From Left to Right: Dontai Smalls (UPS), Congressman William Keating (D-MA-09), Uli Gamerdinger (GABC) and Congressman Juan Vargas (D-CA-52)
Uli Gamerdinger (GABC), Congressman Bill Keating (D-MA-09/German-American Caucus Co-Chair), Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX-37)
DCM Axel Dittmann (German Embassy to the U.S.) and Congressman Glenn “G.T.” Thompson (R-PA-15 / German-American Caucus Co-Chair)
16th Annual GABC Oktoberfest on Capitol Hill
15th Annual GABC Oktoberfest on the Hill
Congressman Brendan Boyle (D-PA-02), Uli Gamerdinger (GABC), and Dontai Smalls (UPS)
DCM Michael Curtis (E.U. Delegation to the U.S.), Congressman Juan Vargas (D-CA-52), and H.E. Petra Schneebauer, Ambassador of Austria to the U.S.
Steve Williams (GABC Honorary Chair) and Congressman Bill Keating (D-MA-09/German-American Congressional Caucus Co-Chair)
The GABC Oktoberfest is an annual celebration of German-American friendship on Capitol Hill in a traditional Oktoberfest style, first held in 2006. This casual, reception-style event bringing together GABC Members with Members of the German-American Congressional Caucus, diplomats from the German Embassy, along with other members of the Washington, D.C. diplomatic community and friends of the GABC.