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Washington Agenda-General

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EVENTS ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2002

TIME: All Day

EVENT: E.J. KRAUSE & ASSOCIATES, INC. AND HUDSON INSTITUTE hold 2nd Annual Global Conference on "Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Terrorism: Mitigation and Response.

DATE: November 1, 2002

LOCATION: Washington Hilton and Towers, 1919 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 301-493-5500

WEB ADDRESS: bioterrorism-defense.com/agenda.html

TIME: All Day

EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a conference on the State of the Canada-United States Relationship.

AGENDA: Highlights:

9 a.m. - Security and Border Issues

Author: Sharon Jones, Instructor, SUNY Cortland

Discussant: Christopher Sands, Fellow and Director of the Canada Project, Americas

Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies

10:30 a.m. - Defense Issues

Author: Dwight N. Mason, former U.S. chairman, Permanent Joint Board on Defense,

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Canada-United States

Discussant: Stéphane Roussel, Assistant Professor, Canada Research Chair in Canadian

Foreign and Defense Policy, Department of Political Science, Université du

Québec à Montréal

1 p.m. - Business and Economic Relations

Author: Maureen Molot, Professor of International Affairs and Political Science, Norman

Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University

Discussant: Mark Kasoff, Professor of Economics and Director, Canadian Studies Center,

Bowling Green State University

2:30 p.m. - Cultural Issues

Author: Christopher Maule, Professor, Department of Economics and Distinguished

Research Professor, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton

University

Discussant: Eliza Patterson, international trade lawyer and adjunct professor, Washington and

Lee University Law School

3:45 p.m. - Concluding Remarks

DATE: November 1, 2002

LOCATION: One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-287-3400

WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu

TIME: 8:30 a.m.

EVENT: CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE holds a breakfast meeting on "The Pakistani Elections and the Islamist Challenge."

WHO: The speakers are:

Anatol Lieven has just returned from an extended trip to Pakistan. He will report on the Pakistani elections and security dynamics emanating from Afghanistan through Pakistan and into Kashmir

Marina Ottaway, moderator

DATE: November 1, 2002

LOCATION: CEIP, 1779 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC

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CONTACT: Karen Jacob, 202-939-2372

WEB ADDRESS:ceip.org

TIME: 9 a.m.

EVENT: AMERICAN ATHIESTS holds a news conference on The Godless Americans March on Washington.

DATE: November 1, 2002

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

CONTACT: Ellen Johnson, 973-334-5110

TIME: 12:30 p.m.

EVENT: CATO INSTITUTE holds a policy forum entitled Protection against Higher Premiums Based on Changes in Health Status: Is There a Market-Based Solution?

WHO: The speakers are:

Mark Pauly, University of Pennsylvania

Bradley Herring, Emory University

Keith Crocker, University of Michigan

John Moran, Syracuse University

Rick Curtis, Institute for Health Policy Solutions

Tom Miller, Cato Institute

DATE: November 1, 2002

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

CONTACT: 202-789-5229

WEB ADDRESS: cato.org

TIME: 12:30 p.m.

EVENT: NOVEMBER COALITION JOURNEY FOR JUSTICE holds a rally and kicking off a four year

nation-wide Journey for Justice tour that will expose the injustices suffered by American citizens because of the War on Drugs.

DATE: November 1, 2002

LOCATION: The White House, Lafayette Park, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-299-9780

WEB ADDRESS: ips-dc.org

TIME: 11 a.m.

EVENT: CATO INSTITUTE holds a hill briefing on Too Much Deregulation or Not Enough?

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WHO: The speakers are:

Peter VanDoren, Editor, Regulation Magazine

Mark Cooper, Director of Research, Consumer Federation of America.

DATE: November 1, 2002

LOCATION: 121 Cannon House Office Building, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-789-5229

WEB ADDRESS:cato.org

TIME: 12 noon

EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FRIDAY FORUM presents Former White House Counsel, now AEI resident fellow, Peter Wallison discussing his forthcoming book Ronald Reagan: The Power of Conviction and the Success of His Presidency. Wallison argues that Reagan was successful because--unlike other presidents-- he was willing to stake his presidency on his convictions, and relied on ideas and principles to focus and unite his administration.

DATE: November 1, 2002

LOCATION: 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-862-5933

WEB ADDRESS:aei.org

TIME: 12:30 p.m.

EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds its "Luncheon Newsmaker" news program featuring Michael Kaiser President of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

DATE: November 1, 2002

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

CONTACT: 202-662-7500

WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org

TIME: 1 p.m.

EVENT: CENTER ON BUDGET AND POLICY PRIORITIES will hold a conference call briefing to discuss its analysis of the October unemployment report the Department of Labor will release earlier that day.

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WHO: The speakers are:

Wendell Primus, Director, Income Security

Isaac Shapiro, Senior Fellow,

Robert Greenstein, Executive Director

DATE: November 1, 2002

CONTACT: Michelle Bazie, 202-408-1080.

WEB ADDRESS:cbpp.org

TIME: 1:15 p.m.

EVENT: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY Music Concert Series presents classical guitarist from Spain Francesc de Paula Soler.

DATE: November 1, 2002

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

CONTACT: 202-687-4328

WEB ADDRESS:Georgetown.edu

TIME: 1:30 p.m.

EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds its "Luncheon Newsmaker" news program featuring The Deputy Chairman of the Russian State Duma, Vladimir Volfovich Zhirinovskiy, discussing Russian-American Relations, the Iraq Crisis and Middle East Settlement, Hostage taking by Terrorists in Moscow and International Corporation in Combatting Terrorism.

DATE: November 1, 2002

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

CONTACT: 202-662-7500

WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org

TIME: 2:30 p.m.

EVENT: CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a program on ZIMBABWE'S HUMANITARIAN CRISIS.

WHO: The speakers are:

Roger Winter, Assistant administrator, Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance Bureau, U.S. Agency for International Development

Johnson Mnkandla, Matabeleland Community Leader

Edward Simela, Matabeleland Community Leader

Ernest Mtunzi, Matabeleland Community Leader

David Throup, Senior Research Associate, CSIS Africa Program

DATE: November 1, 2002

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LOCATION: 1800 K Street NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: Mark Schoeff, 202-775-3242

WEB ADDRESS:csis.org

TIME: 2:30 p.m.

EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE NEW ATLANTIC INITIATIVE holds a program on "Society as a Department Store."

WHO: The speakers are:

Ryszard Legutko, Professor Of Philosophy At Jagellonian University (Cracow, Poland)

Michael Novak, George Frederick Jewett Scholar In Religion, Philosophy, And Public Policy, Director Of Social And Political Studies, AEI

Christina Hoff Sommers, Resident Scholar, AEI

DATE: November 1, 2002

LOCATION: 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-862-5933

WEB ADDRESS:aei.org

TIME: 6 p.m.

EVENT: KENNEDY CENTER MILLENIUM STAGE presents cabaret singer, jazz artist and award-winning actress Beverly Cosham bringing her improvisational style to favorite classical jazz songs.

DATE: November 1, 2002

LOCATION: 2700 F Street NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-416-8000

WEB ADDRESS: kennedy-center.org

TIME: 6 p.m.

EVENT: GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY presents David Rockefeller, former CEO of Chase Manhattan Bank and honorary chair of the Council on Foreign Relations, will discuss his life, work, family, and his new book Memoirs, with Dean Harry Harding of The George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs.

DATE: November 1, 2002

LOCATION: Marvin Center Ballroom, 3rd floor, 800 21st Street, NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-994-3087

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WEB ADDRESS:gwu.edu

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