{"131521":{"#nid":"131521","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"French Government Knights Birchfield","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The French government has honored\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EVicki Birchfield\u003C\/strong\u003E, associate professor in The\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003ESam Nunn School of International Affairs\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003Eat Georgia Tech\u003C\/strong\u003E with the National Order of Merit medal in the rank of Knight... \u003Cstrong\u003EPascal Le Deunff\u003C\/strong\u003E, France\u2019s consul general for the\u0026nbsp;Southeast, presented Dr. Birchfield with the medal during a private ceremony at his residence in\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EAtlanta\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;on May 9.\u0026nbsp;Mr. Le Deunff praised her for \u0027raising the international profile of Atlanta,\u0027 and for strengthening mutual understanding between the American and the European views \u0027during difficult times -- transatlantic trade disputes, political and diplomatic disagreements.\u0027\u0022 \u003Cem\u003ESource: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.globalatlanta.com\/article\/25528\/\u0022\u003EGlobal Atlanta \u003C\/a\u003E- May 17, 2012 \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27167","created_gmt":"2012-05-18 12:16:05","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:25:40","author":"Rebecca Keane","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"EXPO 2020","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.globalatlanta.com\/article\/25528\/","dateline":{"date":"2012-05-17T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-05-17T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1285","name":"Sam Nunn School of International Affairs"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"167657","name":"Sam Nunn School"},{"id":"5352","name":"Vicki Birchfield"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}