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EVENTS ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2002
TIME: All Day
EVENT: FORTUNE MAGAZINE holds its Global Forum.
AGENDA: Highlights:
8 a.m. - Fortune China CEO Roundtable
10 a.m.- Concurrent programs
CEO Preparedness Workshop: Are You Taking The Right Steps? Ritz Carlton, 1150 22nd Street, N.W.
The Arab Countries: Issues, Answers, And Opportunities, Four Seasons- Georgetown Hotel,
7 p.m. - Gala Dinner, National Building Museum
Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense
Richard D. Parsons, Chief Executive Officer, AOL Time Warner Inc.
Ann S. Moore, Chairman and CEO, Time Inc.
Geoff Colvin, Editorial Director, FORTUNE, Co-anchor, PBS's Wall $treet Week with FORTUNE
DATE: November 11, 2002
CONTACT: 202-452-7809
TIME: All Day
EVENT: NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS holds its semi- annual meeting themed "A Place at the Table: A Catholic Recommitment to Overcome Poverty and to Respect the Dignity of All Gods Children."
DATE: November 11, 2002
LOCATION: Hyatt Regency-Capitol Hill, 400 New Jersey Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-541-3200
WEB ADDRESS:usccb.org
TIME: 11 a.m.
EVENT: MILITARY DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON Veterans Day programs.
AGENDA: Highlights:
11 a.m. - Presidential wreath-laying ceremony and memorial service
President George W. Bush will place a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns and deliver remarks honoring America's military veterans during a remembrance ceremony in the Memorial Amphitheater. The cemetery opens at 8 a.m. A free shuttle bus service will begin transporting people from the Visitors Center to the ceremony site at about 9 a.m. Seating in the amphitheater is available on a first come, first served basis. For details, call (202) 685-4645.
3 p.m. - Memorial service honoring Gen. John J. Pershing
The Military Order of the World Wars will host a remembrance ceremony at the grave of Gen. John J. Pershing in Section 34. For details, call (703) 683-4911.
4 p.m. - Remembrance ceremony for female military veterans
A wreath-laying ceremony is slated at the Women in Military Service for America Memorial. The building is located outside the cemetery's main entrance. For details, call (703) 533-1155.
DATE: November 11, 2002
LOCATION: Arlington Cemetery, Arlington, VA
WEB ADDRESS: mdw.army.mil
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY BMW Center for German and European Studies of the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service holds a faculty seminar featuring Professor Charles Keely, Herzberg Professor of International Migration Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service discussing "European Refugee and Asylum Policy in the 21st Century: End of a Regime or Transformation?"
DATE: November 11, 2002
LOCATION: ICC 550, 37th and O Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-687-4328
WEB ADDRESS:Georgetown.edu
TIME: 1 p.m.
EVENT: VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL FUND holds a commemoration of the 20th Anniversary of The Wall during the Annual Veterans Day Observance.
AGENDA: Highlights:
General Richard B. Myers, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Sen. John F. Kerry, D-MA
Lt. General Claudia Kennedy, USA (Ret.)
Richard B. Lieb, The Dewey Companies (Paoli, Pennsylvania)
James V. Kimsey, Founding CEO & Chairman Emeritus, America Online, Inc.
DATE: November 11, 2002
LOCATION: Vietnam Veteran Memorial, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-393-0090
WEB ADDRESS: vvmf.org
TIME: 4 p.m.
EVENT: CATO INSTITUTE holds a book forum on "The Skeptic: A Life of H. L. Mencken."
WHO: The speakers are:
Author, Terry Teachout, Commentary magazine
P. J. O'Rourke, Cato Institute.
DATE: November 11, 2002
LOCATION: Cato Institute, 1000 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-789-5229
WEB ADDRESS:cato.org
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: KENNEDY CENTER MILLENIUM STAGE presents Sons of the Never Wrong who have developed a cult following in Chicago with their witty songs performed in three-part harmony. They combines guitar, accordion, banjo, keyboard, and mandolin sounds with yodeling and scat singing.
DATE: November 11, 2002
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 Joe Queenan discussing and signing copies of The Malcontents: The Best Bitter, Cynical, and Satirical Writing in the World. It is a collection of writing in history. Organized chronologically, the anthology begins with Aristophanes' The Birds and concludes with Flann O'Brien's parody, The Irish Times.
DATE: November 11, 2002
LOCATION: 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-364-1919
WEB ADDRESS: politics-prose.com