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20th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution Gala dinner

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A gala dinner celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution is held at the Washington Golf and Country Club in Arlington, VA on Wednesday, November 18, 2009.  The event was hosted by Friends of Slovakia and sponsored by U.S. Steel.

— Report and photographs by James R. Brantley


Rep.  Joe Sestak (D-Pa.), Slovak Republic Foreign Minister  
Miroslav Lajcak

Jarmila Lajcakova Hargasova, Rep. John Mica (R-Fla.)


Bill Tucker, first U.S. Ambassador to Slovakia, Thomas Russell, first Slovakian
Ambassador to U.S., Dr. Branislav Lichardus, Heritage Foundation's James Dean


Matin Kacu, Andrea Pavukova


Chairman and CEO US Steel John Surma, Rep. John Mica (R-Fla.)


 

 


Frederick Frank, Richard Yancey, Skip Vallee and guest

Slovak Republic Ambassador Peter Burian, Rep. Joe Sestak


Scott Thayer, Slovak Republic Foreign Minister, Miroslav Lajcak,  
Jamila LajcakovaHargasova and Nana Thayer


Rep. John Mica (R-Fla.)


Andrej Droba, Paul Callahan, Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.)


 


Slovak themed silent auction item


Warren Miller, Ambasador Vince Obsitnik

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