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EVENTS ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2002
TIME: 8 a.m.
EVENT: COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS holds a program on America Still Unprepared - America Still in Danger.
WHO: The speakers are:
Gary Hart, Former Member, U.S. Senate (D-CO) Of Counsel, Coudert Brothers
Warren B. Rudman, Former Member, U.S. Senate (R-NH), Partner, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, Task Force Member
James Kallstrom, Senior Executive Vice President, MBNA America Bank, Former Director, Office of Public Security for the State of New York
Charles G. Boyd, CEO & President, Business Executives for National Security, Former Deputy Commander in Chief, U.S. European Command
Stephen E. Flynn, Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Senior Fellow for National Security Studies, Council
on Foreign Relations, Former Commander, United States Coast Guard
DATE: October 25, 2002
LOCATION: 1779 Massachusetts Avenue, Washington, D.C
CONTACT: Marieke Beeuwkes, 212-434-9537
WEB ADDRESS: cfr.org
TIME: 9 a.m.
EVENT: PROGRESSIVE POLICY INSTITUTE holds a forum on ''America's Hidden Tax on the Poor.''
AGENDA: America's trade barriers are highly regressive and largely hidden taxes that hit low-income Americans the hardest while doing little to actually protect jobs at home.
WHO: The speakers are:
Ed Gresser, Director, Trade and Global Markets Project, PPI
Jared Bernstein, Co-Director of Research, Economic Policy Institute
DATE: October 25, 2002
LOCATION: Progressive Policy Institute, 600 Pennsylvania Ave, SE, Suite 400, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202-547-0001
WEB ADDRESS: ppionline.org
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB Forums Committee holds a program on "Gun Control and the 2000 and 2002 elections."
DATE: October 25, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-662-7500
WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE holds a conference on Do Lower Mortgage Rates Increase Homeownership?
AGENDA: Highlights:
9:30 a.m. - Peter J. Wallison, AEI
9:45 a.m. - Panel 1:Mortgage Rates and Homeownership
Howard Savage, U.S. Census Bureau
Susan Wachter, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvana
Anthony Yezer, George Washington University
Ron Feldman, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
11:15 a.m. - Panel 2: Effects of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac on Mortgage Rates
Joseph Mckenzie, Federal Housing Finance B
Frank Nothaft, Freddie Mac
DATE: October 25, 2002
LOCATION: 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-862-5933
WEB ADDRESS:aei.org
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: UNITED STATES INSTITUE OF PEACE holds an issues briefing on "The United Nations And its Security Agenda."
WHO: The speakers are:
Dr. Han Seung-Soo, Korean National Assembly Minister and Former President of the UN General Assembly
Richard H. Solomon, President, U.S. Institute of Peace
DATE: October 25, 2002
LOCATION: 1200 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-429-3832
WEB ADDRESS: usip.org
TIME: 11 a.m.
EVENT: PEACE DEVELOPEMNT FUND holds a news conference to discuss communities contaminated by nuclear and chemical weapons facilities.
DATE: October 25, 2002
LOCATION: 1822 R Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-484-3816
WEB ADDRESS: peacedevelopemtfund.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: A.N.S.W.E.R. COALITION holds a news conference to discuss National March On Washington DC on Saturday, October 26, 2002.
AGENDA: the first anniversary of the signing of the so-called Patriot Act -- anti-war, civil rights, labor, student and other forces are joining together to launch a massive international mobilization in opposition to a new war against the people of Iraq. Mass marches and rallies will be held in Washington DC and San Francisco in the U.S., and in many other countries.
DATE: October 25, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Tony Murphy, 202-544-3389
WEB ADDRESS: International ANSWER.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: PLANNED PARENTHOOD presents its fourth Annual Champions of Choice Awards luncheon.
DATE: October 25, 2002
LOCATION: Washington Hilton, 1919 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-248-8449
WEB ADDRESS: plannedparenthood.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: FEDERALIST SOCIETY holds a news conference on" Federal Drug Administration (FDA) and the 1st Amendment."
WHO: The speakers are:
Richard M. Cooper, Williams & Connolly and former FDA Chief Counsel
Arnold Friede, Pfizer Inc., Legal Division
Richard Samp, Washington Legal Foundation
William Schultz, Zuckerman Spader and former FDA Associate Commissioner for Policy
DATE: October 25, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-822-8138
WEB ADDRESS: fed-soc
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: CATO INSTITUTE holds a hill briefing on "Corporate Scandals: Misdiagnosis Leads to Misguided Cures."
WHO: The speakers are:
William Niskanen, Chairman, Cato Institute
Alan Reynolds, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute
DATE: October 25, 2002
LOCATION: 2105 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-789-5229
WEB ADDRESS:cato.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE holds a book forum for Bubbleology: The New Science of Stock Market Winners and Losers.
WHO: The speakers are:
Christopher DeMuth, AEI
Kevin A. Hassett, AEI
DATE: October 25, 2002
LOCATION: 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-862-5933
WEB ADDRESS: aei.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: WOMAN'S NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CLUB presents Vernon Jordan, a leader in the civil rights movement, discussing his memoir, Vernon Can Read, which he co-authored with Annette Gordon-Reed. He has lived through the good and the bad of the movement, beginning in the 1950's.
DATE: October 25, 2002
LOCATION: 1526 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-232-7363
WEB ADDRESS: democraticwomen.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds its "Luncheon Newsmaker" news program-featuring director, National Gallery of Art Earl Powell.
DATE: October 25, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-662-7500
WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org
TIME: 2 p.m.
EVENT: POLITICS & PROSE BOOKSTORE presents Scott Simon discussing and signing copies of Jackie Robinson And The Integration Of Baseball. Ending racial segregation in baseball required a stoic heroism, and brash, arrogant Jackie Robinson was an unlikely candidate for the role.
DATE: October 25, 2002
LOCATION: 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-364-1919
WEB ADDRESS: politics-prose.com
TIME: 3 p.m.
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER Sovereignty In The Digital Age holds a Intellectual Property Rights In the Digital Age," featuring James Rogan, Undersecretary of Commerce For Intellectual Property and Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
DATE: October 25, 2002
LOCATION: One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-287-3400
WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu
TIME: 4:30 p.m.
EVENT: INTERFAITHPRAYER VIGIL AND PEACE WALK invites citizens to join on the eve of the October 26th anti-war demonstration.
DATE: October 25, 2002
LOCATION: Upper Senate Park, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 301-270-8353
TIME: 8 p.m.
EVENT: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY presents Anne O. Krueger, First Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund discussing "Whither Latin America?" which will include an assessment of the growth performance of the region and discussion of the IMF's recent sovereign debt restructuring proposal proposal.
DATE: October 25, 2002
LOCATION: Healy Hall, 37TH and O Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-687-4328
WEB ADDRESS:Georgetown.edu
