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Donald Trump's meeting with Polish-American leaders in Florida
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Date:
October 26th 2016
Donald Trump's meeting with Polish-American leaders in Florida.
Jerzy
Bogdziewicz, co-chair of the
Polish-Americans for Trump Advisory
Committee, Anna Nawas, Elizabeth Jochim
and Bartek Bogdziewicz, leaders of the
Polish-American community in Florida,
met with Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani on Monday, 24 October 2016 on board of his plane in West Palm Beach to discuss Polish-American relations, strengthening NATO and electoral politics.
“I am
proud to have
the support of
the hard
working Polish
American
community that
shares the
American
values of love
of freedom,
independence
and respect
for family.
This council
will continue
to advise me
on how best to
maintain and
increase the
strong ties
between Poland
and the United
States,” said
Donald J.
Trump.
The Polish
American
Advisory
Council for
Trump includes
Dr. Lucja
Swiatkowski
Cannon as
chair, seven
co-chairs and
a growing
number of
council
members, five
of whom are
announced
today and
others
forthcoming.
Polish
Americans from
10 states are
represented by
this council.
These leaders
have already
advised Mr.
Trump and
Governor Pence
on a number of
related
issues.
Dr. Lucja
Swiatkowski
Cannon, the
council chair,
is a
scholar/consultant
most recently
affiliated
with the
Center for
Strategic and
International
Studies. Dr.
Cannon stated,
“I support
Donald Trump’s
insistence on
a stronger
commitment by
all NATO
members for
the common
defense. Of 28
NATO members,
Poland is one
of only five
countries
fulfilling Mr.
Trump’s call
for balancing
NATO’s budget
by meeting the
goal of 2% of
GDP for
defense
spending. It
is peace
through
strength."
Roman Korzan
of McLean,
Virginia is
Co-Founder of
the Federation
of Polish
Americans.
Korzan stated,
“As a legal
immigrant, I
see the
similarity
between Mr.
Trump’s common
sense refugee
vetting
policies and
those of
Poland, where
the Chair of
Poland’s
leading party
said in May:
‘After recent
events
connected with
acts of
terror, we
will not
accept
refugees
because there
is no vetting
mechanism that
would ensure
security.”
“As a person
of faith, I
appreciate Mr.
Trump’s policy
of creating a
safe zone for
Christians and
other faiths
in Syria.
Poles
understand the
dangers of
religious
persecution”
said David
Targonski of
Gastonia,
North
Carolina, a
Reagan and
Bush
appointee.
A historian
and
journalist,
John Czop, of
Ridgewood, New
Jersey, said:
"Poland shed
blood as our
key new NATO
ally in Iraq
and
Afghanistan.
Poles were
responsible
for both the
South Central
Zone of
Provinces
(over three
million
Iraqis) and
9000 square
miles of
Ghazni
Province in
Afghanistan.
Moreover,
Polish Special
Forces, known
as GROM, won
well-merited
praise from
American army
officers for
their intrepid
raids against
enemy
positions."
Former
Regional
Director for
ACTION Eugene
Pasymowski of
Chester
Springs,
Pennsylvania,
says “Every
one of our
communities is
safer right
now because
Poland is
contributing
to the NATO
antiterrorist
efforts by
providing
fighter planes
and Special
Forces
instructors to
fight ISIS in
Syria and
Iraq.”
"I’m proud
that my
birthplace of
Poland is a
stalwart ally
of my new
country and
contributed to
peacekeeping
missions in
Europe, the
Middle East
and Africa at
the side of
the United
States,” says
filmmaker
Witek Rosowski
of Glendale,
New York;
President of
Solidarni
2010.
Eve Neterowicz
of Portage,
Wisconsin, a
Reagan and
Bush
appointee,
reminds us:
"Poland and
America were
friends from
the beginning.
Poland adopted
a modern
Constitution
on May 3,
1791, shortly
after the
adoption of
the US
Constitution.
Generals
Kosciuszko and
Pulaski fought
for freedom
and
independence
of both Poland
and the United
States.”
Additional
members of the
council will
be added in
the future.
Polish
American
Advisory
Council:
Chair:
Dr. Lucja
Swiatkowski
Cannon, New
York
Co-Chairs:
Jerzy
Bogdziewicz,
Florida
John Czop, Ph.
D., New Jersey
Roman Korzan,
Virginia
Eva
Neterowicz,
Wisconsin
Eugene
Pasymowski,
Pennsylvania
Witek
Rosowski, New
York
David
Targonski,
North Carolina
Members
of the
Advisory
Council:
Carolyn L.
Bonkoski,
Pennsylvania
Ed Baran,
Illinois
Denise Kuchta,
Maryland
Nancy
Ordowski,
Arizona
Joe Sliwka,
Maryland
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