Subject: Congratulations!
From: Daniel Poneman <[email-masked]>
To: "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2015 02:08:40 +0200

John:

Greetings from Jo'burg, where I have been working on possible solar deals all week.  On the fly susie and I decided to add a Botswana safari starting tomorrow, so will be offline for 9 days. Unprecedented!

Just wanted to thank and congratulate you for the tremendous contributions you made to the president and to the Nation in your most recent tour in government.  You made a huge difference on so many issues that matter, and as always you managed it with grace and good humor.  The dinner you and Mary hosted for the big data team was just one of the typically generous things you did. 

And your efforts will continue to bear fruit, as you started a lot of great things in motion.  The upcoming Paulson institute seminar in China is only the most recent example.    

Hope you get at least some down time.  And as I said before if I can help in any way on energy and security issues please let me know.  

All best

Dan

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