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This image is from Pixabay and was published prior to July 2017 under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication license https://web.archive.org/web/20161229043156/https://pixabay.com/en/service/terms/ . In July 2017, Pixabay switched the old sitewide license for all uploads from Creative Commons CC0 to a custom license arrangement that does not meet the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication license terms.

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Bacchus standing in a niche holding grapes in his raised right hand, fruit in his left hand, a dog lower right

HUD Section 3 [programs meeting, HUD headquarters,] with Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity [representatives on hand]

A brown dog with a tag on it's collar. Dog friend pet.

Choice Neighboorhoods [Program] Stakeholder Meeting, [with Secretary Shaun Donovan among the HUD senior officials on hand]

[Screen shots from Web broadcast of] President Barack Obama [signing Executive Order 13589 designed to cut waste and promote efficient spending across the federal government. Among the agency representatives on hand for the signing:] HUD Acting Deputy Secretary Estelle Richman.

[Assignment: 48-DPA-N_Ducks_Un_5-3-06] [Capitol Hill Banquet for the Federal City Chapter of] Ducks Unlimited, [with Fish and Wildlife Service Director H. Dale Hall and other Interior representatives on hand] [48-DPA-N_Ducks_Un_5-3-06_DOI_4578.JPG]

[Assignment: 48-DPA-N_Springer_4-6-06] Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director Linda Springer [among officials on hand for] ribbon-cutting ceremony, tour of new OPM facilities [for the Human Resources Products and Services Division, Resource Management Office, Retirement Information Office] [48-DPA-N_Springer_4-6-06_DOI_2332.JPG]

SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii – Soldiers from Charlie

HUD Strategic Planning Feedback Session [and follow-up activities, with Secretary Shaun Donovan and Deputy Secretary Ron Sims among the senior officials on hand]

Veterans Day Ceremony [at HUD headquarters, with Secretary Shaun Donovan among the senior officials on hand]

[Hurricane Katrina] New Orleans, LA, September 19, 2005 -- A FEMA Urban Search and Rescue worker looks after his rescue dog who injured his paw while searching in a neighborhood affected by Hurricane Katrina. Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA

Secretary Shaun Donovan at the Department of Justice, [where he joined Attorney General Eric Holder, Jr. at a press conference announcing the] mortgage servicers settlement: [a $25 billion agreement, reached by HUD, Justice, and 49 state attorneys general with the nation's five largest mortgage servicers. Among the other officials on hand were the Attorney General of Iowa, Tom Miller; HUD Inspector General David Montoya; Attorney General of Colorado, John Suthers; and Associate U.S. Attorney General, Tom Perrelli.]

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