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Valdas Adamkus at 100: The Lithuanian president who helped steer his country West

LRT English3 November 2026, 07:33 UTCLithuania

Born during the presidency of Kazys Grinius, raised under Antanas Smetona, forced to flee the advancing Soviet forces under Josef Stalin and building a career under successive US presidents, Valdas Adamkus became an American citizen but never abandoned Lithuania.

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