Intervento dell'Ambasciatore Ronald P. Spogli al 60° Anniversario della Commissione per gli scambi Culturali tra Italia e USA, Villa Taverna, 16 novembre 2006

Ringrazio tutti voi per essere intervenuti questa sera al ricevimento in onore del sessantesimo anniversario del programma Fulbright tra l’Italia e gli Stati Uniti. Un programma nato da un disegno di legge presentato dal giovane Senatore americano J. William Fulbright e approvato dal Congresso nel 1946.

Dunque, all’indomani del secondo grande conflitto mondiale, in un mondo uscito da poco dall’odio e dalla devastazione, prendeva l’avvio uno dei programmi rivelatosi nel tempo fondamentale per lo sviluppo dei rapporti culturali e accademici tra i nostri due Paesi. (...)



60° Anniversario della Fulbright Commission

NATO Leaders To Discuss Global Missions at Riga Summit, November 21, 2006

“[...] The United States has worked very, very hard to rebuild those bridges across the Atlantic and to sustain our ties with Europe, and we think we’ve been successful,” Burns said.
He added that the scope of issues in trans-Atlantic relations has changed. (...)

Thanksgiving Day, 2006 - Proclamation by the President

[...] At this time of great promise for America, we are grateful for the freedoms guaranteed by our Constitution and defended by our Armed Forces throughout the generations.
Today, many of these courageous men and women are securing our peace in places far from home, and we pay tribute to them and to their families for their service, sacrifice, and strength. We also honor the families of the fallen and lift them up in our prayers. (...)

Bush Condemns Assassination of Lebanese Cabinet Minister, November 21, 2006

[...] “Today we saw again the vicious face of those who oppose freedom,” Bush said in November 21 remarks at Hickam Air Force Base in Honolulu.

“We support the Siniora government and its democracy, and we support the Lebanese people's desire to live in peace. … For the sake of peace, the free world must reject those who undermine young democracies and murder in the name of their hateful ideology.” (...)

United States Urges Sudan To Agree to Peacekeeping Plan, November 20, 2006

The United States wants the current conflict in Darfur to be the Sudanese region's last, said Andrew Natsios, the U.S. presidential envoy to Sudan. The United States supports the United Nations' plans for bringing peace to Darfur, Natsios said during a speech at the Brookings Institution in Washington November 20. The United States stands behind the framework established by leaders in a meeting at the African Union's headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, November 16, he said. (...)

THANKSGIVING DAY 2006

A collection of links and documents
on the upcoming holidyay

November 23, 2006

Collezione dei Reports del Congressional Research Service(CRS)

"International Drug Trade and U.S. Foreign Policy"

- November 6, 2006

Efforts to significantly reduce the flow of illicit drugs from abroad into the United States have so far not succeeded. Moreover, over the past decade, worldwide production of illicit drugs has risen dramatically. The effectiveness of international narcotics control programs in reducing consumption is a matter of ongoing concern.

"Afghanistan: Post-War Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy"

- November 3, 2006

Afghanistan’s political transition was completed with the convening of a parliament in December 2005, but since then insurgent threats to Afghanistan’s government have escalated to the point that some experts are questioning the future of U.S. stabilization efforts.