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| | InternationalReports.net : Northern Ireland 2002 |
 | | Officially opened in February 2002, and located in the heart of Washington, D.C., just three blocks from the White House, the Northern Ireland Bureau plays an important role in the development, both economic and political, of Northern Ireland. |
 | | The Bureau firstly represents the Executive Branch of Northern Irelands devolved government, which was established under the Good Friday Agreement, and senior staff at the Bureau are Northern Ireland civil servants. |
 | | In this, its primary role, the Bureaus task is to develop a positive profile of Northern Ireland among key U.S. policy-makers in the Congress, the State Department and the Bush Administration, as well as in the U.S. media. |
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