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In 2004, [[President George W. Bush]] signed the [[Global Anti-Semitism Review Act]] of 2004, creating an Office to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism reporting to the [[Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor]] ([[Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor|DRL]]).<ref name=USStat /> The State Department under [[Colin Powell]] had opposed the legislation, introduced by Congressman [[Tom Lantos]], on grounds that the department already compiled information about antisemitism in its annual human rights and religious freedom reports.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bush signs anti-Semitism bill |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2004/10/17/bush-signs-anti-semitism-bill |access-date=18 August 2023 |work=[[Al Jazeera English|Al Jazeera]] |date=2004-10-17}}</ref>
In 2004, [[President George W. Bush]] signed the [[Global Anti-Semitism Review Act]] of 2004, creating an Office to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism reporting to the [[Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor]] ([[Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor|DRL]]).<ref name=USStat /> The State Department under [[Colin Powell]] had opposed the legislation, introduced by Congressman [[Tom Lantos]], on grounds that the department already compiled information about antisemitism in its annual human rights and religious freedom reports.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bush signs anti-Semitism bill |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2004/10/17/bush-signs-anti-semitism-bill |access-date=18 August 2023 |work=[[Al Jazeera English|Al Jazeera]] |date=2004-10-17}}</ref>


Secretary of State [[Condoleezza Rice]] appointed Republican congressional staffer [[Gregg Rickman]] as the first special envoy. Rickman was sworn in on May 22, 2006 and served until the end of the [[George W. Bush administration]].<ref name=WSJ>{{cite news |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB125693376195819343 |title=Secret Mission Rescues Yemen's Jews |last=Jordan |first=Mirmiam |date=October 31, 2009 |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |access-date=February 5, 2019}}</ref><ref name=State-Rickman>{{cite web |url=https://2001-2009.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/83797.htm |title=Rickman, Gregg |date=October 31, 2006 |publisher=[[United States Department of State]] |access-date=February 5, 2019}}</ref>
Secretary of State [[Condoleezza Rice]] appointed Republican congressional staffer [[Gregg Rickman]] as the first special envoy. Rickman was sworn in on May 22, 2006 and served until the end of the [[George W. Bush administration]].<ref name=WSJ>{{cite news |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB125693376195819343 |title=Secret Mission Rescues Yemen's Jews |last=Jordan |first=Mirmiam |date=October 31, 2009 |work=The Wall Street Journal |access-date=February 5, 2019}}</ref><ref name=State-Rickman>{{cite web |url=https://2001-2009.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/83797.htm |title=Rickman, Gregg |date=October 31, 2006 |publisher=[[United States Department of State]] |access-date=February 5, 2019}}</ref>


During his tenure, Rickmann was involved in obtaining U.S. visas for [[Yemeni Jews]]. In December 2007, Rickman traveled to Yemen to assess the condition of the Jewish community there and to investigate a report of abduction, forced conversion to Islam, and marriage of a young Yemenite woman. Over 60 Yemeni Jews were resettled in the United States due to the efforts of Rickman's office and organizations such as [[HIAS]].<ref name="Jpost 2009">{{cite news |title=US State Dept. rescues 60 Jews from Yemen |url=https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/wall-street-journal-us-state-dept-rescues-60-jews-from-yemen |access-date=2023-02-07 |publisher=Jerusalem Post |date=2009-10-31}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Berkman |first1=Jacob |title=After report, Yemen operation is happily out in the open |url=https://www.jta.org/2009/11/03/lifestyle/after-report-yemen-operation-is-happily-out-in-the-open |access-date=18 August 2023 |work=Jewish Telegraphic Agency |date=2009-11-03}}</ref>
During his tenure, Rickmann was involved in obtaining U.S. visas for [[Yemeni Jews]]. In December 2007, Rickman traveled to Yemen to assess the condition of the Jewish community there and to investigate a report of abduction, forced conversion to Islam, and marriage of a young Yemenite woman. Over 60 Yemeni Jews were resettled in the United States due to the efforts of Rickman's office and organizations such as [[HIAS]].<ref name="Jpost 2009">{{cite news |title=US State Dept. rescues 60 Jews from Yemen |url=https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/wall-street-journal-us-state-dept-rescues-60-jews-from-yemen |access-date=2023-02-07 |publisher=Jerusalem Post |date=2009-10-31}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Berkman |first1=Jacob |title=After report, Yemen operation is happily out in the open |url=https://www.jta.org/2009/11/03/lifestyle/after-report-yemen-operation-is-happily-out-in-the-open |access-date=18 August 2023 |work=Jewish Telegraphic Agency |date=2009-11-03}}</ref>
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