Ambassador Michele J. Sison Welcomes Guests to the U.S. Embassy to Celebrate Independence Day

Ambassador Michele J. Sison warmly welcomed more than 1000 guests to the U.S. Embassy on July 2 to celebrate the 233nd anniversary of the United States’ independence. The attendees represented a wide array of Lebanese society including national and local government officials, business executives, religious leaders, Lebanese Armed Forces and Internal Security Forces officers, media personalities, cultural figures and alumni of U.S. Government-sponsored programs... (more)

U.S. Official Visits Lebanon to Review Assistance Program for Internal Security Forces

U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement, David T. Johnson, visited Beirut July 1 and 2.   During his visit, Assistant Secretary Johnson reaffirmed the United States’ support for Lebanon and reviewed the U.S. Government’s successful, ongoing $80 million program of assistance to the Internal Security Forces (ISF).  The program helps the ISF enforce the rule of law and protect the Lebanese people within their sovereign state. Accompanied by Ambassador Michel J. Sison, he held meetings with Prime Minister-Designate Saad Hariri, the caretaker Minister of Interior and Municipal Affairs, Ziad Baroud, , the Director General of the Internal Security Forces, Achraf Rifi, and his Command Staff, Ambassador Khalil Makkawi, Chair of the Lebanese Palestinian Dialogue Committee, and United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) representatives at the Nahr al-Barid Palestinian Refugee Camp... (more)

The United States Presents 120 new police vehicles to the International Security Forces and Celebrates the Graduation of U.S. Trained Cadets

The U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, David Johnson, and U.S. Ambassador Michele J. Sison presented 120 Dodge Charger police vehicles to the Minister of Interior and Municipalities Ziad Baroud, Internal Security Forces (ISF) Director General Achraf Rifi at the ISF Mobile Forces headquarters in Dbayeh on Wednesday, July 1.  Assistant Secretary Johnson and Ambassador Sison also joined General Rifi, who was represented by the Director of the ISF academy, General Abdel-Badih Sousi, at the graduation of 254 cadets from the U.S. Lebanese Basic cadet course at the ISF academy in Warwar...(more)

U.S. Embassy – Beirut 2009 Small Grant Program

U.S. Embassy Lebanon's Small Grant Program supports Lebanese organizations in improving, expanding, and/or developing their services.  These grants typically are awarded for $45,000 and last up to one year.  This round of Small Grant funding will be used primarily to assist south Lebanon and the north Beka’a regions.  Priority will be given to projects that address the following issues... (more)