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Washington Agenda-General

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EVENTS ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2003

TIME: All Day

EVENT: U.S. Conference of Mayors holds its 71st Winter Meeting.

AGENDA: Highlight:

12:30 p.m. - James A. Garner, Mayor of Hempstead, Vice President, The United States

Conference of Mayors

Francois Nader, M.D, Senior Vice President, Medical Affairs, Aventis Pharmaceuticals

Duane Meek, President, Nationwide Retirement Solutions

Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-MA

DATE: January 22, 2003

LOCATION: Capital Hilton, 16th and K Streets NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-293-7330;

WEB ADDRESS: usmayors.org

TIME: All Day

EVENT: ACADEMYHEALTH AND JOURNAL HEALTH AFFAIRS provides an in-depth look at the nation's health policy agenda at the National Health Policy Conference.

AGENDA: Highlights:

8:15 a.m. - Plenary Session: Bush Administration's Health Policy Agenda

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Key officials will address the Bush Administration's 2003 health policy agenda.

Tommy Thompson, HHS (invited)

Thomas Scully, CMS (confirmed)

Mark McClellan, FDA (confirmed)

9:45 a.m. - Trends in Health Care: Challenges and Implications

Chairman and CEO of one of the nation's largest health insurers will discuss the major health care trends and how they're reshaping health care.

Leonard Schaeffer, WellPoint Health Networks

12:45 p.m. - Lunch and Luncheon Speaker

Concierge Health Care: Using Economic Theory to Peek Deeply into America's Soul

Speaker: Uwe Reinhardt, Princeton University

4:15 p.m. - Public Perception of Key Health Issues

Bob Blendon, Harvard University

DATE: January 22, 2003

LOCATION: J.W. Marriott Hotel, 1331 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, D.C.

CONTACT: Kari Root, 202-292-6778

WEB ADDRESS: academyhealth.org

TIME: All Day

EVENT: ANNUAL MARCH FOR LIFE on the 30th anniversary of Roe.

AGENDA: Highlights:

7:45 a.m. - Praise and worship

9a.m. - Prayer at Planned Parenthood

10:30 a.m. - Walk to March for Life site

11 a.m. - Literature and sign distribution

11 a.m. - Corner of 15th & Constitution, next to the Washington Monument

DATE: January 22, 2003

CONTACT: Rachel Starr, 202-488-7000

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WEB ADDRESS: nrlc.org

TIME: All Day

EVENT: RESERVE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION'S Mid-Winter Conference.

AGENDA: Highlight:

Congressional Visits

DATE: January 22, 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: 8:30 a.m.

EVENT: CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a news conference releasing a report on water resource management along the U.S.-Mexico border.

WHO: The speakers are:

Thomas "Mack" McLarty, Former Special Envoy to the Americas, Vice Chairman, Kissinger McLarty Associates

James Jones, Former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, Cochairman, Manatt, Jones Global Strategies

Al Zapanta, President and CEO, U.S.-Mexico Chamber of Commerce

Armand Peschard-Sverdrup, Director, CSIS Mexico Project

DATE: January 22, 2003

LOCATION: 1800 K Street NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: Mark Schoeff, 202-775-3242

WEB ADDRESS:csis.org

TIME: 8:30 a.m.

EVENT: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BUSINESS ECONOMISTS presents Takayuki Matsuo, Director of the Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry, OECD, discussing Knowledge/innovation-driven Growth: The OECD Approach.

DATE: January 22, 2003

LOCATION: OECD Washington Center, 2001 L Street NW, Suite 650

Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202.463.6223

WEB ADDRESS: nabe.com

TIME: 9:30 a.m.

EVENT: US PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP holds a news conference to release a report entitled Toxic Release And Health: A Review Of Pollution Data And Current Knowledge On The Health Effects Of Roxic Chemicals.

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DATE: January 22, 2003

LOCATION: 2203 Rayburn Office Building, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-546-97-7

WEB ADDRESS: uspirg.org

TIME: 9:30 a.m.

EVENT: AMERICAN LIFE LEAGUE holds a news conference to unveil the first phase of its new three-part ad campaign titled "The Deadly Dozen." This ad campaign will identify 12 members of the United States Senate who openly support legalized abortion while also claiming to be faithful Catholics. The subsequent ad campaigns will focus on "Deadly Dozens" among the ranks of U.S. House members and U.S. governors.

DATE: January 22, 2003

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

CONTACT: Erik Whittington, 703-690-2510

WEB ADDRESS: all.org

TIME: 9:30 a.m.

EVENT: CENTER FOR FREE MARKET ENVIRONMENTALISM holds a news conference to present our "Mid-Term Report Card on Bush's Environmental Policy."

DATE: January 22, 2003

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

CONTACT: 406-587-9591

WEB ADDRESS: perc.org

TIME: 10 a.m.

EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE holds a panel discussion on The State of the Nation's Ecosystems: An Assessment. The panel will review and discuss the results of the most ambitious private sector effort ever undertaken to ascertain environmental conditions and trends in U.S. ecosystems: the H. John Heinz III Center's report, State of the Nation's Ecosystems: Measuring the Lands, Waters, and Living Resources of the United States.

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WHO: The speakers are:

Thomas Lovejoy, H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics, and the Environment

Robin O'malley, H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics, and the Environment

Paul Portney, Resources for the Future

Norbert Henninger, World Resources Institute

Indur Goklany, AEI

Steven F. Hayward, AEI

DATE: January 22, 2003

LOCATION: 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-862-5933

WEB ADDRESS: aei.org

TIME: 11 a.m.

EVENT: CENTER ON BUDGET AND POLICY PRIORITIES will hold a conference call briefing to discuss The $10 billion in domestic program reductions that have been incorporated into the large, omnibus appropriations bill for 2003 now on the Senate floor, as well as the proposal in the Administration's tax package to accelerate cuts in income tax rates

scheduled for 2004 and 2006.

WHO: The speakers are:

Peter Orszag, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution

Robert Greenstein, Executive Director

Richard Kogan, Senior Fellow

Joel Friedman, Senior Fellow

DATE: January 22, 2003

CONTACT: Michelle Bazie, 202-408-1080.

WEB ADDRESS:cbpp.org

TIME: 12 noon

EVENT: MIDDLE EAST INSTITUTE holds a program featuring Ambassador David Shinn, who has recently returned from a visit to the Sudan, will discuss Sudan's regional role and the role of the United States in promoting a resolution to the civil war between President Umar Al-Bashir's National Islamic Front and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement. Ambassador Shinn is former U.S. Ambassador to Ethopia and served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the American Embassy in Sudan (1983-1986).

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DATE: January 22, 2003

LOCATION: MEI, 1761 N Street NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-785-1141

WEB ADDRESS: mideasti.org

TIME: 12 noon

EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program on Combating Organized Crime in the Balkans.

WHO: The speakers are:

David Binder, Correspondent, The New York Times and MSNBC

John F. Markey, Director of Law Enforcement Assistance Programs and Coordinator, SECI, U.S. Department of State

DATE: January 22, 2003

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

Washington, D.C.

CONTACT: 202-287-3400

WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu

TIME: 12 noon

EVENT: WOMEN IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE Environment Section holds a discussion on "Recent Trends in Criminal Enforcement of Environmental Laws."

DATE: January 22, 2003

LOCATION: 600 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, D.C.

CONTACT: 202-785-9842

WEB ADDRESS: wiit.org

TIME: 12 noon

EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE holds a luncheon talk on Japan featuring Shizuka Kamei, member of the Japanese Diet. He is the former Chairman of the Policy Research Council of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and the leader of the LDP's second largest faction. At AEI, Mr. Kamei will discuss both foreign and domestic policy issues facing Japan. The title of his speech will be "Japan's choices in 2003.

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DATE: January 22, 2003

LOCATION: 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-862-5933

WEB ADDRESS: aei.org

TIME: 12 noon

EVENT: NATIONAL COUNCIL ON THE AGING hosting an event to launch BenefitsCheckUpRx, the first and only Web-based screening tool that enables seniors to determine eligibility for public and private patient assistance and other programs that can help them save money on the medications they need.

WHO: The speakers are:

James Firman, president/CEO, NCOA

Thomas A. Scully, administrator, CMS

John Rother, policy director, AARP

Barbara Cooper, senior program officer for Medicare's Future, The Commonwealth Fund

DATE: January 22, 2003

LOCATION: Edgewood Terrace, Youth Development Gateway, 601 Edgewood St., NE, Washington, DC

CONTACT: Scott Parkin, 202-479-6975, Tracy Krughoff, 202-585-0231 or Kari Shellhorn, 202-585-0235

WEB ADDRESS: ncoa.org

TIME: 12 noon

EVENT: JOE FOSS INSTITUTE holds a luncheon and media briefing celebrating the life and achievements of the late General Joe Foss, Congressional Medal of Honor recipient and World War II Marine Ace.

DATE: January 22, 2003

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

CONTACT: 310-566-7242

TIME: 12:30 p.m.

EVENT: RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE holds a program on A Quiet Revolution in Transportation Finance with Martin Wachs, University of California, Berkeley.

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AGENDA: For over eighty years the transportation system has been financed by a system of "user fees," typified by tolls, motor vehicle registration fees, and motor fuel taxes. By statute, these have been earmarked for transportation uses. In recent years, revenues from user fees have gradually been declining in the US, providing fewer funds for new transportation systems and the operation of existing ones.

DATE: January 22, 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 Rep. Tom Davis, R-VA, discussing Partnership for Public Service,

DATE: January 22, 2003

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: NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE COMMITTEE holds a news conference to discuss the anniversary of Roe v. Wade.

DATE: January 22, 2003

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

CONTACT: Megan Dillon, 202-626-8833

WEB ADDRESS:

TIME: 3:30 p.m.

EVENT: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY celebrates the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

AGENDA: Highlight:

3:30 p.m. - Panel discussion on religious differences, 12th floor, Gewirz Building, Georgetown University Law Center

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DATE: January 22, 2003

LOCATION: 37TH and O Streets NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-687-4328

WEB ADDRESS: Georgetown.edu

TIME: 5:30 p.m.

EVENT: NOW is holding a vigil on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade

DATE: January 22, 2003

LOCATION: Supreme Court, One First St. NE, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-365-3806

WEB ADDRESS: now.org

TIME: 6:45 p.m.

EVENT: ROCK FOR LIFE, the youth project of the American Life League holds a prayer and protest at th NOW Rally.

LOCATION: Supreme Court, One First St. NE, Washington, DC

DATE: January 21, 2003

CONTACT: call 540-659-4171 or 540-226-9004

WEB ADDRESS: rockforlife.org

TIME: 7 p.m.

EVENT: POLITICS & PROSE BOOKSTORE presents Warren Zimmerman, a career Foreign Service Officer, who was the last U.S. ambassador to Yugoslavia. He has now turned his talents to history and written a chronicle of the United States's emergence as a world power at the beginning of the 20th century in the The First Great Triumph.

DATE: January 22, 2003

LOCATION: 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-364-1919

WEB ADDRESS: politics-prose.com

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