An American consulate official tells them the situation's improving, with 70 percent of applications now approved.

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The United States ambassador to Libya, Chris Stevens, and three other Americans were murdered in the American consulate in Benghazi.

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He selected the University of Tennessee because its catalogue was in the library of the American consulate in his home state of Chennai and happened to include a tear-out application.

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Commercial Officer at the American Consulate.

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Based on documents released by the House Oversight Committee, the day of the attack on the American consulate in Benghazi, September 11, the White House situation room starts receiving emails at about 1 pm that the mission is under hostile surveillance.

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The American consulate in Libya.

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Attempts by CNN to contact the Chinese government in Beijing, and its American embassy and consulate offices were unsuccessful.

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Lesley Enriquez - a US citizen working at the Juarez consulate - her American husband, Arthur Redelfs, and Jorge Alberto Salcido, the Mexican husband of another consular employee, were shot dead in two separate incidents on 13 March in the border city of Ciudad Juarez.

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He got a job with the United States consulate in Hong Kong and was given grants by American universities for research.

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My office continues to coordinate efforts with the State Department, the American Citizen Service Unit at the U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince, the Haitian Consulate in New York, and the Haitian Embassy in Washington, DC.

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