REMARKS ANTONY J. BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE TREATY ROOM WASHINGTON, D.C. DECEMBER 9, 2022 SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning, everyone. It’s a great pleasure once again to have my friend Zbigniew Rau, the foreign minister of Poland, here at the State Department in Washington. We were just together in Bucharest for a very important meeting of the …
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By U.S. Mission Poland | 12 December, 2022 | Topics: Uncategorized
FACT SHEET May 1, 2020 Update: The United States is Continuing to Lead the Response to COVID-19 Through the American people’s generosity and the U.S. government’s action, the United States continues to demonstrate global leadership in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Months into fighting this pandemic at home and abroad, the United States remains …
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By U.S. Mission Poland | 4 May, 2020 | Topics: Uncategorized
The U.S. Embassy is pleased to announce it is bringing the American jazz and soul group Laurin Talese and a Novel Idea on a tour of eastern Poland from October 3-7, 2019. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of State’s American Music Abroad program under the auspices of the Association of American Voices , the renowned jazz and soul singer Laurin Talese will appear for …
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By U.S. Mission Poland | 20 September, 2019 | Topics: Uncategorized
Rząd Stanów Zjednoczonych częściowo zawiesił działania instytucji rządowych z powodu wygaśnięcia środków budżetowych. Ambasada Stanów Zjednoczonych w Warszawie oraz Konsulat Generalny w Krakowie, jak również Agencja Konsularna w Poznaniu będą kontynuowały obsługę obywateli amerykańskich. Przewidujemy, że usługi wizowe i konsularne również będą kontynuowane. Jeżeli sytuacja ulegnie zmianie skontaktujemy się bezpośrednio z osobami starającymi się o …
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By U.S. Mission Poland | 22 December, 2018 | Topics: Uncategorized
Name) was selected to participate in the Future Leaders Exchange Program (FLEX), an exchange program for youth sponsored by the United States government and administered by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA). The goal of the program is to promote mutual understanding between citizens of the United States and Poland, as students learn …
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By U.S. Mission Poland | 26 April, 2018 | Topics: Uncategorized
United States Embassy Warsaw Message for U.S. Citizens: Demonstration in Warsaw on Wednesday, July 20, 2016 July 19, 2016 U.S. Embassy Warsaw notifies U.S. citizens in Poland that a demonstration organized by Committee for Defense of Democracy (KOD) will take place in front of the Polish Parliament at Wiejska 4/6/8 street in Warsaw on Wednesday, July …
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By U.S. Embassy Warsaw ACS | 19 July, 2016 | Topics: Uncategorized
Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes by Tony Kushner (recommended by Zachary, spouse) Tony Kushner’s two-part, multiple-award-winning epic is one of the greatest American plays ever written. The first part, Millennium Approaches, won the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and both this part and the second, Perestroika, won the Tony Award for …
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By U.S. Embassy Warsaw PAS | 23 June, 2016 | Topics: Uncategorized
How to Save a Life by Sara Zarr (recommended by Nadia, age 13) I recommend this book because I believe that it is one of the best books I’ve ever read. It combines sadness with happiness and new beginnings. It describes the life of two girls, Jill and Mandy, in the most heart wrenching way. The …
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By U.S. Embassy Warsaw PAS | 11 April, 2016 | Topics: Exclude, Uncategorized
The Martian by Andy Weir (recommended by Alison, Political-Economic Section) Astronaut Mark Watney is stranded on Mars after a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate the planet while thinking him dead. Mark is completely alone, with no way to signal Earth that he’s alive – and even if he could …
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By U.S. Embassy Warsaw PAS | 11 April, 2016 | Topics: Uncategorized
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot (recommended by Sydney, Consular Section) This non-Fiction book describes how the He-La cells that are used in research all over the world came to be. This book says a lot about American culture in the 1950’s and focuses on a great contribution to the world of …
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By U.S. Embassy Warsaw PAS | 11 April, 2016 | Topics: Uncategorized
The Iowa Baseball Confederacy by W.P. Kinsella (recommended by Deputy Chief of Mission, John Law) “The Iowa Baseball Confederacy” – In his first novel since Shoeless Joe, Kinsella returns to the magical turf he is known for: a loving mixture of baseball, life and fantasy, in a world where dreams don’t have to come true, …
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By U.S. Embassy Warsaw PAS | 11 April, 2016 | Topics: Uncategorized
The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse by Louise Erdrich (recommended by Matthew, Security Section) “For more than a half century, Father Damien Modeste has served his beloved people, the Ojibwe, on the remote reservation of Little No Horse. Now, nearing the end of his life, Father Damien dreads the discovery of …
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By U.S. Embassy Warsaw PAS | 11 April, 2016 | Topics: Uncategorized
Last of The Breed by Louis L’Amour (recommended by Mark, General Services Section) Last of the Breed, a 1987 book by Louis L’Amour, tells the fictional story of Native American United States Air Force pilot Major Joseph Makatozi, who was shot down by the Soviets over the ocean between Russia and Alaska, captured and then …
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By U.S. Embassy Warsaw PAS | 11 April, 2016 | Topics: Uncategorized
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (recommended by William, Political-Economic Section) The great American author Earnest Hemingway once said “All American literature begins with Huckleberry Finn.” Although the story is ostensibly an adventure tale about a vagabond young boy and an escaped slave traveling on the Mississippi River prior to the Civil War, …
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By U.S. Embassy Warsaw PAS | 11 April, 2016 | Topics: Uncategorized
Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson and the Opening of the American West by Stephen E. Ambrose (recommended by Connie, spouse) It is a biography of Meriwether Lewis (1774-1809). He was a Virginia Tidewater gentleman and lifelong friend of Thomas Jefferson’s. Ambrose makes clear that Meriwether Lewis was the brain and soul of the 1803-1806 …
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By U.S. Embassy Warsaw PAS | 11 April, 2016 | Topics: Uncategorized
Ambassador recommends My Antonia by Willa Cather A beautiful story of immigrants in Nebraska in the late 19th century – Norwegians, Austrians, Russians, and Bohemians. One of America’s greatest, most sensitive writers of a profoundly American story with some human relevance today. Cider House Rules by John Irving (recommended by Donald, Consular Section) …
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By U.S. Embassy Warsaw PAS | 11 April, 2016 | Topics: Uncategorized
Recently the U.S. Mission to Poland invited American Diplomats and their family members to recommend their favorite book by an American author. Diplomats of all ranks and family members of all ages submitted their recommendations, and shared briefly why they liked the book. This list and the personal explanations of why the Americans recommended these …
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By U.S. Embassy Warsaw PAS | 11 April, 2016 | Topics: Uncategorized