Obama greets Tamara Abed in Washington

US President Barack Obama shakes hands with Tamara Abed, head of Brac's retail social enterprise Aarong, in Washington DC recently. Official White House Photo

US President Barack Obama greeted Tamara Abed, part of the senior management team at Brac, who served as a panellist for a session of the Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship in Washington on April 26-27.
Mike Hammer, White House National Security Council spokesman on Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship, said as Obama outlined in his Cairo speech nearly a year ago, the United States is keen to deepen its engagement with Muslim communities around the world and develop new partnerships based on mutual respect and mutual interests.
“Securing our children's and grandchildren's future is not only about matters of war and peace, it is also about creating economic opportunity and encouraging community involvement," he said.
Hammer said as the US and many other countries around the world have experience, entrepreneurship can unlock tremendous potential, promote education, foster innovation and create jobs.
“We appreciate the participation of talented individuals from Bangladesh, who shared their expertise and experiences with others here,” he said.
President Obama cited the great work done by Dr Muhammad Yunus to help finance entrepreneurship among poorest of the poor, first throughout South Asia, and now around the world, Hammer added.
Tamara Abed joined the session on 'Unleashing the Power of Women Entre-preneurs'.