Reliable Communications

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Working to Ensure Public Safety Has Cutting-Edge, Reliable Communications

FirstNet: Deploying a Resilient Broadband Network for the Nation’s First Responders

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U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker, U.S. Labor Secretary Thomas Perez, Senior Advisory to the President Valerie Jarrett and NEC Director Jeff Zients host Swiss Vice President and Delegation of Leading CEOs for discussion on investing in the U.S.

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Secretary Pritzker swears in New Commercial Service Officers

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On June 17th at the Capitol Visitor Center Conngressional Auditorium in Washington, DC

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Secretary Pritzker and 10 female U.S. Ambassadors at the 2015 SelectUSA Investment Summit.

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Secretary Pritzker and 10 female U.S. Ambassadors at the 2015 SelectUSA Investment Summit.

Secretary Pritzker opening the Business Opportunities Conference for the first-ever U.S.-Pakistan Economic Partnership Week in Islamabad, Pakistan.

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Save the Date: 2016 SelectUSA Investment Summit

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The U.S. Department of Commerce will host the third SelectUSA Investment Summit on June 19-21, 2016 at the Washington Hilton in Washington, DC. For...

Under Secretary Stefan Selig (second from left) participates in a ribbon cutting ceremony with North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory (left) PEDS Legwear President and CEO Michael Penner and Walmart Vice President of U.S. Manufacturing Cindi Marsiglio.

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Under Secretary Stefan Selig (second from left) participates in a ribbon cutting ceremony with North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory (left) PEDS...

Under Secretary Doms (far right), leads a panel discussion with Chief Economist Sue Helper (from left to right), Hal Sirkin, Managing Director, Boston Consulting Group, and Katy George, Director, McKinsey & Co.

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Suzan "Suzi" LeVine, U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein...

Secretary Pritzker announcing the launch of Regional Investments to Support Entrepreneurship (RISE) at the Investment and Entrepreneurship Conference in Tunis, Tunisia.

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Driving German FDI – the U.S. as a Manufacturing & Distribution Hub, and an Export Platform

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Driving German FDI – the U.S. as a Manufacturing & Distribution Hub, and an Export Platform

Secretary Pritzker speaks with workeres while touring the BMW facilities in Spartanburg, South Carolina

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Vinai Thummalapally, Executive Director, SelectUSA

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2015 SelectUSA Investment Summit is Now Open for Business

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Graphic on Number of Establishments to Purchase Thanksgiving Meal Items

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Graphic on Number of Establishments to Purchase Thanksgiving Meal Items

Consul General Hart (left), Secretary Pritzker (center), and General Counsel Welsh (right) meet with business leaders in Hong Kong

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During her trip to Hong Kong, Secretary Pritzker met with government and business leaders to learn more about the unique aspects of Hong Kong’s...

Graphic on Helping to Build a Nation of Resilient Communities

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Graphic on Helping to Build a Nation of Resilient Communities

Francis Gray, Primary Patent Examiner, United States Patent and Trademark Office

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Francis Gray, Primary Patent Examiner, United States Patent and Trademark Office

Secretary Pritzker meets with Hong Kong Chief Executive CY Leung

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Secretary Pritzker meets with Hong Kong Chief Executive CY Leung to learn more about the unique aspects of Hong Kong’s system and how it balances the...

CIC Finalists at Awards Ceremony on Nov 17

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Collegiate Inventors Competition Finalists at Awards Ceremony on November 17, 2015

Secretary Pritzker tours a training facility at Bayer Health Care in Berlin, where she also participated in a Workforce Development Roundtable.

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Secretary Pritzker tours a training facility at Bayer Health Care in Berlin, where she also participated in a Workforce Development Roundtable.

Elliot Park, CEO of Shine Electronics, with Alejandra Y. Castillo and Albert Shen from MBDA

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Albert Shen, MBDA National Deputy Director; Elliot Park, CEO, Shine Electronics, Alejandra Y. Castillo, MBDA National Director and MED Week Awards...

Under Secretary Willie May signs an MOU with TEDCO

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Under Secretary Willie May signs a Memorandum of Understanding with TEDCO that will provide opportunities for researchers to turn promising NIST...

Close up of a fish in Guanahacabibes

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Guanahacabibes is home to more than 200 species of fish, 40 species of corals, and 1,000 species of mollusks, 10 of which are exclusive to the...

Fish hiding in coral reef

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Banco de San Antonio is home to more than 100 species of fish, 15 species of corals, and more than 40 species of sponges. Photo: Cuban National...

The Cuban shoreline

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The Cuban shoreline. (Photo: Gonzalo Cid/NOAA)

Fish swimming around the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary coral reef

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The coral reefs of Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary are similar biologically and physically to those of Banco de San Antonio. (Photo: G...

Chief Data Officer Ian Kalin hosts briefings arranged by Business Forward, an organization dedicated to improving collaborations between the business community and the government.

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Chief Data Officer Ian Kalin hosts briefings arranged by Business Forward, an organization dedicated to improving collaborations between the business...

Accelerating American Innovation through Research

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Accelerating American Innovation through Research

While in Silicon Valley, Secretary Pritzker Visited Google's Headquarters

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While in Silicon Valley, Secretary Pritzker visited Google's headquarters...

While in Silicon Valley, Secretary Pritzker Looks at Google’s Self-Driving Car

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While in Silicon Valley, Secretary Pritzker looks at Google’s self-driving car.

Secretary Penny Pritzker with the Google Self-Driving Car

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Secretary Penny Pritzker with the Google Self-Driving Car.

Marine Corp Birthday Celebration Ceremony

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Prior to Marine Corp Birthday Celebration Ceremony, the Department’s new Veterans and Disability Employment Program Manager, Charles Clark, Jr. (US...

Department of Commerce Honors its Military Veteran Employees

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Some of the Department of Commerce’s 3,800 military veterans who participated in the Department’s Veteran Recognition Event

Ribbon cutting at the official opening of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Texas Regional Office

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Ribbon cutting at the official opening of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Texas Regional Office

Ribbon cutting at the official opening of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Texas Regional Office

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Ribbon cutting at the official opening of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Texas Regional Office

Vets Go Global Initiative Connects Veterans to Global Markets

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Vets Go Global Initiative Connects Veterans to Global Markets

Albert Shen, MBDA Deputy National Director, Elise Hernandez, CEO, Ideal Systems Solutions Inc., and Alejandra Y. Castillo, MBDA National Director at the 2015 MED Week Awards reception in San Diego, CA.

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Albert Shen, MBDA Deputy National Director, Elise Hernandez, CEO, Ideal Systems Solutions Inc., and Alejandra Y. Castillo, MBDA National Director at...

Veterans as a Percentage of the Civilian Population Age 18 and Over, by State, 2009-2013

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Veterans as a Percentage of the Civilian Population Age 18 and Over, by State, 2009-2013

Secretary Prizker Participates in Armchair Discussion at Techonomy 2015 in San Francisco

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Secretary Prizker Participates in Armchair Discussion at Techonomy 2015 in San Francisco

Julie Lenzer Kirk, Director of the Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Participates in the Commerce Department’s First-Ever Open for Innovation Event.

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Julie Lenzer Kirk, Director of the Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Participates in the Commerce Department’s First-Ever Open for...

Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker Addresses the 2015 BIS Annual Update Conference

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Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker Addresses the 2015 BIS Annual Update Conference

Dennis Elsenbeck, Regional Director, National Grid

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Dennis Elsenbeck, Regional Director, National Grid

Labor Secretary Perez Meets with an Apprentice Updating Old Train Cars with State-of-the-Art Equipment

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Labor Secretary Perez Meets with an Apprentice Updating Old Train Cars with State-of-the-Art Equipment

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Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez

Leaders from the nation’s technology and data industries came together on Oct. 29-30 for the third meeting of the Commerce Data Advisory Council (CDAC) in Boulder, Colorado

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Leaders from the nation’s technology and data industries came together on Oct. 29-30 for the third meeting of the Commerce Data Advisory Council (...

U.S. Census Bureau Releases Key Statistics for American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month

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U.S. Census Bureau Releases Key Statistics for American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month

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Vinai Thummalapally, Executive Director, SelectUSA

SelectUSA Executive Director Vinai Thummalapally Helps Inaugurate Lufthansa Technik Puerto Rico's New MRO facility on Friday, October 30, 2015.

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SelectUSA Executive Director Vinai Thummalapally Helps Inaugurate Lufthansa Technik Puerto Rico's New MRO facility on Friday, October 30, 2015...

Assistant Secretary Jay Williams Joins National Urban League (NUL) President & CEO Marc Morial and Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake to announce an EDA investment will help to establish a new Entrepreneurship Center Program

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Assistant Secretary Jay Williams Joins National Urban League (NUL) President & CEO Marc Morial and Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake to announce an...

Secretary Pritzker visits Jewish museum in Bila Tsirk'va

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Jacob Pritzker and his family, along with most of the Jewish population, left Bila Tsirk’va after 1855 to move to Podol, where Nicholas was born...

Secretary Pritzker visits the State Archives in Kyiv

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At the State Archives in Kyiv, Secretary Pritzker was able to view the birth certificates of her great-grandfather Nicholas and his siblings...

Secretary Pritzker visits local Jewish school in Bila Tsirk'va

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Today, the core of the Jewish community is represented through the school, which has about 150 students (K-12). The school contains a small museum...

Secretary Pritzker visits cemetery in Bila Tsirk'va

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Jacob and many members of the Pritzker family moved north to Bila Tsirk’va in the middle of the 19th century when Jews were permitted to move to...

Secretary Pritzker tours historic factory in Veliky Pryts'ky

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Secretary Pritzker’s great, great grandfather, Jacob Pritzker, was born in 1831 in Veliky Pryts’ky, the town in which her family name is derived...

Secretary Pritzker is welcomed to the village of Velyki Pryts'ky

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Later in the week, Secretary Pritzker visited the towns of Veliky Pry’tsky and Bila Tsirk’va, and the State Archives of Ukraine to learn more about...

Secretary Pritzker meets with the U.S-Ukraine Business Council

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Secretary Pritzker also heard from the company members of the U.S.-Ukraine Business Council during her visit to Kyiv.

Secretary Pritzker announces further support for Ukraine

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In Kyiv, Secretary Pritzker announced that the Obama Administration intends to work with Congress to move forward with a third, $1 billion loan...

Secretary Pritzker and U.S. CEOs meet with Ukrainian Prime Minister Yatsenyuk

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The American executives also met with Secretary Pritzker and Ukrainian Prime Minister Yatsenyuk to hear directly from companies on the progress they...

Secretary Pritzker and U.S. CEOs meet with Ukrainian Prime Minister Yatsenyuk

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The American executives also met with Secretary Pritzker and Ukrainian Prime Minister Yatsenyuk to hear directly from companies on the progress they...

Secretary Pritzker at a business roundtable in Ukraine

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The American executives also met with Secretary Pritzker and Ukrainian Prime Minister Yatsenyuk to hear directly from companies on the progress they...

Ukrainian Prime Minister Yatsenyuk greets Secretary Pritzker

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The American executives also met with Secretary Pritzker and Ukrainian Prime Minister Yatsenyuk to hear directly from companies on the progress they...

Secretary Pritzker and Ukrainian President Poroshenko give press statements

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U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko issued statements to the press following their bilateral meeting...

Secretary Pritzker and U.S. CEOs meet with Ukranian President Poroshenko

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During her trip, Secretary Penny Prizker and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko met with a group of American executives to discuss essential steps...

Secretary Pritzker and U.S. CEOs meet with Ukranian President Poroshenko

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During her trip, Secretary Penny Prizker and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko met with a group of American executives to discuss essential steps...

Atlanta Manufacturer Expands With Help of MDBA

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Atlanta Manufacturer Expands With Help of MDBA

U.S. Census Bureau Compiles Key Stats for Halloween

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U.S. Census Bureau Compiles Key Stats for Halloween

In Bila Tsirk’va, Secretary Pritzker visited a local Jewish school, which has about 150 students (K-12).

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In Bila Tsirk’va, Secretary Pritzker visited a local Jewish school, which has about 150 students (K-12).

Data collection has documented profound technological transformations in American life

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Data collection has documented profound technological transformations in American life

Bill Yeargin, CEO of Correct Craft and Member of the Manufacturing Council

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Bill Yeargin, CEO of Correct Craft and Member of the Manufacturing Council

U.S. Commerce Deputy Secretary Bruce Andrews Meets with U.S. Companies in Preparation for a Trade Mission to India in February 2016

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U.S. Commerce Deputy Secretary Bruce Andrews Meets with U.S. Companies in Preparation for a Trade Mission to India in February 2016

Members of the Commerce Data Advisory Council (CDAC)

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Members of the Commerce Data Advisory Council (CDAC)

Midwest Regional U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

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Midwest Regional U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Fincantieri Marinette Marine, a shipyard located in Marinette, WI, has built over 1300 vessels since opening in 1942

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Fincantieri Marinette Marine, a shipyard located in Marinette, WI, has built over 1300 vessels since opening in 1942

Data.Commerce.gov landing page that contains boxes for every Bureau

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Commerce Data Advisory Council logo

Enhancing the Climate Resilience of America’s Natural Resources

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NOAA Predicts Near-Normal or Below-Normal 2014 Atlantic Hurricane Season

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NOAA Predicts Near-Normal or Below-Normal 2014 Atlantic Hurricane Season

National Climate Assessment Underscores Urgent Need for Americans and Our Businesses to Prepare for Climate Change in the United States

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National Climate Assessment Underscores Urgent Need for Americans and Our Businesses to Prepare for Climate Change in the United States

Travel Journal: There’s No Place Like Nome!

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Travel Journal: There’s No Place Like Nome!

Commerce Partners with Small Business Administration for the Launch of Business Sunday in Houston, Texas

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Students Tour GEMCITY Engineering and Manufacturing (GEM) for Manufacturing Day

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Students Tour GEMCITY Engineering and Manufacturing (GEM) for Manufacturing Day

Program at the 4th Annual Diplomat of the Year Awards Dinner

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Secretary Pritzker was honored with the inaugural Commercial Diplomat of the Year award.

Chief Operating Officer for Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA), Roger Nielsen

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Chief Operating Officer for Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA), Roger Nielsen

Deputy Commerce Secretary Bruce H. Andrews with Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili

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Deputy Commerce Secretary Bruce H. Andrews with Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili

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NOAA FishWatch Logo

Participants in the first ever “Manufacturing Hackathon” designed and built devices allowing consumers to roast coffee beans in their home ovens.

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Participants in the first ever “Manufacturing Hackathon” designed and built devices allowing consumers to roast coffee beans in their home ovens

In October 2015, Florida's manufacturers provided tours for thousands of students at high-tech manufacturing facilities.

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In October 2015, Florida's manufacturers provided tours for thousands of students at high-tech manufacturing facilities. ...

Deputy Secretary Bruce Andrews Participates in Discussion at Confederation of Netherlands Industry and Employers (VNO-NCW)

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Deputy Secretary Bruce Andrews Participates in Discussion at Confederation of Netherlands Industry and Employers (VNO-NCW)

Department of Commerce CFC 3rd Annual Kickball Challenge 7

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Team manager Willie Ramos coaches his player prior to kicking the ball.

Department of Commerce CFC 3rd Annual Kickball Challenge 8

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Both teams of the Department of Commerce CFC 3rd Annual Kickball Challenge.

Department of Commerce CFC 3rd Annual Kickball Challenge 6

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Deputy Secretary Bruce Andrews runs to first base after kicking the ball.

Department of Commerce CFC 3rd Annual Kickball Challenge 5

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Department of Commerce employees play a game of kickball to raise awareness for the Combined Federal Campaign.

Department of Commerce CFC 3rd Annual Kickball Challenge 4

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Secretary Penny Pritzker throws the first pitch at the start the game.

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