Poznań: Mark Brzezinski na Impact'24 - rozmowa
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00:10 [FOREIGN]
00:18 Hi, Mark.
00:18 >> Hey, thanks for having me.
00:20 >> Mark, I would like to ask you about amazing Americans.
00:23 I would like to ask you about Michelle Obama.
00:24 >> Yes.
00:25 >> She will be here today.
00:27 >> I know.
00:27 >> How important is it for you personally?
00:29 >> For me personally, the visit of the former first lady is incredibly important.
00:36 She was a transformational first lady.
00:39 She made using the platform of the first lady's office, mental health a priority,
00:45 women and girls leadership a priority, and
00:48 healthy food a priority, among many other initiatives.
00:52 She did something as first lady.
00:54 She wasn't just was a first lady.
00:58 She did something with the office.
01:00 I'm so proud that she's coming to Poland, and I'm so
01:02 proud that she'll be able to see the incredible work of the Polish people
01:07 when she comes here, because the Poles have done a lot over the last two years.
01:12 In terms of embracing the refugees, in terms of a civic mobilization to give
01:17 democracy a chance to produce great change in Poland.
01:22 I'm excited about Poland.
01:24 >> Americans have done a lot in Poznan.
01:26 We've got US Army here in Poznan.
01:28 >> It's true, yes.
01:28 >> And I would like to ask you about the importance of US Army staying in Poznan.
01:33 >> Well, and it's not just the US Army in Poznan, it's the US Army in Poland.
01:38 There are over 10,000 American soldiers in Poland.
01:41 First time I came to Poland was in 1991 on a Fulbright scholarship.
01:46 I was living in Dom Studencki Piast in Krakow.
01:49 You could still hear the Soviet troops on their morning jogs
01:53 singing their intimidating songs to the Poles.
01:56 Today we have 10,000 American soldiers and there have been times that I've flown
02:00 from Warsaw to Rzeszów in a US Army Black Hawk helicopter
02:05 co-piloted by an American pilot and a Polish pilot.
02:09 That's change you can believe in.
02:10 Here in Poznan, you have the first permanent US military
02:15 installation in Poland and in NATO's eastern flank.
02:20 I repeat, permanent.
02:22 That is what the Poles have been waiting for for 200 years, for
02:27 someone to permanently come and stand with them and
02:30 bear the security challenges with them.
02:34 US Army is here in Poznan on a permanent basis.
02:37 >> Mark, that will be the last question.
02:39 I would like to ask you about, is there any possibility that after US election,
02:44 the US Army from Poznan will disappear?
02:48 >> The US Army here is on a permanent basis and I read the word permanent
02:52 as how it's defined, which means that it will be lasting.
02:55 >> Thank you very much.
02:56 >> Thank you.
02:57 (upbeat music)