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Najlaa Abdus-Samad Visits SD Through U.S. Speaker Program

Chris Laughery
Najlaa Abdus-Samad

In The Moment ... October 10, 2019 Show 677 Hour 1

The Dacotah Territory International Visitor Program is hosting an American Foreign Service Officer with the U.S. Department of State this week in South Dakota. Najlaa Abdus-Samad was at Roosevelt High School this morning. Later today, she'll vist Washington High School and then a meeting of young Sioux Falls professionals.

Abdus-Samad is currently a division chief for East Asia and the Pacific and the Western Hemisphere for the U.S. Speaker Program in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.

Lori Walsh is a special correspondent with SDPB and host of the "In the Moment" podcast.

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