September 7, 2001 Washington, DC (JBANC) The President of Lithuania, Mr. Valdas Adamkus, will participate in a live webcast with the Joint Baltic American National Committee, Inc. (JBANC) from 9:30-10:00 a.m. (EDT) on Wednesday, September 12. The focus of the webcast will be NATO enlargement. President Adamkus is in the United States next week for meetings with Administration officials, members of Congress and business leaders. NATO enlargement is of special interest to the one million Baltic-Americans. The countries of their heritage, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, are striving to become further integrated with the transatlantic community of nations sharing common democratic values and principles. There are currently ten aspirant countries that wish to join NATO. All the aspirants, including the three Baltic countries, have declared their goal to be invited at the next NATO Summit scheduled in November 2002 in Prague. This interactive webcast is the second in a planned series on the issue of NATO enlargement. In June, over 250 visitors logged in to the initial webcast featuring Bruce Jackson, of the U.S. Committee on NATO. The September 12 webcast can be accessed through JBANC’s homepage: http://jbanc.org/studio.html. Following initial comments from President Adamkus, all on-line participants are invited to e-mail questions or comments to: jbanc@jbanc.org A complete transcript will be available following the webcast. JBANC represents the Estonian American National Council, Inc., the American Latvian Association, Inc. and the Lithuanian American Council, Inc. |
Octobr 17, 2008 - President Bush Discusses the Visa Waiver Program Office of the Press Secretary/ White House News  THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all. (Applause.) Please be seated, thank you. Welcome to the White House. I'm pleased to stand with the representatives of seven countries -- the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, and South Korea -- that have met the requirements to be admitted to the United States Visa Waiver Program. Soon the citizens of these nations will be able to travel to the United States for business or tourism without a visa. I congratulate these close friends and allies on this achievement, and I thank you for joining us here.I also thank Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Secretary of the Homeland -- Department of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff for working hard to make sure this day has finally arrived. Appreciate other members of the administration here and members of the Diplomatic Corps. More... 400 Hurley Avenue Rockville, MD 20850-3121 tel. 301-340-1954 fax: 301-309-1406 e-mail:jbanc@jbanc.org |