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Published: July 12, 2002 at 3:06 PM
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WEEK AHEAD EVENTS FOR TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 2002

Tuesday July 16, 2002

TIME: 2 p.m.

EVENT: HELSINKI COMMISSION hearings to examine the state of property restitution for American claimants

WHO: The speakers are:

Randolph Bell, Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues, Department of State

Yehuda Evron, U.S. President, Holocaust Restitution Committee

Olga Jonas, Secretary, Free Czechoslovakia Fund

Mark Meyer, Attorney and Chairman, Romanian-American Chamber of Commerce

Israel Singer, President, Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany and Co-Chairman, World Jewish Restitution Organization

DATE: June 16, 2002

LOCATION: 334 Cannon House Office Building, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-225-1901

WEB ADDRESS:csce.gov

TIME: 10 a.m.

EVENT: PEW FORUM ON RELIGION & PUBLIC LIFE holds a program on The Compassion Component: Welfare Reform and the Tradition of Social Justice.

WHO: The speakers are:

Ken Connor, President, Family Research Council

Ron Haskins, Senior Advisor for Welfare Policy at the Domestic Policy Council of the White House

Sharon Parrott, Co-director of Federal TANF Policy, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Jim Skillen, President, Center for Public Justice

Roberto Suro, Executive Director, Pew Hispanic Center

Jim Wallis, Convener and President, Call to Renewal

DATE: June 16, 2002

LOCATION: The National Press Club, First Amendment Lounge, 529 14th Street, NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: Brenna Moore, 202-955-5075

WEB ADDRESS: pewforum.org

Wednesday July 17, 2002

TIME: 12 noon

EVENT: NATIONAL ECONOMIST CLUB AND SOCIETY OF GOVERNMENT ECONOMISTS presents Dan Crippen, Director, Congressional Budget Office, discussing dynamic budget.

DATE: July 17, 2002

LOCATION: Chinatown Garden, 618 H St., NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 703-739-9404

WEB ADDRESS: national-economists.org

TIME: 1 p.m.

EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds its "Luncheon Newsmaker" news program featuring The Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Sila Calderon, discussing "The 50th Anniversary of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and The Launching of a Massive Drive to Register Puerto Rican Voters on the U.S. Mainland.

DATE: July 17, 2002

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

CONTACT: 202-662-7500

WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org

Thursday, June 18, 2002

TIME: 12 noon

EVENT: HERITAGE FOUNDATION holds a program entitled "Reining in Redtape: The Past and Future of Regulatory Review."

WHO: The speakers are:

Sally Katzen, Visiting Lecturer in Government, Smith College, OIRA Administrator, Clinton Administration, 1993 - 97

James C. Miller, III, Chairman, CapAnalysis Group, an affiliate of Howrey, Simon, Arnold & White, OIRA Administrator, Reagan Administration, 1981

James MacRae, Acting OIRA Administrator, Bush Administration, 1989 - 92

DATE: July 18, 2002

LOCATION: 214 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-675-1752

WEB ADDRESS:heritage.org

TIME: 12 noon

EVENT: CATO INSTITUTE holds a policy forum on Troubled IDEA: Perspectives on Federal Special Education Law Reform

WHO: The speakers are:

Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colorado

Chester E. Finn Jr., Thomas B. Fordham Foundation

Steve Bartlett, Presidential Commission on Excellence in Special Education

Marie Gryphon, Cato Institute

David Salisbury, Cato Institute

DATE: July 18, 2002

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

CONTACT: 202-789-5229

WEB ADDRESS:cato.org

TIME: 1 p.m.

EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds its "Luncheon Newsmaker" news program featuring Robert Ingram, COO and President, GlaxoSmithKline.

DATE: July 18, 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: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program on Indonesia: Russia with Sunshine? With Robert A. Pollard, U.S. Consul General, Surabaya, Indonesia.

DATE: June 18, 2002

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

Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-287-3400

WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu

Friday, July 19, 2002

TIME: 12 noon

EVENT: CATO INSTITUTE holds a policy forum on "Global Warming: Rational Science, Rational Policy."

WHO: The speakers are:

Patrick J. Michaels, Cato Institute and University of Virginia, Author, The Satanic Gases: Clearing the Air about Global Warming

Jerry Taylor, Cato Institute

DATE: July 19, 2002

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

CONTACT: 202-789-5229

WEB ADDRESS: cato.org

TIME: 12:30 p.m.

EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds its "Luncheon Newsmaker" news program featuring Harvey Pitt, Chairman, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

DATE: July 19, 2002

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

CONTACT: 202-662-7500

WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org

Topics: David Salisbury, Jim Wallis, Patrick J., Tom Tancredo, Woodrow Wilson
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