Embassy Archives
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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... "
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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
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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.