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Meeting Minutes - US Department of State

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Donna and Nancy, Suman, and Craig Unger. And Bill<br />

Miner.<br />

MR. MINER: I slipped in here, General.<br />

GENERAL WILLIAMS: Okay.<br />

MR. MINER: Everyone in DE gets sick at the<br />

same time. It's a point about togetherness.<br />

So I'm going to hand it <strong>of</strong>f to our experts<br />

very quickly, but I did want to just introduce the<br />

subject. We had a wonderful talk about the<br />

mechanical systems and the mechanical strategies in<br />

our building. I think it's important to note that<br />

the mechanical, the electrical, and the security<br />

components for our buildings are what we consider<br />

our most critical systems. When those systems go<br />

down, we're out <strong>of</strong> business. There are other things<br />

that we have some ability to resolve over time, but<br />

those are absolutely essential to the continued<br />

operation <strong>of</strong> our critical mission overseas.<br />

The mechanical subject that we just went<br />

through is a part <strong>of</strong> a larger opportunity and<br />

environmental and sustainability program that we<br />

have in place. We had a question similar to this a<br />

few years ago, what are we doing in the area <strong>of</strong><br />

sustainability and energy conservation? And I<br />

reported to the panel, at that time, that we had<br />

Free <strong>State</strong> Reporting, Inc.<br />

1378 Cape St. Claire Road<br />

Annapolis, MD 21409<br />

(410) 974-0947<br />

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