Hillary Rodham Clinton
Secretary of State Adlon Hotel
Berlin, Germany
November 8, 2009
Secretary Clinton: "In the Baltic countries of Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania, a human chain comprised of one-fourth the population joined hands across their lands, and helped break the chains that held their nations captive." -Full Text
Secretary Clinton: Travel to Europe and Asia, November 8-19, 2009
Voices of U.S. Dipomacy and the Berlin Wall (video)
Philip H. Gordon
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs CSIS Conference: The United States and Central Europe Converging or Diverging Strategic Interests?
Washington, DC
November 4, 2009
Ambassador Derse presented Lithuania with an inventory of radiation detection and source packaging equipment
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| Ambassador Derse and Vice Minister Skikas |
On October 29 Ambassador Anne Derse and Lithuanian Vice Minister of Health Arturas Skikas visited the U.S. Department of Energy's Search and Secure Training seminar at the Karolina Hotel in Vilnius. Ambassador Derse thanked class participants for their efforts to halt the proliferation of nuclear and radioactive materials for use in weapons of mass destruction or acts of terrorism. After her remarks, Ambassador Derse presented Vice Minister Skikas with an inventory of radiation detection and source packaging equipment that the U.S. Department of Energy is donating to Lithuania through its Global Threat Reduction Initiative (GTRI) program. Representatives of the Ministry of National Defense; the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant; the Ministry of Finance's Customs Department; the Ministry of the Interior's State Border Guard Service and Fire and Rescue Department; the State Nuclear Power Safety Inspectorate (VATESI); and the State Enterprise Radioactive Waste Management Agency (RATA) participated in the week-long Search and Secure training course to share best practices on searching for orphan sources of radiation and packaging and transporting found sources to safety.
Project Handclasp: Assistance to the Rytas Orphanage and the Caritas Elderly Home in Klaipeda
October 22, 2009
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| Ambassador Derse delivers donation |
Ambassador Anne Derse of the United States Embassy and the Deputy, Office of Defense Cooperation, Lt Col Stephen E. Timmons delivered donated hygiene material to the U.S. Navy as part of Project Handclasp. Members of the USS John L Hall transferred the materials to Klaipeda and traveled to Caritas Elderly Home where the team was greeted by Father Vilius Viktoravicius and Rasa Senkiene. After spending time visiting the facility and meeting with the staff, Ambassador Derse traveled with the team to Rytas Orphanage, where she was met by the Governor of Klaipeda (Mr. Burksas) and the Orphanage Director, Regina Milasiene, staff and children.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton
Secretary of State Washington, DC
October 26, 2009
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Ambassador Derse (left) and
President Grybauskaite |
"Lithuania is a strong friend and ally of the United States. We enjoy excellent relations across a broad range of shared interests. I am honored that President Obama has appointed me as Ambassador to Lithuania. During my tenure, I will work to deepen our security, economic, and commercial ties, strengthen the bonds of friendship between the Lithuanian and American peoples, and pursue our partnership with Lithuania to advance freedom and democratic values". --
Anne E. Derse
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press service of the Lithuanian President
Lithuania and the Visa Waiver Program at the One Year Mark
By Bradley Norton, U.S. Consul
On November 17, 2008, Lithuania became a member of the Visa Waiver Program, allowing Lithuanians to travel to the U.S. visa-free for short stays. The Embassy is very happy that interest in the Visa Waiver Program remains high, and now that we are approaching the one year anniversary of the program, we would like to revisit some of the aspects of the program in order to ensure a greater understanding of travel options. full text 
United Nations Headquarters
New York, New York, September 22, 2009
President Obama: "No nation, however large or small, wealthy or poor, can escape the impact of climate change. Rising sea levels threaten every coastline. More powerful storms and floods threaten every continent. More frequent droughts and crop failures breed hunger and conflict in places where hunger and conflict already thrive. On shrinking islands, families are already being forced to flee their homes as climate refugees. The security and stability of each nation and all peoples -- our prosperity, our health, and our safety -- are in jeopardy. And the time we have to reverse this tide is running out."
By Damian Leader, Chargé, U.S. Embassy, Vilnius, Lithuania
"On September 22, U.S. President Barack Obama speaks to world leaders on climate change during a special U.N. summit in New York on the eve of the 64th session of the U.N. General Assembly.
President Obama recognizes that the United States must be a leader in the global effort to combat climate change. We have a responsibility as the world's largest historic emitter of greenhouse gases. We know that without U.S. emissions reductions no solution to climate change is possible, so the U.S. will take the lead in building a 21st century clean energy economy." full text 
"The ninth annual Trafficking in Persons Report sheds light on the faces of modern-day slavery and on new facets of this global problem. The human trafficking phenomenon affects virtually every country, including the United States. In acknowledging America's own struggle with modern-day slavery and slavery-related practices, we offer partnership. We call on every government to join us in working to build consensus and leverage resources to eliminate all forms of human trafficking."
--Secretary Clinton, June 16, 2009
Apr. 30, 2009: The Department of State released the annual Congressionally mandated Country Reports on Terrorism 2008 today. U.S. law requires the Secretary of State to provide Congress, by April 30 of each year, a full and complete report on terrorism with regard to those countries and groups meeting criteria set forth in the legislation. -Full Report - Special Briefing
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