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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
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
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
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?"
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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