JBANC Board of Directors meeting Sept. 9, 2001: Simonas
Girdzijauskas, Saulius Kuprys, Janis Kukainis, Vello Ederma, Janis Bolsteins, Mati Kõiva,
Lya Karm, Henry L. Gaidis, Algis Rimas, Janis Gramatins, Karl Altau |
JBANC Presidents: Janis Kukainis (American Latvian Association),
Saulius Kuprys (Lithuanian American Council and current JBANC President), Mati Kõiva
(Estonian American National Council) |
Administration officials with Baltic NATO Petitions - meeting
with Baltic-American leaders at White House on Sept. 10, 2001. Seated at the table are
(left to right): John Tefft, Ambassador to Lithuania, Elizabeth Jones(State Department),
Daniel Fried (National Security Council), Cameron Munter (NSC) |
Baltic NATO Petitions Presented to White House September 10, 2001 |
Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL) speaking at Capitol Hill reception
for President Adamkus of Lithuania. To Sen. Durbin’s right are President Adamkus and his
wife Alma Adamkienë, Lithuanian Ambassador Vygaudas Usackas and his wife Loret Usackiene,
and S. Algimantas Gecys, of the Lithuanian American Community. |
Polish Ambassador Przemyslaw Grudzinski |
Frank Koszorus of the Hungarian American Coalition spoke on
behalf of the Central and East European Coalition |
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Mati Kõiva, President of Estonian American National Council, Inc. |
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Lithuanian Ambassador Vygaudas Usackas, Alma Adamkiene, President
Adamkus of Lithuania, Sen. Richard Durbin |
