Casimir Pulaski Receives Silver Medallion of the Order of St. George in Warka 10 March 2010
As part of the March 5 birthday celebrations at the Pulaski Museum in Warka, Assistant Army Attaché Maj. Corey Shea presented Casimir Pulaski posthumously with the U.S. Armor Association’s Silver Medallion of the Order of St. George. Pulaski was honored in recognition of his contributions to the formation of the American military. The Museum will maintain the certificate and medal as part of its display. Maj. Shea presented the Silver Medallion to Pulaski because Shea himself is a recipient of the Bronze Medallion of the Order of St. George. [more]
 Polish Institute for Renewable Energy Showcases U.S. as a Leader in the Biogas Industry
10 March 2010
U.S. Embassy Economic Officer Kimberly Valdes-Dapena presented on U.S. policy and current biogas projects active in the United States at the second International Biogas Seminar on March 4, hosted by the Polish Institute of Renewable Energy, IEO (Instytut Energetyki Odnawialnej) in Warsaw. She highlighted the Methane to Markets program, an existing international public-private forum for biogas project development and technology sharing, of which Poland is a member. [more]
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U.S. Army Europe Commander Praised U.S.-Polish Partnership
5 March 2010
Gen. Carter F. Ham, the commander of U.S. Army Europe, visited Bagram VII, a U.S.-Polish training exercise at the Kielce Training Area Tuesday (March 9).
“The enduring U.S.-Polish partnership is a model we strive to achieve across the entire U.S. Army Europe 51-country area,” said Ham.
U.S. Ambassador to Poland Lee Feinstein, who will accompany General Ham on the visit to Kielce, said, “The United States deeply appreciates the service and sacrifice of the Polish military, who have stood with us in the fight against terrorism and in Afghanistan. The high level of U.S.-Polish military cooperation is indicative of our countries’ broad and deep relationship.” [more]
 Black History Month Events Engage Students and Teachers in Lublin, Krakow, and Warsaw
4 March 2010
Fulbright visiting scholar Professor Barclay Key spoke to two groups of university students in Lublin as part of Mission Poland’s Black History Month programming. At meetings organized under the auspices of the Embassy’s Speaker’s Bureau, Prof. Key met with American Studies students at Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, where he delivered a presentation “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” on the music of the Civil Rights Movement. Later, at the Catholic University in Lublin Prof. Key spoke to American and British Studies students about racial issues in the U.S. His talk, “Does Race Matter in the Age of Obama?” sparked a lively discussion among students and professors.
Events continued in Warsaw and Krakow, where audiences of high school students and teachers participated in a Digital Video Conference (DVC) with Janet Langhart Cohen. Mrs. Cohen, an author, playwright, businesswoman, and wife of former U.S. Secretary of Defense William Cohen, discussed the importance of Black History Month and shared her personal and historical experiences during the Civil Rights Movement. She spoke about standing up against intolerance all over the world, and highlighted her new play, Anne and Emmett, which imagines a conversation between Anne Frank and Emmitt Till, and addresses victimization, intolerance, and courage. [more]
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 Ambassador Feinstein and Wife Visit Warsaw Rising Museum
3 March 2010
On March 1, 2010, Ambassador Feinstein and his wife Ms. Elaine Monaghan visited the Warsaw Rising Museum. Mr. Maciej Roszkowski and Mr. Karol Mazur, the exhibitions’ experts, presented the Ambassador with a fascinating tour of the museum. The Ambassador was especially impressed by its analytical and engaging approach to the history of the uprising. In his meeting with the director of the museum, Mr. Jan Ołdakowski, the Ambassador said, “The Warsaw Rising Museum is truly a first-class institution.” Ambassador Feinstein was especially glad to learn that the creators of the museum were influenced by several U.S. institutions, including the Holocaust Memorial Museum, the Guggenheim Museum, and, to his surprise, the Spy Museum. [more]
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 Ambassador Feinstein Visits Gdansk and Gdynia
24 February 2010
On February 24, U.S. Ambassador Lee Feinstein made his first visit to the Tri Cities area on Poland’s Baltic Coast. He met with key leaders, students and the Polish Navy. His schedule began in Gdansk where he visited the Gdansk Shipyard and the Monument to the fallen Shipyard Workers, site of the strikes that led to the Solidarity movement.
Later, former President and Solidarity Leader, Lech Wałęsa hosted the Ambassador in his Gdansk office. Ambassador Feinstein commented that “both the U.S. and Poland have been blessed with leaders at pivotal moments in history, who understood the importance of the moment and took action. Lech Wałęsa played that role in Poland’s history.” [more]
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 Secretary Clinton at the NATO Strategic Seminar: “Article 5… A Commitment that Time will not Erode”
23 February 2010
In her remarks at the February 22 NATO Strategic Seminar in Washington D.C., Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said, “NATO’s new Strategic Concept must consolidate the gains that we’ve made and reflect the new nature and origins of the threats we face today.” She outlined some basic goals which she hopes will define the new Strategic Concept, and said, “The original tenets of NATO’s mission – defending our nations, strengthening transatlantic ties, and fostering European integration – still hold.” [more]
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Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program Recruitment
25 February 2010
The U.S. Embassy in Warsaw and the Polish-U.S. Fulbright Commission are pleased to announce recruitment for the Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program – a six-week program in the United States for high school teachers of either English as a Foreign Language, Social Science or Math and Sciences in the Spring or Fall 2011. Applications are due by March 15, 2010 to tea_poland@state.gov. [more]
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 Poland's Institute of Atomic Energy (IEA) and Covidien to Produce Much Needed Medical Isotope
22 February 2010
On February 17, 2010, Janusz Jaroszewicz, Project Head for Isotopes of Poland's Institute of Atomic Energy, Steve Littlejohn, Vice President of U.S. healthcare provider Covidien, and U.S. Ambassador Lee Feinstein announced an agreement to cooperate in the production of the medical isotope molybdenum-99 (Mo-99). Mo-99 is an essential precursor component for nuclear diagnostic procedures around the world, including heart disease and cancer diagnosis, and studies of certain organs and function.
With the February 17 agreement, Covidien and the Institute will bring world-class Polish technical and scientific expertise into Covidien's global supply chain, relieving the global shortage of Mo-99 and ensuring that patients around the world have timely access to vital diagnostic tests. This is the first time in decades a new reactor has been brought into the global supply chain for medical isotopes, helping serve as many as one million patients worldwide in the first six months alone. [more]
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 Irena Sendler’s 100th Birthday Celebrated with the Polish Premiere of Mary Skinner’s film In the Name of Their Mothers
22 February 2010
On February 15, the Embassy joined the Museum of the History of Polish Jews, the City of Warsaw and B2 Productions in celebrating the 100th birthday of Irena Sendler. The event featured the Polish premiere of In the Name of Their Mothers, a documentary by American filmmaker Mary Skinner, who is the daughter of a World War II war orphan from Warsaw. This event and Ms. Skinner's film paid a stirring and heartfelt tribute to Irena Sendler and other activitists who organized a dangerous and courageous underground movement – composed mostly of Polish women – that rescued 2,500 Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto, helping them to survive World War II by placing them with Polish families.
Ambassador Lee Feinstein said in his remarks at the event "the heroism of Irena Sendler and other Righteous Among Nations in the face of utmost darkness, depravity, and evil calls each of us to a higher purpose. They stand as symbols of moral courage, tolerance, and the ability of ordinary people to stand up to tyranny – even though their own lives were at stake.”
In addition to the Ambassador, among those expressing their admiration and appreciation to Irena Sendler and the Righteous Among Nations were Ewa Junczyk-Ziomecka, Secretary of State in the Chancellery of the President of the Polish Republic; Ewa Wierzynska, Deputy Director of the Museum of the History of Polish Jews, Bieta Ficowska, a Holocaust survivor who was saved by Irena Sendler; Wanda Urbanska, host of the PBS television show Simple Living with Wanda Urbanska; Polish actors Krzysztof Kolberger and Małgorzata Zajączkowska; and Mary Skinner, whose compelling film about Irena Sendler left very few dry eyes in the audience. [more]
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