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  • International Holocaust Remembrance Day
    International Holocaust Remembrance Day

    In 2005, the U.N. General Assembly designated January 27 as an annual International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust. The resolution was adopted by consensus on November 1, 2005.  

  • Ambassador Mull on “Tea or Coffee” TV show
    Ambassador Mull on “Tea or Coffee” TV show

    Ambassador Stephen Mull appeared today on Beata Tadla’s TVP1 morning program “Kawa czy Herbata” (Tea or Coffee). The topics included President Obama’s inauguration speech yesterday. 

  • President Barack Obama
    Inaugural Address by President Barack Obama

    Each time we gather to inaugurate a President we bear witness to the enduring strength of our Constitution. We affirm the promise of our democracy. 

  • Secretary of State
    Holocaust-Era Looted Art

    This month we commemorate the seventieth anniversary of the Inter-Allied Declaration against Acts of Dispossession Committed in Territories under Enemy Occupation and Control, known as the London Declaration of January 5, 1943.  

  • Ambassador Mull Visits American Studies Cente
    Ambassador Mull Visits American Studies Center

    U.S. Ambassador to Poland Stephen D. Mull met with students of Warsaw University’s American Studies Center to talk about the priorities and main goals of the U.S. Embassy. 

  • Martin Luther King Jr. delivering “I Have a Dream” speech to marchers on National Mall, August 28, 1963 (AP Images)
    Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service - 21 January 2013

    Americans on each third Monday of January honor the life and achievements of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., (1929–1968), the 1964 Nobel Peace laureate and the individual most associated with the triumphs of the African-American civil rights movement during the 1950s and 1960s.  

  • U.S. Presidential Inauguration
    Presidential Inauguration - January 21, 2013

    When Barack Obama takes the oath of office on January 21, 2013, it will mark the 57th time a U.S. president has been sworn in since 1789, when George Washington first took the same oath. 

  • Ambassador Susan E. Rice, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations
    Ambassador Rice at U.N. Security Council on Counterterrorism

    Reflecting on the past decade, the Security Council’s sustained commitment to counterterrorism has been significant. We have continued to promote a holistic approach to combating terrorism, strengthening counterterrorism efforts at the national, regional and international levels. 

  • President Barack Obama responds to a question during a press conference in the East Room of the White House, Jan. 14, 2013. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
    President Obama Holds the Final Press Conference of His First Term

    President Obama today invited the White House Press Corps to the East Room for one last news conference as his first term comes to an end.  

  • An unidentified Union soldier poses with his wife and daughters. Many African Americans celebrated emancipation by formalizing their marriage — an act denied under slavery.
    New Exhibition Tracks Progress of Civil Rights in America

    The Smithsonian’s national museums of American History and African American History and Culture have teamed up again to mount a thought-provoking exhibition, Changing America: The Emancipation Proclamation, 1863, and The March on Washington, 1963. 

  • Rajiv Shah, the head of the U.S. Agency for International Development, second from left, speaks to Syrian refugee children in one of UNICEF tents, at Zaatari Refugee Camp, in Mafraq, Jordan, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012. © AP Image
    U.S. Government Assistance to Syria

    The United States supports the Syrian people’s aspirations for a Syrian-led transition to a democratic, inclusive, and peaceful Syria. 

  • Vice President Biden, in his role as president of the U.S. Senate, swears in Senator Mazie Hinoro of Hawaii at the U.S. Capitol in Washington January 3.
    Washington Welcomes 113th Congress

    In the midst of preparations for the second inauguration of President Obama, Washington focused its attention January 3 on welcoming the newest incarnation of its legislative branch. 

  • National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention
    National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention

    President Obama on National Slavery and Human Trafficking Month : "My Administration has been deeply commited to carrying this legacy forward -- beginning with trafficking that... "  

  • Inauguration Celebrates Continuity of American Democracy
    Inauguration Celebrates Continuity of American Democracy

    The oath will be administered at the U.S. Capitol, in a ceremony on the west front of the building, overlooking the National Mall. 

57th U.S. Presidential Inauguration

  • 57th Presidential Inauguration The 2013 Inaugural Ceremonies theme, “Faith in America’s Future” commemorates the United States’ perseverance and marks the 150th anniversary of the placement of the Statue of Freedom atop the U.S. Capitol dome. To learn more please click here.