Polish Prime Minister Jarosław Kaczyński will visit the United States September 12-15. PM Kaczyński will meet with senior U.S. representatives in Washington. Discussions will cover a range of topics vital to the strong U.S./Polish alliance including Iraq, Afghanistan, energy security, and democratization in Belarus. President Kaczyński will be in New York to attend the United Nations General Assembly September 19. He will be the first Polish head of state to address the UNGA on its opening day.

On August 25 George W. Bush, President of the United States of America, sent a letter of greetings and best wishes to the attendees of the unveiling of the Homo Homini Memorial in Kielce, Poland. The monument will be unveiled on September 11 in honor of the victims of the terrorist attacks in New York on September 11, 2001. President Bush noted in his letter that "This memorial is a fitting tribute to the men, women, and children who lost their lives to terrorism and a wonderful reminder that the best hope for peace is the expansion of freedom throughout the world."
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The Polish Ministry of Defense will host a NATO Military Committee tour in Poland September 8-10 organized by the NATO International Military Staff. U.S. participants will include General James Jones (SACEUR), General Lance Smith (SACT), General Peter Pace (CJCS) and Lieutenant General Edward Hanlon (U.S. permanent MILREP to NATO) along with their spouses. The tour is designed to provide NATO leaders insight into Polish force capability and NATO interoperability as well as discuss ongoing missions.

U.S. Ambassador to Poland Victor Ashe said that he and Polish Lt. Gen. Stanislaw Targosz would attend the rollout ceremony for the first Polish F-16's to come off of the assembly line September 15 in Ft. Worth, Texas. The event will be hosted by Lockheed-Martin, the firm constructing the jets from parts supplied from around the world including Pratt and Whitney engines built here in Poland. Ambassador Ashe said, "I'm excited to get a first hand view of what will be the most modern fighter jet in all of Europe." 

Ambassador Victor Ashe announced that the Nashville Health Care Council and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce in coordination with the U.S. Commercial Service in Poland are planning a Health Care Trade Mission to Poland during the week of September 10-15. Approximately 30 senior level executives from Nashville, Tennesee and elsewhere in the U.S. will participate in the mission, which will be led by Tom Cigarran (Chairman, Healthways, Inc.). The Trade Mission hopes to generate significant two-way business opportunities, market research, and valuable contacts for participants on both sides as the Trade Mission will meet with numerous Polish representatives from the public and private sectors.

Counselor for Press and Culture Ed Kulakowski announced that Michigan State University School of Journalism Professor Stephen Lacy would be a guest speaker at the Krynica Economic Forum in Krynica September 6-9. Mr. Lacy has written and edited numerous books and articles in the field of journalism (as well as working as a journalist and photographer) and is currently the co-editor of the Journal of Media Economics. He served as director of the Michigan State University School of Journalism from 1998 to 2003 and is a former president of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC). Last year, Professor Lacy co-authored the Pew research center report entitled "State of the News Media"  which will serve as a basis for his discussions in Krynica. 
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Counselor for Press and Culture Ed Kulakowski announced that the Embassy would be sponsoring the visit of Washington State Representative Edward B. Murray to Poland September 27 – October 6 to discuss the development of transportation infrastructure. Mr. Murray is the chair of the House Transportation Committee in Washington and has served as a member of the State House of Representatives since 1995. He has received numerous awards for his work on transportation issues including "Legislator of the Year" from the Association of General Contractors and "Elected Official of the Year" from the Maritime Industry. Mr. Murray will meet with a wide spectrum of Poles interested in transportation issues and deliver several public speeches while in Poland.

Cultural Attaché James Wolfe, honorary patron of the “Creative Redevelopment Festival: Vision Księży Młyn 2013,” which will take place in Lódź September 11-12, invites you to a special appearance of the key-note speaker, Ms. Julia Vitullo-Martin. A Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research and Director of the Institute’s Center for Rethinking Development, Ms. Vitullo-Martin will offer a public seminar at the ZACHETA Gallery in Warsaw on Wednesday afternoon September 13.