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EVENTS ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2001
TIME: All Day
EVENT: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF INTERNATIONAL LAW holds a conference entitled "To War, To Court, To Both?"
AGENDA: Highlights:
William H. Taft IV, Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State
9:30 a.m. - Armed Conflict, Terrorism and the Law
Michael Matheson, Senior Fellow, U.S. Institute of Peace; former Acting Legal Adviser, U.S.
Department of State
John Cerone, Executive Director, War Crimes, Research Office, American University Washington College of Law
Lt Col. Jeffrey Walker, USAF
Edwin Williamson, Sullivan & Cromwell; former Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State
Sean Murphy, George Washington University Law School
11:15 a.m. - The Prosecution of Terrorists:
Too Little, Too Late?
Diane Orentlicher, American University, Washington College of Law
Michael Scharf, New England School of Law
Jeffrey Smith, Arnold & Porter; former General
Counsel, CIA
Ruth Wedgwood, Yale Law School
John C. Yoo, Deputy Assistant Attorney General,
Office of the Legal Counsel, Department of Justice
DATE: October 12, 2001
LOCATION: Arnold & Porter, 555 Twelfth Street, NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-930-60000
WEB ADDRESS:asil.org
TIME: All Day
EVENT: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Trade Roots education program hosts 25 state and local chamber executives from around the country during a three-day Trade Leadership Conference.
DATE: October 12, 2001
LOCATION: 1615 H Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-463-5682
WEB ADDRESS: uschamber.com
TIME: 8:30 a.m.
EVENT: GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY presents a briefing on "Terrorism, Bioterrorism and Radical Extremists."
DATE: October 12, 2001
LOCATION: 902 Hart Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 703-993-8782
WEB ADDRESS: georgemason.edu
TIME: 9 a.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE holds a seminar in Tax Policy entitled "President Bush's Tax Plan and the Economy."
WHO: The speakers are:
Kevin A. Hassett, AEI
Donald Kiefer, U.S. Department Of The Treasury
Rosanne Altshuler, Rutgers University
12 noon -- Heritage Foundation presents School Choice: Where Are We Now?
Patrick Wolf Georgetown Public Policy Institute
Danny Labry The Washington Scholarship Fund
Kaleem Caire Black Alliance For Educational Options
Richard Komer Institute For Justice
DATE: October 12, 2001
LOCATION: 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-862-5933
WEB ADDRESS:aei.org
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE President and CEO Thomas Donohue briefing reporters on his Oct. 14-21 trip to Asia, including stops in Hong Kong and Shanghai, where he will attend meetings of the Asia-Pacific Economic Council.
DATE: October 12, 2001
LOCATION: 1615 H Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-463-5682
WEB ADDRESS:uschamber.com
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: CLARE BOOTH LUCE POLICY INSTITUTE holds a tribute to Republican activist Barbara Olsen.
DATE: October 12, 2001
LOCATION: 300 First Street SE, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 703-783-5004
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: HERITAGE FOUNDATION holds a program on "School Choice: Where Are We Now?"
WHO: The speakers are:
Patrick Wolf Georgetown Public Policy Institute
Danny Labry The Washington Scholarship Fund
Kaleem Caire Black Alliance For Educational Options
Richard Komer Institute For Justice
DATE: October 12, 2001
LOCATION: 214 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-675-1752
WEB ADDRESS: heritage.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: CENTER ON BUDGET AND POLICY PRIORITIES holds a news conference with Columbia University Professor Joseph Stiglitz, who this week was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics discussing current economic conditions and proposed stimulus responses.
DATE: October 12, 2001
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Michelle Bazie, 202-408-1080.
WEB ADDRESS:cbpp.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE holdss its Friday Forum on Patriotism Reborn: A Conservation With AEI fellow Walter Berns.
DATE: October 12, 2001
LOCATION: 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-862-5933
WEB ADDRESS:aei.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: CENTER FOR NATIONAL POLICY holds the first of six meetings focusing on the Taiwan-China relationship and implications for US policy.
WHO: The speakers are:
Ralph Clough, a leading scholar of Cross-Strait relations at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies
Richard Bush, director of the American Institute in Taiwan
Lyushun Shen, deputy representative of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office
DATE: October 12, 2001
LOCATION: 366 Dirksen Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-682-4118
WEB ADDRESS:cnponline.org
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: KENNEDY CENTER MILLENIUM STAGE presents Sister's Trousers Dance Company who's performance satisfies seasoned dance audiences and dance novices alike.
DATE: October 12, 2001
LOCATION: 2700 F Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-416-8000
WEB ADDRESS: kennedy-center.org
TIME: 7 p.m.
EVENT: POLITICS & PROSE BOOKSTORE features David Halberstam discussing and signing copies of War In A Time Of Peace: Bush, Clinton and the Generals.
DATE: October 12, 2001
LOCATION: 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-364-1919
WEB ADDRESS: politics-prose.com
