Transatlantic Challenges and Friendship

Reception at the KAS office USA.

Congressman Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Representative of Maryland’s 8th Congressional District, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.

Congressman Ted Deutch, Chief Executive Officer, AJC, Edward and Sandra Meyer Office of the CEO.

Prof. Dr. Norbert Lammert, Chairman, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung.

Dr. Hardy Ostry, Resident Representative, KAS Office USA.

Dr. Ostry, Dr. Wahlers and Congressman Raskin.

Meeting with Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt, Special Envoy, Office of Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, U.S. Department of State.

Meeting with Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt, Special Envoy, Office of Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, U.S. Department of State.

Meeting with His Eminence Wilton Cardinal Gregory, Archbishop of Washington.

Meeting at the International Republican Institute (IRI).

Prof. Lammert and Dr. Wahlers met, among others, Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt, Special Envoy, Office of Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, U.S. Department of State, former Congressman Charlie Dent, the Catholic Archbishop of Washington, Wilton Cardinal Gregory, and numerous representatives of think tanks and international organizations. Well over 100 visitors attended a reception at the KAS USA office titled "Ein Zeichen der Freundschaft – A Mark of Friendship”. Guests of honor included Congressman Jamie Raskin and Ted Deutsch, CEO of the American Jewish Committee (AJC). Guests also included the German participants of this year's "KAS-AJC Exchange Seminar", who traveled to New York, Washington, D.C., and Atlanta.