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”I look forward to
working with all
of you to promote
President Obama’s
agenda.”
Letter from the AMBASSADOR
What an extraordinary year 2009
was for the U.S.-Denmark relationship.
President Obama visited
Copenhagen twice. We also welcomed
the First Lady, Secretary
of State Hillary Clinton, Speaker
of the House Nancy Pelosi, five
other cabinet members, Senators
Kerry, Bond, and Inhofe, twenty
members of Congress, governors,
mayors, Chicagoans – and Oprah.
The visits of these and many
other Americans in government,
business, sports, and culture
have provided great opportunities
to celebrate and deepen the
friendship among Danes and Americans.
The alliance between the
United States and Denmark has
never been stronger. My thanks
to AmCham for your continued
support to the Embassy since my
arrival on July 29, 2009, especially
for co-sponsoring the USA Booth
at Bright Green during COP-15. I
look forward to many more joint
efforts to promote American business
opportunities in Denmark.
Despite the economic difficulties
many companies have faced
over the past year, there is a sense
of continued optimism among
AmCham members. I share your
positive view that 2010 will be a
better year than last year and that
we can now see the international
tides changing. We at the U.S.
Embassy will continue to press
forward on many fronts, but in
particular in helping to build even
more robust commercial ties
between the United States and
Denmark. This will include major
as well as smaller events to bring
together innovative American and
Danish firms to find ways they can
partner in building better, smarter,
more sustainable products that
will benefit consumers in both
countries and beyond, particularly
in the clean energy sector.
We also look forward to acting
on President Obama’s program to
help put Americans back to work
and our nation back on a path to
sustainable economic growth. A
key element in supporting this
effort will be the implementation
of the National Export Initiative
(NEI), launched in his recent State
of the Union address to Congress.
The NEI aims to double U.S.