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EVENTS ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 2003

TIME: 9:30 a.m.

EVENT: MIDDLE EAST POLICY COUNCIL Capitol Hill Conference Series holds a program on "In the Wake of War: Geo-strategy, Terrorism, Oil Markets, and Domestic Politics."

WHO: The speakers are:

Frank Anderson, Former Division Chief, Near East and South Asia, Directorate of Operations, CIA

Fareed Mohamedi, Chief Economist, The Petroleum Finance Company Ltd.

Ian S. Lustick, Professor of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania

Chas. W. Freeman, Jr., President, Middle East Policy Council

DATE: January 10, 2003

LOCATION: 562 Dirksen Office Building, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-296-6767

WEB ADDRESS: mepc.org

TIME: 10 a.m.

EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE holds a health policy discussion on "Detecting Medicare Abuse: Can Economists Help the Inspector General Bloodhounds?

WHO: The speakers are:

Daniel P. Kessler, Stanford Univ. and the Univ. of Pennsylvania

Joseph Antos, AEI

Bob Helms, AEI

DATE: January 10, 2003

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 Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, discussing his legislation for comprehensive health care reform.

DATE: January 10, 2003

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

CONTACT: 202-662-7500

WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org

TIME: 11:15 a.m.

EVENT: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE presents Vice President Dick Cheney discussing the President's Economic Growth Plan: Implications for Jobs and the Economy.

DATE: January 10, 2003

LOCATION: 1615 H Street NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-463-5682

WEB ADDRESS:uschamber.com

TIME: 12 noon

EVENT: ALLIANCE OF AMERICAN INSURERS holds a media briefing on major issues facing the property/casualty insurance industry in 2003. Expect to hear information on such federal issues as terrorism insurance, medical malpractice, asbestos litigation, tort reform, privacy, federal charter, credit-based insurance scores, homeowners insurance (including mold issues), auto insurance and workers' compensation.

WHO: The speakers are:

Rodger S. Lawson, Ph.D., Alliance President

Other Alliance representatives will include:

Dave Farmer, Sr. VP of Federal Affairs

John Lobert, Sr. VP of State Government Affairs

Ann Spragens, Sr. VP and General Counsel

DATE: January 10, 2003

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

CONTACT: Joseph Manero, 202-822-8811

WEB ADDRESS: allianceai.org

TIME: 12 noon

EVENT: WASHINGTON AREA STATE RELATIONS GROUP presents National Commentator, Pollster & Campaign Consultant Vie Fingerhut.

DATE: January 10, 2003

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

CONTACT: 540-972-6550

WEB ADDRESS: wasrg.com

TIME: 12 noon

EVENT: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service Center for Latin American Studies holds a program featuring Oswaldo Payá Sardiñas, leader of the Varela Project in Cuba, a grassroots pro-democracy initiative in Cuba to introduce legislative initiatives.

DATE: January 10, 2003

LOCATION: Gaston Hall, 3rd Floor, Healy Hall, 37TH and O Streets NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-687-4328

WEB ADDRESS: Georgetown.edu

TIME: 12 noon

EVENT: CATO INSTITUTE holds a luncheon roundtable discussion about the state of business ethics.

WHO: The speakers are:

Tibor Machan, coauthor, professor of business ethics at Chapman University

Prof. John Hasnas associate professor of law at George Mason University

DATE: January 10, 2003

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

CONTACT: 202-789-5229

WEB ADDRESS: cato.org

TIME: 12:15 p.m.

EVENT: KENAN INSTITUTE OF PRIVATE ENTERPRISE holds a program on By Any Necessary Means? Litigating Human Rights in U.S. Courts.

WHO: The speakers are:

J. Dan O'Flaherty, National Foreign Trade Council,

Terry Collingsworth, International Labor Rights Fund,

Martin Weinstein, Foley Lardner,

Michael Posner, Lawyer's Committee for Human Rights

DATE: January 10, 2003

LOCATION: Rayburn House Office Building, RM B318

CONTACT: 202-289-4128

TIME: 12:30 p.m.

EVENT: ASIA SOCIETY holds a lecture: The United Nations Today: A Personal Perspective with Sichan Siv, United States Representative to the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations in New York.

DATE: January 10, 2003

LOCATION: 1800 K Street NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-833-2742

WEB ADDRESS: asiasociety.org

TIME: 6 p.m.

EVENT: KENNEDY CENTER MILLENIUM STAGE presents Douglas Rosenberg in an evening of Dance for the Camera, accompanied by live music on bass and computer.

DATE: January 10, 2003

LOCATION: 2700 F Street NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-416-8000

WEB ADDRESS: kennedy-center.org

TIME: 7 p.m.

EVENT: POLITICS & PROSE BOOKSTORE presents Vernon Jordan-civil rights leader and advisor to presidents-to talk about his memoir, now in paperback, Vernon Can Read!

DATE: January 10, 2003

LOCATION: 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-364-1919

WEB ADDRESS: politics-prose.com