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Imperial conferment of decorations

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (L) confers the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers to former House of Councillors President Hidehisa Otsuji during a ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 11, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Imperial conferment of decorations

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (L) confers the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers to former Supreme Court chief justice Saburo Tokura during a ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 11, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Meeting NSC at Camp David

Gathering at Camp David, Maryland, United States President George W. Bush confers with his National Security Council (NSC) Saturday, September 15, 2001. Pictured from left to right are U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz..Mandatory Photo by Eric Draper - White House via CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM.

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Japan empress at medal ceremony

Japan's Empress Masako (R) confers a Florence Nightingale Medal on an awardee during an award ceremony in Tokyo on July 31, 2025.

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Imperial conferment of decorations

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (L) confers the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers to former Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on May 9, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Obama Welcomes Pope Francis to the White House

U.S. President Barack Obama (R) confers with Pope Francis (L) during an arrival ceremony at the White House on September 23, 2015 in Washington, DC. The Pope begins his first trip to the United States at the White House followed by a visit to St. Matthew's Cathedral, and will then hold a Mass on the grounds of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. Photo by Win McNamee / Pool via CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Obama Welcomes Pope Francis to the White House

U.S. President Barack Obama (R) confers with Pope Francis (L) during an arrival ceremony at the White House on September 23, 2015 in Washington, DC. The Pope begins his first trip to the United States at the White House followed by a visit to St. Matthew's Cathedral, and will then hold a Mass on the grounds of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. Photo by Win McNamee / Pool via CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Jimmy Carter Dies Aged 100

President Anwar al-Sadat of Egypt, center left, confers with Foreign Minister Muhammad Ibrahim Kamal of Egypt, right, Deputy Premier Hassan Tohami of Egypt, right center, and Osama Al Baz, Ambassador of Egypt to the U.S., left, at Camp David, near Thurmont, Maryland on Tuesday, September 12, 1978..Photo by White House via CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Imperial conferment of decorations

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (L) confers the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun to former Japanese Environment Minister Sakihito Ozawa at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 6, 2024 (Pool photo)

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CHINA-BEIJING-XI JINPING-HONORARY FLAG-ROCKET ARTILLERY COMPANY-PRESENTATION (CN)

(240709) -- BEIJING, July 9, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), confers a flag of honor on an army company of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, which was awarded the honorary title of "Model Rocket Artillery Company," and poses for photos with representatives of the awarded unit at a ceremony held by the CMC in Beijing, capital of China, July 9, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Li Gang)

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Finance Hearing - Washington

United States Senator Ron Wyden (Democrat of Oregon), Chair, US Senate Committee on Finance, left, confers with United States Senator Mike Crapo (Republican of Idaho), Ranking Member, US Senate Committee on Finance, as United States Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra testifies during a Senate Committee on Finance hearing to examine the President’s proposed budget request for fiscal year 2025 for the Department of Health and Human Services, in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC, USA, Thursday, March 14, 2024. Photo by Rod Lamkey/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Senate Democrat Policy Luncheon Press Conference - Washington

United States Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (Democrat of New York) confers with a staff member during the Senate Democrat policy luncheon press conference at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, USA, Tuesday, November 28, 2023. Photo by Rod Lamkey/CNP/ABACAPRESSS.COM

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Imperial conferment of decorations

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (L) confers the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun to former Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 8, 2023. (Pool photo)

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Imperial conferment of decorations

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (L) confers the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun to former Indonesian Foreign Minister Noer Hassan Wirajuda at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 8, 2023. (Pool photo)

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Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Hearing - Washington

Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs – Subcommittee on Government Operations and Border Management Chair United States Senator Kyrsten Sinema (Independent of Arizona), right, confers with United States Senator James Lankford (Republican of Oklahoma), left, during a Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs – Subcommittee on Government Operations and Border Management hearing to examine after apprehension, focusing on tracing DHS responsibilities after Title 42, in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC, USA, Wednesday, September 6, 2023. Photo by Rod Lamkey/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Hearing - Washington

Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs – Subcommittee on Government Operations and Border Management Chair United States Senator Kyrsten Sinema (Independent of Arizona), right, confers with United States Senator James Lankford (Republican of Oklahoma), left, during a Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs – Subcommittee on Government Operations and Border Management hearing to examine after apprehension, focusing on tracing DHS responsibilities after Title 42, in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC, USA, Wednesday, September 6, 2023. Photo by Rod Lamkey/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Hearing - Washington

Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs – Subcommittee on Government Operations and Border Management Chair United States Senator Kyrsten Sinema (Independent of Arizona), right, confers with United States Senator James Lankford (Republican of Oklahoma), left, during a Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs – Subcommittee on Government Operations and Border Management hearing to examine after apprehension, focusing on tracing DHS responsibilities after Title 42, in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC, USA, Wednesday, September 6, 2023. Photo by Rod Lamkey/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE-CANNES-FILM FESTIVAL-CHINA'S NEW TALENTS GOING GLOBAL PROGRAM

(230521) -- CANNES, May 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Actor Zhu Yilong (1st R) confers shortlist certificates to representatives of four Chinese films -- Moon Man, The Cord of Life, Vanished Girl, and Football on the Roof -- at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival China's New Talents Going Global Program event held in Cannes, France, on May 19, 2023. TO GO WITH "China's New Talents Going Global Program runs in Cannes" (Xinhua/Gao Jing)

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Japan, S. Korea senior defense officials meet in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Hideshi Tokuchi (L), vice minister for international affairs at the Japanese Defense Ministry, confers with South Korean Vice Defense Minister Baek Seung Joo (R) during the Seoul Defense Dialogue on Oct. 29, 2014.

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S. African playwright gets Japan's 2014 global arts award

TOKYO, Japan - Prince Hitachi (L), younger brother of Emperor Akihito, confers a medal on South African playwright Athol Fugard for the theater/film category of this year's Praemium Imperiale global arts prize awarded by the Japan Art Association in Tokyo on Oct. 15, 2014. (Pool photo)

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Obuchi, Kennedy agree on bilateral cooperation

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yuko Obuchi (R) confers with U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (extreme L) in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2014. They agreed on the need for Japan and the United States to continue close cooperation in such fields as the economy and energy.

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Japanese univ. confers honorary degree on Indonesian leader

KYOTO, Japan - Ritsumeikan University President Kiyofumi Kawaguchi (L) confers an honorary doctorate on Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono at the university in Kyoto, western Japan, on Sept. 29, 2014, in recognition of his efforts for peace.

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Mayor remains opposed to radioactive waste disposal plan

KAMI, Japan - Mayor Hirobumi Inomata (L) of Kami, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, confers with Senior Vice Environment Minister Shinji Inoue at the town hall on Aug. 20, 2014, over a plan to bury radioactive waste from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant at a Kami site for permanent disposal. In the prefecture, Kami remains opposed to the plan but two other places selected as candidate sites for lasting disposal have agreed to accept the plan in principle.

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Japan's transport minister meets China's vice premier

BEIJING, China - Japanese Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Akihiro Ota (L) confers with Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, on June 27, 2014.

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G-4 confers UNSC reform draft with China, Asian bloc

NEW YORK, United States - Japan, Germany, Brazil and India touted their proposed resolution to expand the U.N. Security Council on May 18 in New York to diplomats from Asia and the Middle East to promote their campaign to become permanent members at an expanded Security Council. At right is Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations Kenzo Oshima.

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S. Korea confers sports order on 2 Japanese soccer officials

TOKYO, Japan - Sho Nasu (2nd from L), head of the Japanese World Cup organizing committee (JAWOC), and Japan Football Association head Shunichiro Okano (2nd from R) are awarded South Korea's highest sports order on July 14 by S. Korean Ambassador to Japan Cho Se Hyung (R). Nasu received the award for last year's soccer extravaganza Japan and South Korea co-hosted, and Okano in recognition of his efforts for the event's success.

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SDP leader Doi meets with Chinese President Hu

BEIJING, China - Takako Doi, leader of Japan's opposition Social Democratic Party, (far L) confers with Chinese President Hu Jintao (far R) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on April 29.

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Emperor confers top honors on 13 people

TOKYO, Japan - Thirteen men, including former Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiromu Nonaka and former Tohoku University President Junichi Nishizawa, pose for a photo with their wives at the Imperial Palace on Nov. 7 after being given awards by Emperor Akihito.

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18 receive spring awards at Imperial Palace ceremony

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L) confers a decoration on former Toyota Motor Corp. Chairman Shoichiro Toyoda at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on May 8. Toyoda was among the 18 people awarded prizes. Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi is standing between them.

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Thai university confers degree on Japanese prince

BANGKOK, Thailand - Thailand's Chulalongkorn University confers an honorary degree Aug. 4 on Japan's Prince Akishino (L) to mark his research in ichthyology and ornithology. The prince, in Thailand with his wife, Princess Kiko (far R), between Aug. 2 and Aug. 5, received a similar degree from Srinakharinwirot University as well. He visited Thailand more than 10 times to study birds and fish in the region.

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Jospin tells Koizumi of priority to ratify Kyoto pact

PARIS, France - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (L) confers with French Prime Minister Lionel Jospin in the latter's office in Paris on July 3. Jospin was quoted as telling Koizumi that that although France wants to bring the United States back into the Kyoto treaty on global warming, its priority is to put the global pact into force.

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Lithuanian president meets emperor

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (far L) confers with Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus, and Empress Michiko (far R) talks with the president's wife Alma Adamkiene at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on April 10. Adamkus is on a five-day official visit to Japan which began April 9. (Pool photo)

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Mori meets with Nigerian president, seeks U.N. reform

ABUJA, Nigeria - Japan's Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (L) confers with Nigerian President Olesegun Obasanjo in the presidential office in Abuja on Jan. 12.

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Mori meets with Chretien in Ottawa

OTTAWA, Canada - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (R) confers with his Canadian counterpart Jean Chretien at the parliament building in Ottawa on May 4. The two leaders agreed that the Group of Eight leaders must address the concerns of developing nations during their summit in Okinawa in July, a Japanese official said.

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Key Indonesian politicians vow to set up new gov't

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Megawati Sukarnoputri (L), presidential front-runner, of the Indonesian Democratic Party for Struggle (PDI-Perjuangan), confers with Armed Forces Chief Gen. Wiranto (R), who is tipped to be the ruling Golkar party's vice presidential candidate, in Jakarta on Sept. 28. They pledged to establish a new ''legitimate'' government peacefully once the country's highest legislative body, the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), convenes Oct. 1 to elect president and vice president.

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Imperial conferment of decorations

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (L) confers the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Sacred Treasure to Ichiro Fujisaki, former Japanese ambassador to the United States, at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 9, 2022. (Pool photo)

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Imperial conferment of decorations

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (L) confers the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun to former Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. Chairman Satoshi Miura at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 9, 2022. (Pool photo)

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CHINA-BEIJING-XI JINPING-AUGUST 1 MEDAL-AWARDING CEREMONY (CN)

(220727) -- BEIJING, July 27, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, confers an honorary flag to award a model ground-to-air missile battalion of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force in Beijing, capital of China, July 27, 2022. Xi on Wednesday presented the August 1 Medal to three military servicemen and conferred an honorary flag to a military battalion for their outstanding service ahead of the 95th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. (Xinhua/Li Gang)

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Imperial conferment of decorations

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (L) confers the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers to former House of Representatives speaker Bunmei Ibuki at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on May 10, 2022. (Pool photo)

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Colin Powell, Former US Secretary Of State Dies Of Covid

File photo - Gathering at Camp David, Maryland, United States President George W. Bush confers with his National Security Council (NSC) Saturday, September 15, 2001. Pictured from left to right are U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz..Mandatory - Colin Powell, military leader and first Black US secretary of state, dies after complications from Covid-19. Photo by Eric Draper - White House via CNP. /ABACAPRESS.COM

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House Armed Services Committee Hearing - Washington

United States Representative Pat Fallon (Republican of Texas), left, confers with United States Representative Mark Green (Republican of Tennessee) during a House Armed Services Committee hearing on 'Ending the U.S. Military Mission in Afghanistan' in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, DC, USA, Wednesday, September 29, 2021. Photo by Rod Lamkey/Pool via CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Senate Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing To Examine Big Data - DC

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz R-TX, confers with a staffer during the Judiciary Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust, and Consumer Rights hearing to examine big data, focusing on implications for competition and consumers on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on Tuesday, September 21, 2021. Photo by Ken Cedeno/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Judiciary Nomination Hearing - Washington

United States Senator Joe Manchin III (Democrat of West Virginia), left, confers with United States Senator Shelley Moore Capito (Republican of West Virginia) during a Senate Committee on the Judiciary nominations hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC, USA, Tuesday, September 14, 2021. Photo by Rod Lamkey/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Democrats Policy Luncheon Press Conference - Washington

United States Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (Democrat of New York), left, confers with United States Senator Patty Murray (Democrat of Washington) during a press conference following the Senate DemocratâÂÂs policy luncheon at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, USA, Tuesday, September 14, 2021. Photo by Rod Lamkey/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Vice President Kamala Harris at U.S.-Mexico High Level Economic Dialogue

US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken confers with Vice President Kamala Harris at the U.S.-Mexico High Level Economic Dialogue (HLED) in the Indian Treaty Room of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC on September 9, 2021. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai, USAID Administrator Samantha Power, and U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar also participated. (Pete Marovich for SIPA USA)

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Senate Democrat's Policy Luncheon Press Conference - Washington

United States Senator Debbie Stabenow (Democrat of Michigan), right, confers with United States Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (Democrat of New York) during the Senate Democrat's policy luncheon press conference at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, Tuesday, September 28, 2021. Photo by Rod Lamkey/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Senate Committee On Foreign Relations Business Meeting - Washington

United States Senator Ted Cruz (Republican of Texas), left, confers with United States Senator Mike Rounds (Republican of South Dakota), right, during a Senate Committee on Foreign Relations business meeting for nominations and legislative considerations in the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, DC, USA, Wednesday, August 4, 2021. Photo by Rod Lamkey/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Senate Committee On Foreign Relations Business Meeting - Washington

United States Senator Mike Rounds (Republican of South Dakota), left, confers with United States Senator Bill Hagerty (Republican of Tennessee), right, during a Senate Committee on Foreign Relations business meeting for nominations and legislative considerations in the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, DC, USA, Wednesday, August 4, 2021. Photo by Rod Lamkey/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Senate Committee On Foreign Relations Business Meeting - Washington

United States Senator Rand Paul (Republican of Kentucky), left, confers with United States Senator Todd Young (Republican of Indiana) during a Senate Committee on Foreign Relations business meeting for nominations and legislative considerations in the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, DC, USA, Wednesday, August 4, 2021. Photo by Rod Lamkey/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Senate Committee On Foreign Relations Business Meeting - Washington

United States Senator Rand Paul (Republican of Kentucky), left, confers with United States Senator Todd Young (Republican of Indiana) during a Senate Committee on Foreign Relations business meeting for nominations and legislative considerations in the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, DC, USA, Wednesday, August 4, 2021. Photo by Rod Lamkey/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM