{"id":39201,"date":"2019-04-20T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-20T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/president-paul-kagame-first-lady-receive-usa\/"},"modified":"2019-04-21T11:06:02","modified_gmt":"2019-04-21T11:06:02","slug":"president-paul-kagame-first-lady-receive-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/president-paul-kagame-first-lady-receive-usa\/","title":{"rendered":"President Paul Kagame, First Lady receive USA Congressional delegation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The delegation was comprised of Senator Lindsey Graham from Republican political party representing Southern Carolina; Senator Christopher Andrew Coons, from Democrat political party representing  Delaware state; Senator Benjamin Eric Sasse, Republican representing  Nebraska state and Senator John Barrasso who is also a Republican representing  Wyoming state.<\/p>\n<p>Barrasso is the chairperson of senators from the Republican Political Party of Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Other members of the delegation include a Republican Michael McCaul representing Texas and  Cindy McCain, the wife of John McCain a former senator who passed away last year.<br \/>\nFollowing the discussions, President Paul Kagame said in a tweet: \u201cEnjoyed the productive discussions on Africa and US\/Rwanda excellent relations and look forward to more plans ahead.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>In February 2019, President Kagame and First Lady attended \u201cCodel Prayer Breakfast\u201d that brought together top government officials and USA congressional delegation that was on a visit to Rwanda. <\/p>\n<p>The team was comprised of members from Republicans led by Senator James Inhofe representing Oklahoma State, Senator Mike Enzi representing Wyoming, Senator John Boozman representing Arkansas and parliamentarians including Greg Gianforte and Mike Kelly.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-28924 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/d4hncpaw4aeqbj0-eab5b-2.jpg\" alt=\"President Paul Kagame and First Lady Jeannette Kagame yesterday received the United States of America (USA) congressional delegation at Village Urugwiro\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-28923 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/d4hncpdwkai9uzm-01e2c-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-28922 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/d4hncpjw0aaapye-d05e0-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Paul Kagame and First Lady Jeannette Kagame yesterday received the United States of America (USA) congressional delegation at Village Urugwiro where they held discussions on bilateral relations.   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