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EVENTS ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2002

TIME: 9 a.m.

EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds its "Morning Newsmaker" news program featuring Thomas Buffenbarger, President, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers discussing the Presidential Emergency Board's recommendations regarding United Airlines' collective bargaining agreements and the IAM's response.

DATE: February 11, 2002

LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-662-7500

WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org

TIME: 9:30 a.m.

EVENT: PARTNERSHIP FOR A DRUG FREE AMERICA holds a news conference to announce an education campaign targeting the drug ecstasy.

DATE: February 11, 2002

LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 212-973-3504

WEB ADDRESS: drugfreeamerica.org

TIME: 10 a.m.

EVENT: US PIRG holds a briefing on State Policies on Renewable Portfolio Standards, Wind Energy Proposals, Appliance Efficiency Standards.

WHO: The speakers are:

Rob Sargent, Senior Energy Policy Analyst for the National Association of State PIRGs

Dan Jacobson, Policy Advocate for CALPIRG

Derek Haskew, staff attorney for MASSPIRG

Amy Simpson, Ohio PIRG state director

Matt Baker, COPIRG Executive Director.

DATE: February 11, 2002

LOCATION: Cabinet Room, Old Ebbitt Grill, 675 15th Street NW, Washington

CONTACT: Kimberly Larson at 202-546-8752

WEB ADDRESS:uspirg.org

TIME: 11 a.m.

EVENT: CATO INSTITUTE holds a panel discussion on "Restraint Of Trade? Recent Studies On The Impact Of Trade Restraints On The U.S. Economy."

WHO: The speakers are:

Cal Cohen, Emergency Committee for American Trade

Gary Horlick, American Consumers for Affordable Housing

Janet Kopenhaver, Consuming Industries Trade Action Coalition

Brink Lindsey, Cato Institute

DATE: February 11, 2002

LOCATION: Cato Institute, 1000 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-789-5229

WEB ADDRESS:cato.org

TIME: 12 noon

EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program on "Women's Political Activism and Post-Soviet Gender Culture in Russia."

WHO: The speakers are:

Carol Nechemias, Associate Professor, School of Public Affairs, Penn State University, Harrisburg

Ludmila Popkova, Director, Gender Studies Center, Samara State University

DATE: February 11, 2002

LOCATION: One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-287-3400

WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu

TIME: 12 noon

EVENT: HERITAGE FOUNDATION holds a program entitled "America's Priority at the UN: Taking on Terror," with Ambassador John Negroponte U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Dr. Edwin J. Feulner, Jr. The Heritage Foundation

DATE: February 11, 2002

LOCATION: 214 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-675-1752

WEB ADDRESS:heritage.org

TIME: 12 noon

EVENT: INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE AND EDUCATION WEEK hold a debate on "Is School Choice Constitutional?" The debate is expected to provide reporters and policy representatives with a preview of the major components of the case including insight on its developments, the arguments of opposing sides and an overview of the constitutional issues that will be considered.

WHO: The speakers are:

Clint Bolick of the Institute for Justice

Elliot Mincberg of People for the American Way

Mark Walsh, associate editor of Education Week

DATE: February 11, 2002

LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: John Kramer, 202-955-1300

WEB ADDRESS: ij.org

TIME: 12:30 p.m.

EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds its "Luncheon Newsmaker" news program featuring Susan Eisenhower, President, The Eisenhower Institute discussing "Terrorism and the Nuclear Question."

DATE: February 11, 2002

LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-662-7500

WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org

TIME: 4 p.m.

EVENT: GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL, ENRICHMENT PROGRAM COMMITTEE AND RABIN CHAIR FORUM AT THE ELLIOTT SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS present former Israeli Supreme Court Justice Gabriel Bach discussing "The Rule of Law in Times of Crisis."

DATE: February 11, 2002

LOCATION: 2000 H Street NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-994-6467

WEB ADDRESS:gwu.edu

TIME: 5:30 p.m.

EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE Bradley Lecture presents Skepticism and Freedom with Richard A. Epstein, University of Chicago Law School and the Hoover Institution. Epstein will summarize some of the key arguments in his forthcoming book, Skepticism and Freedom: A Defense of Classical Liberalism.

DATE: February 11, 2002

LOCATION: 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-862-5933

WEB ADDRESS:aei.org

TIME: TIME: 6 p.m.

EVENT: KENNEDY CENTER MILLENIUM STAGE presents zydeco superstar C.J. Chenier and The Red Hot Louisiana Band.

DATE: February 11, 2002

LOCATION: 2700 F Street NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-416-8000

WEB ADDRESS: kennedy-center.org

TIME: 8 p.m.

EVENT: AMERICAN UNIVERSITY presents an opening lecture for the latest exhibit at Watkins Gallery on "Conversations Through Photography" with Nella Cassouto, in-residence Israeli curator, discussing "Aspects of Memory in Israeli Art."

DATE: February 11, 2002

LOCATION: 4400 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-885-5950

WEB ADDRESS:au.edu