EMBASSY EVENTS 2010General Petraeus receives awards in Poland, re-enforces Polish-American military cooperation
President Kaczynski and General Petraeus
9 April 2010
General David H. Petraeus, Commander of the U.S. Central Command, visited Poland April 6-8, at the invitation of Polish officials who presented him with medals for his service. President Lech Kaczynski awarded General Petraeus with the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland and the Iraq Star. Polish Minister of Defense, Bogdan Klich, presented General Petraeus with the Gold Medal of the Polish Military.
General Petraeus also discussed Polish-American military cooperation in Afghanistan with President Kaczynski, Polish Defense Minister Bogdan Klich, and Poland’s Chief of the General Staff, General Franciszek Gągor during his visit and made a presentation at the National Defense University. At General Gągor’s invitation, General Petraeus visited Krakow.
U.S. Ambassador Lee Feinstein, who accompanied General Petraeus for much of his visit, said, “General Petraeus’ visit to Poland is another sign of the deepening level of cooperation between two close allies in the area of international security and military affairs.”
General David H. Petraeus assumed command of the United States Central Command in October 2008, after serving for 19 months as the Commanding General, Multi-National Force-Iraq. He has held leadership positions in airborne, mechanized, and air assault infantry units in Europe and the United States, including command of a battalion in the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) and a brigade in the 82nd Airborne Division. In addition, he has held a number of staff assignments: Aide to the Chief of Staff of the Army; battalion, brigade, and division operations officer; Military Assistant to the Supreme Allied Commander - Europe; Chief of Operations of the United Nations Force in Haiti; and Executive Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. General Petraeus was the General George C. Marshall Award winner as the top graduate of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College Class of 1983.
9 April 2010
General David H. Petraeus, Commander of the U.S. Central Command, visited Poland April 6-8, at the invitation of Polish officials who presented him with medals for his service. President Lech Kaczynski awarded General Petraeus with the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland and the Iraq Star. Polish Minister of Defense, Bogdan Klich, presented General Petraeus with the Gold Medal of the Polish Military.
General Petraeus also discussed Polish-American military cooperation in Afghanistan with President Kaczynski, Polish Defense Minister Bogdan Klich, and Poland’s Chief of the General Staff, General Franciszek Gągor during his visit and made a presentation at the National Defense University. At General Gągor’s invitation, General Petraeus visited Krakow.
U.S. Ambassador Lee Feinstein, who accompanied General Petraeus for much of his visit, said, “General Petraeus’ visit to Poland is another sign of the deepening level of cooperation between two close allies in the area of international security and military affairs.”
General David H. Petraeus assumed command of the United States Central Command in October 2008, after serving for 19 months as the Commanding General, Multi-National Force-Iraq. He has held leadership positions in airborne, mechanized, and air assault infantry units in Europe and the United States, including command of a battalion in the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) and a brigade in the 82nd Airborne Division. In addition, he has held a number of staff assignments: Aide to the Chief of Staff of the Army; battalion, brigade, and division operations officer; Military Assistant to the Supreme Allied Commander - Europe; Chief of Operations of the United Nations Force in Haiti; and Executive Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. General Petraeus was the General George C. Marshall Award winner as the top graduate of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College Class of 1983.
He subsequently earned MPA and Ph.D. degrees in international relations from Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, and he later served as an Assistant Professor of International Relations at the U.S. Military Academy. He also completed a fellowship at Georgetown University. In addition to numerous military awards and honors, General Petraeus has been recognized as a leading figure by the American media. In 2005 he was recognized by the U.S. News and World Report as one of America’s 25 Best Leaders, and in 2007 he was named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential leaders of the year and one of four runners-up for Time Person of the Year. Most recently, he was selected by Foreign Policy magazine as one of the world’s top 100 public intellectuals and by Esquire magazine as one of the 75 Most Influential People of the 21st Century.
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Poland approves revised US missile shield agreement
Warsaw (AFP) March 2, 2010
Warsaw (AFP) March 2, 2010
Poland on Tuesday agreed to a new version of a deal on stationing an American missile shield, a government statement said, adding it would be aimed essentially at potential threats from IranWarsaw "accepts signing a protocol modifying the accord signed by the Polish and American governments on the installation on our territory of anti-ballistic missile interceptors concluded in Warsaw on August 20, 2008," it said.
In September, US President Barack Obama shelved a plan by his predecessor George W. Bush to deploy a missile shield in Poland and a radar base in the Czech Republic by 2013 that Russia had slammed as a grave security threat.The US has insisted the system was in no way aimed against Russia, but aimed to counter potential attacks by so-called "rogue" states, notably Iran.
But Obama's team then said it wanted to deploy a new SM-3 anti-missile system in Poland and the neighbouring Czech Republic in 2015.
During an October visit by US Vice President Joe Biden to Poland, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said is country was ready to join a new Obama-proposed US anti-missile system.
"In line with the new concept, the system is primarily to guard against Iranian short and medium range missiles by using existing defence systems," the Polish government said Tuesday.
A first batch of United States Patriot missiles will be deployed in Poland in April, defence ministry spokesman Janusz Sejmej said Saturday.
The United States have also spoken with Romania about hosting 20 missile interceptors as part of the new US missile shield in Europe, Romanian Foreign Minister Teodor Baconschi said Friday.
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