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Washington Agenda-Weekahead

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WEEK AHEAD EVENTS FOR TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2002

Tuesday August 13, 2002

TIME: 10 a.m.

EVENT: HERITAGE FOUNDATION holds a program entitled The Role Of The Philippines In Southeast Asia's War On Terror with Secretary Angelo Reyes, Secretary of Defense, Republic of the Philippines

DATE: August 13, 2002

LOCATION: 214 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-675-1752

WEB ADDRESS:heritage.org

TIME: 10 a.m.

EVENT: FOREIGN PRESS CENTER holds a briefing with John P. Walters, Director, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy discussing "A Balanced Counterdrug Policy Within Our Hemisphere."

DATE: August 13, 2002

LOCATION: Foreign Press Center, National Press Building, Room, 898, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-724-1640

WEB ADDRESS:fpc.gov

TIME: 12 noon

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EVENT: NATIONAL ARCHIVES presents Greg Touma and John Ware discussing the US humanitarian airlift to the Afghan mujahadeen freedom fighters, 1986--90.

DATE: August 13, 2002

LOCATION: National Archives, 700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC,

CONTACT: 202-501-5000

WEB ADDRESS: nara.gov

TIME: 7 p.m.

EVENT: POLITICS & PROSE BOOKSTORE presents Nelson Lankford discussing and signing copies of RICHMOND BURNING: The Last Days of the Confederate Capital in which Lankford uses diaries, letters, memoirs, and newspaper reports to create a vivid narrative full of the memorable scenes of April, 1865.

DATE: August 13 2002

LOCATION: 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-364-1919

WEB ADDRESS: politics-prose.com

Wednesday, August 14, 2002

TIME: 8:30 a.m.

EVENT: RADIO FREE EUROPE/RADIO LIBERTY holds a program featuring Anne Nivat, Moscow Correspondent, Liberation (Paris, France) discussing "Three Years of War in Chechnya."

DATE: August 14, 2002

LOCATION: 1201 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-457-6949

WEB ADDRESS:rferl.gov

TIME: 12 noon

EVENT: HERITAGE FOUNDATION holds a program entitled Corporate Scandals: Is Deregulation the Culprit?

WHO: The speakers are:

Robert Crandall, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution

Bert Ely, President, Ely and Company

C. Boyden Gray, Partner, Wilmer, Cutler and Pickering, Former Counsel to the President, 1989-1993

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DATE: August 14, 2002

LOCATION: 214 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-675-1752

WEB ADDRESS:heritage.org

TIME: 12 noon

EVENT: NATIONAL ARCHIVES presents CMSgt Larry Parthum, USAF (Ret.) discussing "The Development of Air Force Enlisted Corps," based on his experiences in the US Air Force.

DATE: August 14, 2002

LOCATION: National Archives, 700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC,

CONTACT: 202-501-5000

WEB ADDRESS: nara.gov

TIME: 12 noon

EVENT: CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES holds a panel discussion on Middle Eastern Immigrants in America.

AGENDA: In the aftermath of September 11, there has been heightened interest in the Middle Eastern immigrant population living in the United States, and its successful integration into American society is increasingly seen as important

WHO: The speakers are:

Daniel Pipes, Director, Middle East Forum

Steven A. Camarota, Director of Research, Center for Immigration Studies

Peter Skerry, Professor of Government at Claremont McKenna College and Senior Fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution

DATE: August 14, 2002

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

CONTACT: 202-466-8185

WEB ADDRESS: cis.org

Thursday, August 15, 2002

TIME: 12 noon

EVENT: HERITAGE FOUNDATION holds a program entitled Putting Faith in Neighborhoods: Making Cities Work through Grassroots Citizenship with Stephen Goldsmith, Special Advisor to President George W. Bush for faith-based and community initiatives, Chair, Corporation For National and Community Service

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DATE: August 15, 2002

LOCATION: 214 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-675-1752

WEB ADDRESS:heritage.org

TIME: 12:30 p.m.

EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds its "Luncheon Newsmaker" news program featuring The Federal Minister for Information & Media Development of Pakistan, Nisar Memon, discussing "Freedom of the Press Issues in Pakistan and Pakistan's Role in the War on Terrorism."

DATE: August 15, 2002

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

CONTACT: 202-662-7500

WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org

TIME: 3 p.m.

EVENT: NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD holds its open meeting.

AENDA: Highlighted agenda:

Chair's Report

Director's Report

Assistant Directors' science presentations

- Dr. Mary E. Clutter, Directorate for Biological Sciences

- Dr. Esin Gulari, Directorate for Engineering

Committee reports and other business

DATE: August 15, 2002

LOCATION: National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Room 1235,

Arlington, VA

CONTACT: Bill Noxon, 703-292-8070

WEB ADDRESS:nsb.gov

TIME: 7 p.m.

EVENT: NATIONAL ARCHIVES presents Col. Greg Bailey, USAF (Ret.), comparing combat aviation from Vietnam to the Persian Gulf war.

DATE: August 15, 2002

LOCATION: National Archives, 700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC,

CONTACT: 202-501-5000

WEB ADDRESS: nara.gov

Friday, August 16, 2002

TIME: 12 noon

EVENT: HERITAGE FOUNDATION holds a program on "Are Black Americans Entitled to Slavery Reparations?"

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WHO: The speakers are:

Gregory Kane, Columnist, The Baltimore Sun

Linda Chavez, President, Center for Equal Opportunity

Joe Hicks, Executive Director, Center for the Study of Popular Culture

Jay Parker, President, The Abraham Lincoln Foundation

Todd Gaziano, director, Center for Legal and Judicial Studies, The Heritage Foundation

DATE: August 16, 2002

LOCATION: 214 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-675-1752

WEB ADDRESS:heritage.org

TIME: 6:30 p.m.

EVENT: SMITHSONIAN Art Explorers Workshop for Adults presents "Big Me Little Me," featuring art therapist Kristrinah Talus-Ayala to create a clay self-portrait exploring your public and private self

DATE: August 16, 2002

LOCATION: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-357-3030

WEB ADDRESS: si.edu

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