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EVENTS ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2003
TIME: All Day
EVENT: RESERVE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION'S Mid-Winter Conference.
AGENDA: Highlight:
6 p.m. - ARMY: Junior Officer, Warrant Officer and Drill Sergeant of the Year Recipients' Reception
DATE: January 21, 2003
LOCATION: Washington Hilton and Towers, 1919 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: John O'Shea, 202-646-7710 or 202-329-5734
WEB ADDRESS: roa.org
TIME: 8:15 a.m.
EVENT: ROCK FOR LIFE, the youth project of the American Life League holds activism events offering the truth about abortion, infanticide, and euthanasia to America's youth through music and ministry
AGENDA: Highlight:
8:15 a.m. - Peaceful Prayer at Planned Parenthood Abortion Clinic, Planned Parenthood, 1108 16th St., NW, Washington, DC
10 a.m. - Prayer and Protest at the FDA, 200 C St. SW, Washington, DC
DATE: January 21, 2003
CONTACT: call 540-659-4171 or 540-226-9004
WEB ADDRESS: all.org
TIME: 9 a.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS AND AMERICAN SOCIETY OF INTERNAL MEDICINE hold a news conference on State of the Union's Health Care.
DATE: January 21, 2003
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Carolyn McGuire, 202-261-4572
WEB ADDRESS: acponline.org
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
EVENT: CATHOLIC INFORMATION CENTER, THE FREE CONGRESS FOUNDATION AND THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COALITION FOR LIFE hold a roundtable discussion and book signing: "Back to the Drawing Board: The Future of the Pro-Life Movement."
DATE: January 21, 2003
LOCATION: 1501 K Street NW, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202-783-2062
WEB ADDRESS: cicdc.org
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
EVENT: AARP holds a news conference to preview the arguments and discuss the implications of a landmark case before the Supreme Court that could lower the cost of prescription drugs for the uninsured.
WHO: The speakers are:
John Carr, President of Maine Council of Senior Citizens
Bill Novelli, Executive Director and CEO of AARP
John J. Sweeney, President of AFL-CIO
George J. Korpias, President of Alliance for Retired Americans
Rep. Michael Michaud (D-ME)
Chellie Pingree, former ME state senator and original sponsor of "Maine Rx"; Paulette Beaudoin and Carleen Simpson, older Maine residents who took part in bus trips to Canada to get lower costs for medications.
DATE: January 21, 2003
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Carol Shirley, 202-434-2596
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
EVENT: SENATE DEMOCRATIC POLICY COMMITTEE holds a program to examine the Bush economic "stimulus" proposal.
WHO: The speakers are:
Robert Hormats, Vice Chairman of Goldman Sachs International
Nancy Farmer, Treasurer of the State of Missouri
Peter Orszag, economists and senior fellows at the Brookings Institution
Chris Edwards, Director of Fiscal Policy Studies at the Cato Institute.
DATE: January 21, 2003
LOCATION: 628 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Brendan Daly/Cindy Jimenez, 202-225-0100
TIME: 11:30 a.m.
EVENT: CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a program to report release "A Wiser Peace: An Action Strategy for a Post-Conflict Iraq"
WHO: The speakers are:
Frederick D. Barton, Senior Adviser, CSIS
Bathsheba N. Crocker, Fellow, CSIS
DATE: January 21, 2003
LOCATION: 1800 K Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Mark Schoeff, 202-775-3242
WEB ADDRESS:csis.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE NEW ATLANTIC INITIATIVE holds an event on The War Powers and the United Nations: Who Can Order War?
The United Nations was created to be a League of Nations with teeth, and the world body to mediate conflict and protect the peace, by force if necessary. However, with the accession of non-democracies, the UN's asserted monopoly on legitimizing war and peace has become increasingly controversial.
WHO: The speakers are:
Radek Sikorski, NAI
Michael Glennon, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
Jeremy Rabkin, Cornell University
David Scheffer, UN Association of America
Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, AEI
DATE: January 21, 2003
LOCATION: 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-862-5933
WEB ADDRESS: aei.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: US INSTITUTE OF PEACE holds a issues briefing with Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage discussing Iraq
DATE: January 21, 2003
LOCATION: 1200 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-429-3824
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE holds a book forum and luncheon on The Rule of Lawyers: How the New Litigation Elite Threatens America's Rule of Law by Walter K. Olson.
AGENDA: Today's class-action lawyers are carving out a new and dangerous role for themselves within our society. Not content with the record-shattering $246 billion dollar tobacco settlement and immense winnings in asbestos suits, they have taken aim against HMOs, gun makers, lead paint manufacturers, and many other companies in search of large settlements. Soon they will be going after targets such as fast food chains, makers of video games, liquor distributors, and gambling operators.
DATE: January 21, 2003
LOCATION: 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-862-5933
WEB ADDRESS: aei.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program on The Post-9/11 Security Dynamics in Central Asia with Mehrdad Haghayeghi, Associate Professor, Department of political science, Southwest Missouri State, and former Title VIII-Supported Research Scholar, Kennan Institute.
DATE: January 21, 2003
LOCATION: One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202-287-3400
WEB ADDRESS: wwics.si.edu
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: WOMAN'S NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CLUB presents Judith Martin, "Miss Manners" to talk about her new book: Star-Spangled Manners,
DATE: January 21, 2003
LOCATION: 1526 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-232-7363
WEB ADDRESS: democraticwoman.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: WOMEN IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE Professional Development Committee will hold a brownbag lunch on workforce re-entry and alternate/flexible work arrangements
DATE: January 21, 2003
LOCATION: 1001 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-785-9842
WEB ADDRESS: wiit.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds its "Luncheon Newsmaker" news program featuring Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-MA.
DATE: January 21, 2003
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-662-7500
WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: FEDERALIST SOCIETY holds a news conference on "Federalism, Preemption and the Supreme Court." Preemption is an area that raises many important, complex and even vexing questions for individuals grappling with the Constitution's structure. The current Supreme Court term is proving to be an important one for federalism, as the Court will hear three cases addressing the issue.
WHO: The speakers are:
Prof. Allison Eid, University of Colorado School of Law
Robert Gasaway, Kirkland and Ellis
C. Boyden Gray, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering and former White House Counsel
Robert Peck, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, and Counsel of Record in Jinks v. Richland County
DATE: January 21, 2003
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-822-8138
WEB ADDRESS: fed-soc.org/events/Preemp/Promo.htm
TIME: 2 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds its "Afternoon Newsmaker" news program featuring Mayor John DeStefano, Jr. of New Haven, Connecticut, will discuss "State of America's Cities: Homeland Security and Economic Security."
DATE: January 21, 2003
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-662-7500
WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: KENNEDY CENTER MILLENIUM STAGE presents the jazz stylings of Tony Martucci, a "soloist of unusual melodic depth," (The Washington Post) performing contemporary works for the drums.
DATE: January 21, 2003
LOCATION: 2700 F Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-416-8000
WEB ADDRESS: kennedy-center.org
TIME: 7 pm.
EVENT: NARAL holds its Pro-Choice America's Roe v. Wade 30th Anniversary celebration.
WHO: The speakers are:
Democratic Presidential hopefuls
Tipper & Karenna Gore, Madeleine and Katie
Albright, Ossie Davis, Ed Harris and Amy Madigan, Kathleen Turner
NARAL Pro-Choice America President Kate Michelman
DATE: January 21, 2003
LOCATION: The Omni Shoreham Hotel, 2500 Calvert Street, NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Carlyn Foster at (202) 973-3032 or Jenny Backus at (202)
262-9963.
WEB ADDRESS: Naral.org
TIME: 7:30 p.m.
EVENT: POLITICS & PROSE BOOKSTORE presents Judith Viorst, talking about her new book, Grown-Up Marriage: What We Know, Wish We Had Known and Still Need to Know About Being Married.
DATE: January 21, 2003
LOCATION: 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-364-1919
WEB ADDRESS: politics-prose.com
