"Steele travels to Austria for summit on prejudice." The Baltimore Sun, 5 September 2003.

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Steele travels to Austria for summit on prejudice

September 5, 2003

Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele is in Vienna, Austria, this week, part of the U.S. delegation to the Conference on Racism, Xenophobia and Discrimination, held by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.

The U.S. contingent is headed by former Oklahoma Rep. J.C. Watts, a fellow Republican.

It is Steele's third international trip of the summer, having previously visited the Paris Air Show and Barbados. Steele's travel and accommodations for the anti-racism conference are being paid for by the U.S. State Department, although Maryland taxpayers will pay for the two troopers accompanying him.