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EVENTS ON FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 2002

TIME: 9 a.m.

EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE holds a seminar Series In Tax Policy Discussing Will Voluntary Personal Accounts Save Social Security?

WHO: The speakers are:

Kevin A. Hassett, AEI

Peter Diamond, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Olivia S. Mitchell, University of Pennsylvania

Eric M. Engen, AEI

DATE: April 5, 2002

LOCATION: 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-862-5933

WEB ADDRESS: aei.org

TIME: 10 a.m.

EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds its "Morning Newsmaker" news program featuring David Lereah, Chief Economist, National Association of Realtors and David Seiders, Chief Economist, National Association of Home Builders.

DATE: April 5, 2002

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

CONTACT: 202-662-7500

WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org

TIME: 11 a.m.

EVENT: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PAUL H. NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a lecture entitled "The European Convention and its Meaning for the Future of the European Union" with Philippe de Schoutheete, special adviser of the European Commission for the European Convention and a former Belgian ambassador.

DATE: April 5, 2002

LOCATION: 1740 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-663-5626

WEB ADDRESS: sais-jhu.org

TIME: 11 a.m.

EVENT: CITIZENS AGAINST GOVERNMENT WASTE host a news conference on the U.S. Postal Service's latest rate hike, its disturbing financial situation, and its future.

WHO: The speakers are:

Leslie Paige, CAGW

Rick Merritt, PostalWatch

Pete Sepp, National Taxpayers Union

Rob Fike, Americans for Tax Reform

Ed Black, Computer & Communications Industry Association

Ed Hudgins, Objectivist Center

Fran Smith, Consumer Alert

Jason Thomas, Citizens for a Sound Economy

DATE: April 5, 2002

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

CONTACT: 202-467-5300

TIME: 12 noon

EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program on "Ten Years After the Start of the Bosnian War."

WHO: The speakers are:

Robert Hayden, Director, Center for Russian and East European Studies, University of Pittsburgh

Paul Shoup, Professor Emeritus, Political Science Department, University of Virginia; Stevan Lilic, Fellow, Center for Russian and East European Studies, University of Pittsburgh

DATE: April 5, 2002

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

Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-287-3400

WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu

TIME: 12 noon

EVENT: CATO INSTITUTE holds a briefing on Social Security Reform: Are There Any Alternatives to Private Accounts?

WHO: The speakers are:

Michael Tanner, Director, Project on Social Security Privatization, Cato Institute Andrew Biggs, Social Security Analyst, Cato Institute

DATE: April 5, 2002

LOCATION: B-340 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-789-5229

WEB ADDRESS:cato.org

TIME: 12:15 p.m.

EVENT: ALLIANCE FOR HEALTH REFORM holds a luncheon briefing on "The Changing Face of Health Insurance."

WHO: The speakers are:

David Lawrence, retiring CEO of Kaiser Permanente

Jay Gellert, CEO of Health Net, Inc.

Analyst James Robinson of the University of California, Berkeley

Ed Howard, of the Alliance

DATE: April 5, 2002

LOCATION: 325 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-789-2300

WEB ADDRESS: allhealh.org

TIME: 12:30 p.m.

EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds its "Luncheon Newsmaker" news program featuring John Potter Postmaster General and CEO of the U.S. Postal Service.

DATE: April 5, 2002

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

CONTACT: 202-662-7500

WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org

TIME: 1 p.m.

EVENT: GLOBAL EXCHANGE holds a civil disobedience protest to call on US policy makers to insist that Israel end its occupation of Palestinian lands in the West Bank and Gaza.

DATE: April 5, 2002

LOCATION: US State Department, located at 23rd and C Streets in Washington, DC

CONTACT: Jason Mark, 415-255-7296 x 230

WEB ADDRESS:globalexchange.org

TIME: 2:30 p.m.

EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds its "Luncheon Newsmaker" news program featuring President of the Republic of Nicaragua Enrique Bolanos.

DATE: April 5, 2002

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

CONTACT: 202-662-7500

WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org

TIME: 6 p.m.

EVENT: KENNEDY CENTER MILLENIUM STAGE features Betty Carter's Jazz Ahead, a big band and various ensembles made up of competitively selected, emerging jazz artists completing their week-long residency with a free concert.

DATE: April 5, 2002

LOCATION: 2700 F Street NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-416-8000

WEB ADDRESS: kennedy-center.org

TIME: 7 p.m.

EVENT: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY holds a conference honoring The Kennedy Institute's 30th Anniversary entitled The State Of Bioethics: From Seminal Works To Contemporary Explorations.

AGENDA: Highlights:

7:15 p.m. - A Remembrance of André Hellegers John Collins Harvey, M.D., Ph.D.

7:45 p.m. - Seminal Works and the Kennedy Institute of Ethics, LeRoy B. Walters, Ph.D

DATE: April 5, 2002

LOCATION: Georgetown's School of Medicine, Law Center, Main Campus, 37TH and O Streets NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-687-8099

WEB ADDRESS: Georgetown.edu