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FEBRUARY 2006 |
Volume I. Issue 4. |
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Condolences to Katowice Region
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Ambassador
Victor Ashe |
Again, I want to convey my deepest condolences to all
those who may have suffered in the tragic roof collapse
in Chorzów on January 28th. We in the United States
experienced several tragedies in 2005 and I am thankful
for the generous support we received from Poland’s
people. I would also like to draw your attention to
President Bush’s condolence letter to President
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I have included a hyperlink at the bottom of this
message to my op-ed that Rzeczpospolita recently
published. I wanted to draw the Polish public’s
attention to the successful conclusion of the strategic
dialogue that took place here in Warsaw on January 25th.
You will find a short piece on that event below. It
provided me with a good opportunity to remind Poles of
the significant contributions the USG is making to the
U.S./Polish alliance and what binds us together as
allies. Lastly I want to highlight the visit of Bill Gates to
Warsaw as noted below. His visit demonstrates what I
feel is the tremendous potential for investment and
trade in the technology sector here in Poland by U.S.
firms. Leveraging the technological advances in
aeronautics and engineering that Poland is gaining
through the Lockheed Martin offset program, among
others, could be a valuable tool in attracting future
investments and hence advances in the technology sector.
I hope you all are staying warm during this coldest of
Warsaw winters in 20 years. As always, to keep up to
date with what is going on at our mission please visit
our website at
http://warsaw.usembassy.gov/ Happy Valentines’ Day!
Ambassador Ashe's Op-Ed as published in
Rzeczpospolita |
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Embassy News |
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White House |
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President to Welcome Polish President Lech Kaczyński to the White House |
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President Bush will host Polish President Lech Kaczynski at the White House on February 9, 2006. President Kaczynski is making his first visit to the White House since he assumed the Presidency of Poland on December 23, 2005. Poland is among America's closest friends and allies, and a leading strategic partner in the cause of freedom. The two presidents will discuss reform and democracy in Eastern Europe, energy security, NATO, and assistance to the people of Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Gen. Randal Thomas |
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Adjutant General of Illinois visits Poland |
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Major General Randal Thomas, the 36th Adjutant General of the State of Illinois recently visited Warsaw and Krakow to participate in political-military meetings. While in Warsaw, General Thomas attended the U.S.-Polish Strategic Dialogue meetings. He also met with Lieutenant General Edward Pietrzyk, Commander, Polish Land Forces, and Lieutenant General Lech Majewski, Deputy Commander, Polish Air Force. Discussions touched on numerous areas of cooperation – including preparations by Illinois National Guard soldiers of Polish contingents destined for Iraq; the deployment of six F-16 fighters belonging to the Illinois Air National Guard to Krzesiny Air Base; preparations of Polish Air Force units for receipt of Poland’s own F-16C/D multi-role fighters; and cooperation between Illinois Guardsmen and Polish soldiers in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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Bill Gates |
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Bill Gates in Warsaw
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Bill Gates and Ambassador Ashe met with Presidential
Chancellery officials and top Polish IT students on
February 2nd. Mr. Gates, founder and chairman of
Microsoft, was in Warsaw to announce Microsoft
Corporation’s new Centre for Software Development. The
facility will be Microsoft’s third such facility in the
world and will employ approximately 40 Poles. Mr. Gates
also announced that he would open more training centers
in Poland, where he intends to issue grants to
facilitate the development of Polish sciences and to
increase opportunities for young people from rural
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Daniel Fried |
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State and Defense Officials Participate in Strategic Dialogue in Warsaw January 25th |
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Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Daniel Fried and Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy Peter Flory were in Warsaw January 25th to engage their Polish counterparts in the continuing strategic dialogue between the United States and Poland. The U.S.-Polish Strategic Dialogue is a concept that former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage proposed in March, 2004, along the lines of similar dialogues with other major allies, such as the U.K., Japan and Australia. These discussions are designed to be a frank exchange on a variety of topics
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The Soldiers of Swing at the
Umbria Jazz Festival |
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U.S. Army “Soldiers of Swing” come to Poland |
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The U.S. Army Europe “Soldiers of Swing”, under the direction of Sergeant First Class William King, will play in
Świdnica on February 15 at club “Bolko” at 7:00 p.m., Kraków on February 17 at the Military Club at 6 p.m., and in Katowice on February 18 at the Miejski Dom Kultury at 4:00 p.m. The United States Army Band and Chorus in Europe is the Army’s third largest musical organization and the largest outside of the United States. The “Soldiers of Swing” carry on the jazz legacy pioneered by Duke Ellington, Glenn Miller, and other legends of the Big Band Era. They represent one small outreach tool offered by the U.S. Military to the citizens of Europe to appreciate one of the United State’s greatest cultural institutions.
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