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Jane Richey / June 18, 2012

US Attendees at Rio+20

The State Department’s top climate change diplomat says next week’s United Nations green development conference in Brazil is a high priority for U.S. officials even though President Obama isn’t showing up.

Heads of state from over 100 nations are slated to attend the June 20-22 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, not Obama, is heading the U.S. team, disappointing some environmentalists.

But Todd Stern, the State Department’s special envoy for climate change, noted Friday that not every nation is sending its head-of-state.

“The Secretary of State is coming at a very high level. There are many, many countries that are represented at the head-of-state level and many, many countries that are represented at a senior level comparable to the Secretary of State. I don’t have any other comment on that,” Stern said on a conference call with reporters about the summit.

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson and a number of other senior U.S. officials are also attending.

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Filed Under: Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics Tagged With: Department of State, Hillary Clinton, Lisa Jackson, Rio+20, sustainable development

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