September 3, 2002 Washington, DC (JBANC) A meeting on the topic of NATO enlargement is being organized on Friday, September 13 in Atlanta, Georgia, by the Joint Baltic American National Committee, Inc. (JBANC) and local Baltic-Americans. This event, part of a series of meetings designed to focus discussion on the prospects and plans for enlarging NATO, will take place from 8:00 9:30 p.m. at the Wyndham Garden Hotel, located at 1775 Parkway Place, NW, in Marietta, Georgia. Coffee and registration will begin at 7:30 p.m. More information about the meeting is available by contacting JBANC: tel. 301-340-1954, or e-mail: jbanc@jbanc.org. Directions to the event are available at:http://www.wyndham.com/AtlantaNorthwest/default.cfm. In Atlanta, additional information can be obtained by contacting Sybil Kreslins: tel. 770-592-1158, or e-mail: aaintltriangle@yahoo.com. Representatives from Baltic-American organizations and Baltic embassies in Washington, DC are also expected to participate. Anyone with an interest in the issue is warmly welcomed to attend. Similar NATO enlargement informational meetings have been held in over 25 centers in 21 states over the course of the last two years to discuss the background, developments and future prospects of the NATO enlargement process. Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania are among seven countries that hope to receive invitations at the NATO Summit in Prague this November. Invitations to the September 13 event have been sent to members of Georgia’s congressional delegation, including Senators Max Cleland (D-GA) and Zell Miller (D-GA), Congressman Saxby Chambliss (R-GA 8), and Rep. Johnny Isakson (R-GA 6), who visited Estonia and Latvia in August as part of an eight member congressional delegation. Other NATO informational meetings are being planned for Charlotte, North Carolina, on September 12 and Knoxville, Tennessee, on September 14. Please contact JBANC for more details. 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... The Joint Baltic American National Committee, Inc. 400 Hurley Avenue Rockville, MD 20850-3121 tel. 301-340-1954 fax: 301-309-1406 e-mail:jbanc@jbanc.org