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U.S. Seventh Coast Guard District calls on Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration
Oct 4, 2012 - 4:48:22 PM

NASSAU, The Bahamas –  Rear Admiral William D. Baumgartner, District Commander of the Seventh Coast Guard District paid a courtesy call on the Hon. Fred Mitchell, Minister of Foreign Aff airs and Immigration and officials of the Ministry on Wednesday, October 3, 2012. 

Both parties discussed issues of mutual interests and assurances of continued cordial relations between The Bahamas and the United States.

Rear Admiral Baumgartner serves as Commander of the Seventh Coast Guard District headquarters in Miami, Florida. He is responsible for all Coast Guard operations in the Southeast United States and the Caribbean Basin including Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and over 15,000 miles of coastline.

He is a native of Collinsville, IL and a 1980 graduate of the United States Coast Guard Academy where he received Bachelor of Science degrees in Marine Engineering and Electrical Engineering. He holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of New Orleans and a Juris Doctor degree, magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School where he also served as an editor on the Harvard Law Review.

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