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WEEK AHEAD EVENTS ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 2003

Tuesday, January 14, 2003

TIME: All Day

EVENT: NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION AND THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY hold a media briefing and national policy forum on What Is The State of the Union?

WHO: The speakers are:

Sen. John Breaux, D-LA

Maya MacGuineas, Fellow,

Michael Calabrese, Director, Public Assets Program

Ray Boshara, Director, Asset Building Program

Michael Lind, senior Fellow

Margaret Talbot, Senior Fellow

Karen Kornbluh, Director, Work and Family Program, New America Foundation

Shannon Brownlee, Senior Fellow

James Pinkerton, Fellow

Ted Halstead, President and CEO

DATE: January 14, 2003

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

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CONTACT: Jud Mathews, 202-986-4901

WEB ADDRESS: newamerica.net

TIME: 12 noon

EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program on The Future of the Transatlantic Relationship

with Ambassador Antonio Puri Purini, Diplomatic Advisor to the President of Italy.

DATE: January 14, 2003

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

Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-287-3400

WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu

TIME: 12 noon

EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program on Iran: From Political Gridlock to Crisis of Legitimacy

with Ramin Jahanbegloo, Head of the Department for Contemporary Studies, Cultural Research Bureau (Tehran).

DATE: January 14, 2003

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

Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-287-3400

WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu

TIME: 12:30 p.m.

EVENT: WOMAN'S NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CLUB presents a program on the HIV/AIDS Pandemic -- The Crisis of Our Time.

WHO: The speakers are:

Philippe Chiliade, M.D., Medical Dir., Whitman Walker Clinic

Radhika Sarin, Staff Researcher, Worldwatch Institute

Naina Dhingra, Pres., GW Student, Global AIDS Campaign, "Young

Visionary Award" (National Capital Region UN Assn.)

DATE: January 14, 2003

LOCATION: 1526 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-232-7363

WEB ADDRESS: democraticwomen.org

TIME: 2 p.m.

EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds its "Afternoon Newsmaker" news program featuring Ambassador of Greece to the United States, H.E. George Savvaides, discussing "The Greek Presidency of the European Union: Priorities and Goals."

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DATE: January 14, 2003

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

CONTACT: 202-662-7500

WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org

Wednesday, January 15, 2003

TIME: 9 a.m.

EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program on Prospects for Democratic Change in Iraq

Barham Salih, Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government.

DATE: January 15, 2003

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

Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-287-3400

WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu

TIME: 12 noon

EVENT: HERITAGE FOUNDATION holds a program entitled Retoothing the Tiger: Restoring Confidence in the Securities and Exchange Commission.

WHO: The speakers are:

Rep. Michael G. Oxley, R OH, Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee

and co-sponsor of the Sarbanes-Oxley legislation for corporate accountability.

James K. Glassman, Resident Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute,

syndicated columnist with the Washington Post and host of TechCentralStation.com.

Professor Lawrence E. Mitchell, Professor of Law, George Washington University Law School, Director of the Sloan Program for the Study of Business in Society and the International Institute for Corporate Governance and Accountability.

DATE: January 15, 2003

LOCATION: 214 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-675-1752

WEB ADDRESS: heritage.org

TIME: 12 noon

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EVENT: NATIONAL ECONOMIST CLUB holds its luncheon program featuring Kathleen Utgoff, Commissioner, Bureau of Labor Statistics, discussing "New Developments at the BLS."

DATE: January 15, 2003

LOCATION: Chinatown Garden, 618 H St., NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 703-739-9404

WEB ADDRESS: national-economists.org

TIME: 12:15 p.m.

EVENT: CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE holds a luncheon forum on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in China: Why Surging Levels of FDI May Indicate Serious Economic Problems.

WHO: The speakers are:

Yasheng Huang, Associate Professor at Harvard Business School

Minxin Pei, Senior Associate and Co-Director of the China Program at Carnegie

DATE: January 15, 2003

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

CONTACT: 202-483-7600

WEB ADDRESS:ceip.org

TIME: 12:30 p.m.

EVENT: RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE holds a program on Using Mandated Speed Limits to Measure the Value of a Statistical Life with Orley Ashenfelter, Princeton University.

DATE: January 15, 2003

LOCATION: 1616 P Street, NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-328-5000

WEB ADDRESS: rff.org

TIME: 12:30 p.m.

EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds its "Luncheon Newsmaker" news program featuring Lynn Swann NFL Hall of Famer and Chairman of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports.

DATE: January 15, 2003

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

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CONTACT: 202-662-7500

WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org

TIME: 6:30 p.m.

EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program on St. Petersburg: Architectural Legacy and Restoration Challenges.

WHO: The speakers are:

Svetlana Boym, Professor, Slavic Department, Harvard University

Roger Lewis, Professor, School of Architecture, University of Maryland

Nikita Maslennikov, former Head of Investment Projets, St. Petersburg City Administration

DATE: January 15, 2003

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

Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-287-3400

WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu

Thursday, January 16, 2003

TIME: 8:30 a.m.

EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program on The Terrorism of Hizbollah: Ideology, Scope, Threat

with Jeffrey Goldberg, Martin Kramer, and Walter Reich

DATE: January 16, 2003

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

Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-287-3400

WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu

TIME: 12 noon

EVENT: CATO INSTITUTE holds a book forum on The Case Against Lawyers featuring the author, Catherine Crier, Host, "Catherine Crier Live," Court TV.

DATE: January 16, 2003

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

CONTACT: 202-789-5229

WEB ADDRESS: cato.org

Friday January 17, 2003

TIME: 12 noon

EVENT: CATO INSTITUTE holds a Hill Briefing on How to Protect Property Rights, the Environment, and the Constitution.

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WHO: The speakers are:

Roger Pilon, Vice President for Legal Affairs

B. Kenneth Simon Chair in Constitutional Studies.

DATE: January 17, 2003

LOCATION: B-338 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-789-5229

WEB ADDRESS: cato.org

TIME: 12:15 p.m.

EVENT: NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION holds a program on Industrial Policy in Aerospace: U.S. and European Union Practices featuring John E. Impert, Vice President, Government Affairs, Boeing International Corporation

DATE: January 17, 2003

LOCATION: 1630 Connecticut Ave., NW, 7th Floor, Washington, DC

CONTACT: Jud Mathews, 202-986-4901

WEB ADDRESS: newamerica.net

TIME: 12:30 p.m.

EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds its "Luncheon Newsmaker" news program featuring Rep. Jesse L. Jackson, Jr., (D-IL).

DATE: January 17, 2003

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

CONTACT: 202-662-7500

WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org

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