2005 Embassy Events & Photos

December 2005

• December 30, American Fulbrighter Donates Painting of Georgia to Embassy
• December 22, Isabella Cross-Najafi And Eric Strasser Present At School Number 169
• December 22, Public Affairs Salutes Two of GSO's Best
• December 21, MA English Students Finish Classes with Senior English Language Fellow
• December 16, Ambassador Tefft Speaks at 22nd Battalion’s Graduation from SSOP
• December 16, American Principal Explains U.S. Education System To School Directors In Khashuri, Georgia
• December 14, Atlanta High School Student Collects 1,150 Books For Georgian NGO
• December 13, Ambassador Tefft, Prime Minister Noghaideli, First Lady Roelofs, and General Williams Open New U.S. Embassy
• December 12, PAS Tbilisi Screens U.S. Films For Human Rights
• December 7, CIS Countries Come Together In Tbilisi For A Workshop On National Health Accounts
• December 6, U.S. Department of Energy and Georgian Border Department Sign Implementation Agreement
• December 3, SELF Conducts Teacher Training Course In Rustavi
• December 2, Peace Corps Admin Officer and Embassy Staff Give Class on Leadership in Zestaponi
• December 2, December 2nd Is The International Day For The Abolition Of Slavery
• December 1, Celebration of World AIDS Day 2005 in Georgia

November 2005

• November 30, The Eurasia Foundation Celebrates Ten Years in Georgia
• November 29, New Investment Guide to Georgia Website Launched
• November 28-30, Elizabeth Poythress Meets With Georgian Students And Scholars
• November 28, RELO Conducts Classes In Telavi With SELF
• November 25-26, American Studies Delegation Visits Batumi
• November 25, Launch of a Distance Education Writing Course for English Teacher Trainers
• November 22, Leading Georgian TV Stations Cover Deputy Assistant Secretary Matt Bryza’s Press Briefing Following His Meeting With The Georgian Prime Minister
• November 22, 2005 Fulbright Visiting Scholar, Senior Fellow Of Georgian Foundation For Strategic And International Studies, Vladimer Papava, Presents His Latest Book At SAIS
• November 18, Ambassador Tefft and Deputy Minister of Finance Gvindadze Sign Debt Restructuring Agreement
• November 18, Georgian FLEX Student Selected to be Kansas City Youth Commissioner
• November 16, Ambassador Tefft joins Georgian Defense Minister at Live Fire Exercise
• November 14-15, USAID Funded Projects A Success in Georgia’s Armenian Community
• November 5-12, Rand Corporation Hosts Georgian Policy Fellows For An Internship Program In Washington D.C.
• November 7, Flag Raising Ceremony Opens New U.S. Embassy in Georgia
• November 5, Mrs. Tefft Joins National Democratic Institute in Celebrating Georgia’s Future Women Leaders
• November 3, Mr. Temur Chkonia of Coca-Cola and McDonald's companies talks with students and faculty at TSU's American Studies Center

October 2005

• October 28, U.S. Media Specialist Naheda Zayed Consults with Georgia's Public Television Station
• October 27-28, U.S. Embassy And Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University Held The Fourth Annual U.S. Education Fair October 27-28, 2005
• October 28, Georgian Anesthesiologist Assists Hurricane Katrina Victims
• October 26, U.S. Undergraduate Alumna Provides Guidance to Georgian Applicants
• October 26, Ambassador Tefft Offers Ramadan Greetings To The Leadership And Students Of The Kesalo Madrassa, Kvemo Kartli Region
• October 23, Ambassador Tefft Joins President Saakashvili in Dedication of Tbilisi Softball Stadium
• October 23, President Bush Thanks Mayor Ugulava for the Naming Airport Road In His Honor
• October 21, Georgia’s Ministry of Regugees and Accommodation, Kutaisi City and Urban Institute Launch Pilot Program to House Internally Displaced Persons
• October 21, U.S. Marine Staff Sergeant Jonathan Moor Speaks at Gori and Khashuri American Corners
• October 20, U.S. Fulbrighter Mark Simakovsky Speaks at the Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies
• October 19, Apple Hill Performs For Peace In Batumi And Tbilisi
• October 19, Embassy Tbilisi Greets Assistant Secretary Danial Fried
• October 18, Ambassador Tefft Presents The Ambassador’s Cultural Heritage Preservation Fund Award To The Georgian Institute Of Manuscripts
• October 10-15, U.S. Embassy Sponsors Workshops On Museum Management
• October 14, President Saakashvili Addresses Graduates Of The Caucasus University
• October 12, U.S. Congressional Delegation In Georgia For First Oil Celebration
• October 9, Ambassador Tefft Welcomes Home Georgia’s 13th Battalion From Iraq
• October 5, U.S. Government Promotes Market For Fine Arts In The South Caucasus
• October 3, Georgian Coast Guard Begins English Classes in Tbilisi

September 2005

• September 24, The First Breast Cancer Awareness Walk In Georgia
• September 22, FBI Instructors Train Georgian Patrol And Criminal Investigators In The Police Academy
• September 20, Ambassador Tefft Introduces National Democratic Institute Parliamentary Interns To The Parliament Of Georgia
• September 13, Ambassador Tefft Discusses Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Compact With Georgian Media
• September 11, Georgia Commemorates 9/11
• September 10, U.S.-Trained Georgian Soldiers Among Those Departing for Iraq
• September 8, UH-1 Program Graduates Three Georgian Squadron Officers
• September 1, U.S. Cultural Envoy Stephen Brown Ends On A High Note
• September 1, Assistant Public Affairs Officer And Information Specialists Present On Educational Exchange In Telavi

August 2005

• August 28, Ambassador Tefft Gets to Know Georgia Through its Cultural Heritage
• August 27, Democracy Commission Grant Provides “Way to a New Community” in Kakeheti, Georgia
• August 27, Ambassador Tefft Congratulates Georgian Soldiers on Their Induction into SSOP Training
• August 23, Ambassador Tefft Presents His Credentials to President Saakashvili
• August 15-19, ODC Provides Medical Evacuation Training To The Georgian Military
• August 19, Dollar Store Celebrates Opening of Third Store in Georgia
• August 19, Metropolitan Opera Association Manager Stephen Brown Visits Georgia
• August 17, Peace Corps Georgia Adds 44 Volunteers
• August 16, U.S. Donates 420 Radios to Georgian Customs and Border Guards
• August 13, First Battalion of Georgian Troops Graduate SSOP Training
• August 1, Ambassador Miles Hosts Lunch In Honor Of Representatives Of Tbilisi State University
• August 1, USS Nashville Arrives For Training Excercises In Poti

July 2005

• July 28-29, Visit of Deputy Assistant Secretary Matthew Bryza to Tbilisi
• July 28, Peace Corps Conducts Manglisi “Eco-Camp” For Youth Of Georgia
• July 26-27, Sukhumi Foundation Wraps Up Business Training In Kutaisi And Gali
• July 19-27, U.S. Treasury Sponsors Training For Ministry Of Finance Staff In Tbilisi
• July 22, U.S. Embassy Public Affairs Section And The American Councils For International Education Announce Professional Development Programs
• July 19, Ambassador Richard Miles Participates In National Coast Guard Day At Poti Harbor
• July 18, US Embassy Interns Discuss the Contributions of Immigrants to American Society at American Corners, Gori
• July 17, Georgian Finance Minister and Millennium Challenge Corporation Vice President Sign $4.1 Million Grant
• July 13, Batumi International Film Forum
• July 13, Public Affairs Section, Tbilisi Visits American Corners In Gori And Khashuri
• July 13, Graduation Of The First Class Of The Master’s Degree Program In Conflict Resolution And Analysis
• July 12, CEELI awards Ambassador Miles with Its Ambassador Award
• July 12, Ugrad Alumni Fellows Conference In Chakvi
• July 11, Atlanta Sister Cities Commission meets with Mayor Chiaberashvili
• July 9, Ambassador And Mrs. Miles Visit Dmanisi Agricultural Region
• July 8, Mrs. Miles Speaks At A Summer Leadership Camp For Georgian Teenagers
• July 4-8, Bobby Colomby Promotes Intellectual Property Rights In Tbilisi
• July 6-7, USAID Opens Agvantage Office In Samtskhe-Javakheti
• July 1-7, U.S. Department Of State Funds Professional Development Seminars For Secondary School Teachers Of Georgia
• July 5, Republic Bank Hosts A Farewell Party For Ambassador Richard Miles And His Wife Sharon In Tbilisi
• July 4, GSSOP Celebrates Fourth of July
• July 2, Ambassador Oversees promotion of Two US Navy Sailors at Krtsanisi
• July 2, American-style Barbecue to celebrate the Fourth of July
• July 2, Bobby Colomby To Attend Tbilisi Jazz Festival And Promote Intellectual Property Rights
• July 1, American Embassy's Independence Day Reception

June 2005

• June 30, U.S. Ambassador Hosts Reception for FLEX Finalists and Newly Returned Alumni
• June 29, Students From The Imereti Youth Association Present Research At Forum In Kutaisi
• June 22, U.S. Embassy Hosts Steve Weinberg Photography Exhibition In Batumi
• June 22, USG Donates Cars To Probations Services
• June 15, Georgian Commando Battalion Welcomed Home From Iraq
• June 13, Ambassador Miles Visits Zaza Pachulia Basketball Camp
• June 11, Embassy and Partners Celebrate Buffalo Bill's Georgian Horseback Riders at a “Wild West Show”
• June 9, Ambassador Miles Awards Winners Of 2005 Writing Olympics In The Bakhvi High School, Guria, West Georgia
• June 5-12, U.S. Embassy Supports Publication Of The Book “Qajar Portraits” And Islamic Art Week In Georgia
• June 4-7, Bob Perilla’s Big Hillbilly Bluegrass Band Wows Audiences In Kutaisi, Batumi And Tbilisi
• June 3-4, Senator Hagel And General Wald Visit Georgia

May 2005

• May 26, The 13th battalion celebrated Georgian Independence Day today in Baghdad, Iraq
• May 24, Ambassador Miles hosts Frank Foundation
• May 20, American Embassy Celebrates Asian And Pacific American Heritage Month
• May 13- 15, The U.S. Embassy Tbilisi Hosts The Second South Caucasus English Language Teachers’ Conference
• May 11, U.S. Embassy Public Affairs Officer Addresses Participants Of The 7 th Annual International Conference On American Studies
• May 10, Mrs. Laura Bush Recognizes Georgian Student Winners of Peace Corps Volunteer Organized Essay Contest
• May 10, First Lady Laura Bush Visits American Academy and the House of Books
• May 10, Bush Addresses Tens of Thousands in Georgia's Freedom Square
• May 10, Bush Encourages Georgians To Honor Rights of Minorities
• May 10, Bush, Saakashvili Salute Georgia's Transformation to Democracy
• May 8, President Bush says the "Rose Revolution Captured our Imaginations and Our Appreciation."
• May 4, U.S. Fulbright Scholar Speaks To Georgian Students About Communication And Democratization
• May 3, “A Bridge On The Ocean” – First Georgian-American Photo Exhibit Opens In Tbilisi

April 2005

• April 30, U.S. Government Provides Flood Relief For Western Georgia
• April 26, U.S. Embassy Representatives Visit Georgian High Schools
• April 23, Sustainment and Stability Operations Program (SSOP) Formally Begins
• April 20, US Mission Delegation in Samtskhe-Javakheti
• April 20, U.S. Embassy Political-Military Officer Deliveres A Talk On American West
• April 11-15, Georgians Receive VIP Protection Operations Management Training
• April 12, Three Years in Georgia: Mrs. Sharon Miles talks to the Students of the International Black Sea University
• April 8, First Class of Graduates from the Infantry Captain's Career Course
• April 4, Stephen Pidgeon and Friends Perform Gospel and Jazz at the Elene Akhvlediani Museum
• April 4, Military Cooks Dish Up Meals
• April 3, Georgian Civil Society Organizations Hold Two-day Fair
• April 2, Public Affairs Officer Addresses Georgian, Armenian, And Azeri Students At A Regional Conference On Higher Education

March 2005

• March 31, Donation of drug kits to the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs
• March 30, Grand Opening of Meat and Sausage Company Loma
• March 30, Helping Democracy Bloom
• March 29, US Military Band Leaders Conduct Class For Georgian Military
• March 29, General Wald Signs SSOP Agreement
• March 21-25, International Border Interdiction Training at Red Bridge
• March 14-25, Critical Incident Management Training Provided To Georgian Police and Security Personnel
• March 25, Former U.S. Ambassador to NATO Robert Hunter discusses U.S. Foreign Policy and Security Issues with Georgian Students
• March 25, Tagiss Arts Group Organizes Special Concert for Ambassador and Mrs. Miles
• March 24, President Bush to Travel to Georgia
• March 23, U.S. Senators Meet Constituents and Civil Society Leaders
• March 23, President Saakashvili Meets with Senior U.S. Senators
• March 23, Congressional Delegation Meets with Speaker of Parliament Nino Burjanadze
• March 23, Congressional Delegation Visits Krtsanisi
• March 22, Delegation of Seven Senators Arrives in Tbilisi
• March 18, Georgian and Armenian American Corners Staff Compare Strategies In Tbilisi Conference
• March 18, Law Enforcement Agreement Signed
• March 11, U.S. Speaker On Investigative Journalism Visits Georgia
• March 11, African American Athletes Discussed For Black History Month
• March 11, New USAID Branding Credits American People
• March 5, The First National Civic Education Conference Opens In Tbilisi
• March 2, New and Improved Legal Environment for Georgian Microfinance Industry
• March 1, Additional Georgian Soldiers Deploy to Iraq

February 2005

• February 28, Georgian Basic Combat Training Begins
• February 26, "Malcolm X" Discussed for Black History Month
• February 24, The U.S. Embassy Celebrates Black History Month
• February 24, Coming Soon: Gee's Bend Quilt Exhibition
• February 23, Ambassador Miles breaks ground at Krtsanisi Training Area
• February 17, USAID donates 8 computers to rural orphanage
• February 16, Medical Officer Sarah Callinan Gives Breast Cancer Seminar
• February 15, Author Margaret Read Macdonald Works With Georgian Students, Librarians And English Teachers
• February 14, USCG MSO Morgan City Hosts Foreign Coast Guard Officer
• February 5, Senator Richard Lugar leads U.S. Presidential Delegation to Georgia for Prime Minister's Funeral
• February 3, Speaker on American Civil War and Lincoln at Gettysburg Visits Georgia
• February 2, State Of The Union Address By President George W. Bush

January 2005

• January 29, Tolerance for Tots: USAID funds regional TV program for kids in the Caucasus
• January 28, U.S. Embassy and IREX Bring Azeri And Armenian Students Together to Discuss Civic Integration
• January 27, Defense Attaché Lieutenat Colonel Alan Hester Talks Live on Radio Green Wave
• January 26, Condoleezza Rice Sworn In as Secretary of State
• January 20, President Sworn-In to Second Term
• January 18, Congratulations, Lieutenant Colonel David Barsness
• January 13, USG Gives Georgia Customs Officers New Uniforms