| INDIANAPOLIS –Governor Eric J. Holcomb and First Lady Janet Holcomb returned late last week from an economic development trip to Belgium, France and the Netherlands. The Governor and First Lady were joined by Indiana Secretary of Commerce David Rosenberg and a delegation from the Applied Research Institute (ARI) in Belgium. While abroad, Gov. Holcomb and the delegation met with government officials, representatives from the semiconductor industry and leaders in energy. Gov. Holcomb paid respects to members of the armed forces during a visit to Normandy and traveled to Utah Beach with a Hoosier D-Day veteran. | ||
After departing Belgium, Gov. Holcomb and the delegation traveled to France to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day. The Governor participated in a ceremony at Normandy and visited Utah Beach with a fellow Hoosier and veteran. This was Governor’s third international economic development trip of 2024, his fifth visit to France , third to Belgium and first visit to the Netherlands.
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Gov. Holcomb and the Indiana delegation kicked off the trip in the Netherlands, meeting with U.S. and Dutch government officials to discuss opportunities for growth and partnership between the two regions. The delegation met with U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands Shefali Razdan Duggal as well as Dutch officials Tjerk Opmeer, acting director general for business and innovation at the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy, and Michiel Sweers, director general for external economic relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Once in Belgium, Gov. Holcomb and the Indiana delegation toured Redwire Space’s Belgium facility. Last week, Redwire 
Gov. Holcomb and the delegation also met with imec, a world-leading research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital technologies. In 2023, imec signed an MOU with the state of Indiana and Purdue University, advancing research and development in Indiana’s semiconductor sector. In December 2023, imec 
The Indiana delegation also visited the Port of Antwerp-Bruges to meet with leadership and discuss opportunities to grow partnerships focused on logistics, trade and energy to enhance the state’s global trade capabilities.
The Governor met with leadership of Voka – Kamer van Koophandel Antwerpen-Waasland, an Antwerp-based chamber of commerce, including CEO Luc Luwel, to discuss Indiana’s and Belgium’s shared focus on furthering innovations in life sciences, energy and semiconductors.
Gov. Holcomb and the Indiana delegation met with leadership of the country’s Flanders region, including Jan Jambon, Vlaams Minister-President, as well as representatives of the region’s industry to discuss how Indiana and Flanders can work together to create greater cooperation for a more prosperous economic future. The meeting was a continuation of a memorandum of understanding signed between Indiana and Flanders in December 2023.
Gov. Holcomb and the delegation also met with representatives of the European Union, which is headquartered in Brussels, including Belén Martinez Carbonell, deputy secretary general for economic and global issues at the European Union External Action Services.
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American soldiers died, gave their lives, all over the beaches and soil of Normandy during D-Day.
When we were kids, those exact same soldiers, now older men with families, would always honor those fallen dead on Memorial Day in the cemetary. Gave their lives for their country. Actual heroes, not cartoon heroes.
Memorial Day in the cemetery. It was really something. The firing of the guns. We would collect the brass shells, expelled by the gun chambers, and save them.
When Donald Trump visited Normandy? D-Day?
He called those same soliders “losers” and said they “were suckers” for being so stupid.
The guy was the US President!
God help the people who like Trump. The guys is a total scumbag, and he thinks his supporters are idiots. But they send him money, so, he pretends he cares about them.
“Losers.” “Suckers.” C’mon folks. What are you thinking?
Trump never said that…….more lies from marxist demoncrats and fake news like krull……The demoncrat party has been trying to destroy America since they lost the civil war………………….
No. You are wrong.
Trump’s OWN Chief of Staff, confirmed Trump called not only those US Soldiers, but our current US Soldiers, losers and suckers.
Satan tells lies. It’s his nature. Satan’s followers tell lies too.
He said She said blah blah……..you and krull are demoncrat marxist liars….. russia russia…….hunters laptop……..to name a few ………