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Ambassador Chas. W. Freeman Joins NeXplore Advisory Board

Ambassador Chas. W. Freeman

Joins NeXplore Advisory Board

 

NeXplore Corporation (OTC: NXPC), today announced the addition of Ambassador Chas. W. Freeman to the company’s advisory board.

 

Ambassador Freeman, chairman of Projects International, a Washington-based advisory firm that facilitates joint-venture projects for clients in foreign countries, has had a distinguished thirty-year career in U.S. diplomacy that includes positions as Ambassador to Saudi Arabia and Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs. During this period, Ambassador Freeman negotiated on behalf of the United States with over one hundred foreign governments in East and South Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, and both Western and Eastern Europe.

 

“Ambassador Freeman has been a tremendous asset to NeXplore, making introductions and facilitating meetings with key government officials and business executives in Beijing, China, as well as other foreign markets of great strategic importance to NeXplore.  His keen understanding of the dynamics of international business and deep insight into how foreign governments influence business policy has been instrumental in helping NeXplore establish offices in Beijing and conduct productive discussions with numerous potential joint-venture partners,” said Paul Williams, chairman of the board and chief financial officer for NeXplore Corporation. “We are honored and delighted to have Ambassador Freeman serving on the NeXplore advisory board, and we look forward to his continued guidance as we move forward with out international expansion plans.”

 

Ambassador Chas. W. Freeman

 

Ambassador Freeman’s government service began in 1965, when he entered the United States Foreign Service. After three years in India, he entered a long period of involvement with China, serving in Taiwan and as the principal American interpreter during President Nixon’s historic 1972 visit to Beijing. He was a member of the advance team that opened the U.S. Liaison Office in Beijing in 1973. From 1979 to 1981, he directed Chinese Affairs at the Department of State. He served as Chargé and Deputy Chief of Mission at the American embassy in Beijing (1981–84).

 

After similarly heading up the U.S. embassy in Bangkok (1984–86), Ambassador Freeman returned to Washington as the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs from 1986 to 1989. In that position, he played a key role in the U.S. diplomatic effort that achieved the withdrawal of Cuban troops from Angola and the independence of Namibia from South Africa. He became U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia in 1989, serving in that capacity through the Gulf War and leading an effort that more than doubled non-military exports to the Kingdom as he managed the largest diplomatic mission in the world under crisis conditions.

 

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Ambassador Freeman’s last government position before he took up his current corporate and other responsibilities, was Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs (1993–94), responsible for managing the defense relations of the United States with all regions of the world except the former Soviet Union.

 

Ambassador Freeman is the recipient of numerous high honors and awards for international negotiation and policy and management innovation, including two Distinguished Public Service Awards, three Presidential Meritorious Service Awards, a Distinguished Honor Award, and the Order of ’Abd Al-’Aziz, 1st Class, from Saudi Arabia. He was a Distinguished Fellow of the United States Institute of Peace from 1994 to 1995. He is currently, inter alia, president of the Middle East Policy Council, co-chair of the U.S. China Policy Foundation, vice-chair of the Atlantic Council, a trustee of the Institute for Defense Analyses, a director of the Pacific Pension Institute, and is a member of the International Advisory Board of China National Offshore Oil Co. Ltd. (CNOOC).

 

Ambassador Freeman is a frequently invited speaker at government ministries and institutions, including in the United States, China, India, Japan, and Korea. He is the author of numerous articles and commentaries on developments in the Arabian Peninsula, East Asia, and transatlantic relations as well as two books on statecraft and diplomacy.

 

Ambassador Freeman attended the National Autonomous University of Mexico, and received his A.B. from Yale University, as well as a J.D. from the Harvard Law School. He speaks fluent Chinese, French, and Spanish, and can hold conversations in Arabic and several other languages.

 

About NeXplore Corporation

NeXplore Corporation (OTC: NXPC), a Nevada corporation, improves the online experience by providing Web tools and destinations that empower people to drive and define a World Wide Web perfectly suited for their unique needs, interests, and online pursuits. For advertisers, NeXplore offers a full array of search, display and interactive advertising products to reach and engage targeted consumers. For more information about NeXplore Corporation, visit www.nexplore.com.

 

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but are not limited to: our ability to commercialize a proprietary product, our ability to generate product sales

and operating profits, potential vulnerability of technology obsolescence, potential competitive products by

better capitalized companies, potential difficulty in managing growth, dependence on key personnel, and other

risks which will be described in future company Securities and Exchange Commission filings.

 

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Ronald Blekicki                                                                                     Rory Doherty

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