Monday, May 17, 2010WHEN: 8:30 a.m.WHAT: The Brookings Institution Discussion on "The State of the U.S. Senate: Understanding the Filibuster and the Emergence of the 60-Vote Majority." Speakers: Darrell West, Vice President and Director of Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution; and Steven Smith, Director of the Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government and Public Policy at the Washington University in St. Louis; Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore.; Richard Baker, Historian Emeritus at the U.S. Senate; Robert Dove, former Senate Parliamentarian; and Martin Paone, Executive Vice President of the Prime Policy Group.WHERE: Brookings Institution, 1775 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Falk Auditorium, Washington, DC.CONTACT: 202-797-6105, communications@brookings.edu; web site: http://www.brookings.edu WHEN: 8:30 a.m.WHAT: The New America Foundation (NAF) holds a discussion on "The War in Afghanistan: Problems and Prospects in the Wake of Karzai's Visit":- 9 a.m.: Remarks by James Galbraith, Chairman of Economists for Peace and Security- 9:10 a.m.: Discussion of "Reviewing Afghanistan in a Strategic Context" with Former Rep. Thomas Andrews, D-Maine; Paul Pillar, Director of Graduate Studies at the Center for Peace and Security Studies at Georgetown University; Matthew Hoh, former Afghanistan-based Official with the State Department; Hillary Mann Leverett, former Director for Iran, Afghanistan and Persian Gulf Affairs at the State Department; Steve Clemons, Director of the American Strategy Program at NAF; and Michael Lind, Policy Director of the Economic Growth Program at NAF.- 10:45 a.m.: Remarks by Former Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan at the United Nations Peter Galbraith - 11:30 a.m.: Discussion of "Reviewing Afghanistan in an Economic Context" with Michael Intriligator, former Director of the UCLA Center for International and Strategic Affairs; Miriam Pemberton, Research Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies; Winslow Wheeler, Director of the Center for Defense Information/Straus Military Reform Project; Michael Lind; and Richard Kaufman, former General Council of the Joint Economic Committee.WHERE: The New America Foundation, 1899 L Street NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC.CONTACT: Kate Brown, 202-596-3365, brown@newamerica.net; communications@newamerica.net; web site: http://www.newamerica.net WHEN: 9:30 a.m.WHAT: The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (AEI) Discussion on "An Asian Tiger for the Twenty-first Century: Taiwan's Potential in the Global Marketplace." Speakers: Former World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz of AEI; Dan Blumenthal and Gary Schmitt of AEI; Rupert Hammond-Chambers of the U.S.-Taiwan Business Council; and Derek Scissors of the Heritage Foundation.WHERE: AEI, 1150 17th Street NW, Wohlstetter Conference Center, 12th Floor, Washington, DC.CONTACT: Veronique Rodman, 202-862-4871, vrodman@aei.org; web site: http://www.aei.orgNOTE: Register online: http://www.aei.org/event/100246 WHEN: 10:00 a.m.WHAT: The Henry L. Stimson Center Discussion on "The Future of U.S.-Iraq Relations." Speakers: Ellen Laipson, President of the Stimson Center; Charles Dunne, scholar at the Middle East Institute; Nabil Al-Tikriti, Associate Professor of History at the University of Mary Washington; and Manal Omar, Officer at the Grants Program at the United States Institute of Peace.WHERE: Stimson Center, 1111 19th Street NW, 12th Floor, Washington, DC.CONTACT: 202-223-5956; web site: http://www.stimson.org NOTE: RSVP to rsvp@stimson.orgWHEN: 10:00 a.m.WHAT: The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) Discussion on "The Prospects for Peace and Reconciliation in Afghanistan." Speakers: Former Afghan Foreign Affairs Minister Abdullah Abdullah; and J. Alexander Thier, Director of Afghanistan and Pakistan at USIP.WHERE: USIP, 1200 17th Street NW, 2nd Floor, Washington, DC.CONTACT: Ashley Pandya, 202-429-3849, apandya@usip.org; web site: www.usip.org NOTE: RSVP required.
WHEN: 12:00 p.m.WHAT: The Woodrow Wilson Center (WWC) Book Discussion on "Simple Gestures: A Cultural Journey into the Middle East" and "The Political Culture of Leadership in the United Arab Emirates." Speaker: Author Andrea Rugh, Adjunct Scholar at the Middle East Institute.WHERE: WWC, One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, 6th floor Moynihan Board Room, Washington, DC.CONTACT: 202-691-4000; web site: http://www.wilsoncenter.orgNOTE: RSVP to mep@wilsoncenter.orgWHEN: 12:00 p.m.WHAT: The Woodrow Wilson Center (WWC) Discussion on "Russian-American Intelligence Cooperation: Promise vs. Reality." Speaker: Rolf Mowatt-Larssen, Senior Fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs of Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government.WHERE: WWC, One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, 6th floor, Flom Auditorium, Washington, DC.CONTACT: 202-691-4000; web site: http://www.wilsoncenter.orgWHEN: 12:00 p.m.WHAT: The Hudson Institute Book Discussion on "A Mosque in Munich: Nazis, the CIA, and the Rise of the Muslim Brotherhood in the West." Speaker: Author Ian Johnson.WHERE: Hudson Institute, 1015 15th Street NW, Sixth Floor, Washington, DC.CONTACT: 202-223-7770; web site: http://www.hudson.orgWHEN: 2:00 p.m.WHAT: The Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) Discussion on "Pursuing Peace While Advancing Rights: The Untried Approach to North Korea." Speaker: David Hawk, Senior Adviser at the U.S. Committee for Human Rights in North Korea.WHERE: SAIS, Rome Building, 1619 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Auditorium, Washington, DC.CONTACT: Felisa Neuringer Klubes, 202-663-5626, fklubes@jhu.edu; web site: http://www.sais-jhu.edu
WHEN: 2:30 p.m.WHAT: Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Hearing on "Gulf Coast Catastrophe: Assessing the Nation's Response to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill." Witnesses: Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano; Coast Guard Deputy National Incident Commander Rear Adm. Peter Neffenger; and BP America Chairman and President Lamar McKay.WHERE: Room 342 Dirksen Senate Office BuildingCONTACT: 202-224-2627; web site: http://www.hsgac.senate.gov WHEN: 4:00 p.m.WHAT: The Woodrow Wilson Center's (WWC) Congress Project Seminar on "Congress, the Executive Branch and the Cyber Threat." Speakers: Marcus Sachs, Executive Sirector for National Security and Cyber Policy at Verizon Communications and former National Security Council staff member for cyberspace security; Lt. Col. Forrest Hare, staff member in the Defense Department's Office of Defense Under Secretary for Intelligence; Howard Schmidt, Assistant to President Obama and White House Cybersecurity Coordinator; and Deborah Parkinson, staff member at the Senate Homeland Security Committee.WHERE: WWC, One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, 5th floor conference room, Washington, DC.CONTACT: 202-691-4000; web site: http://www.wilsoncenter.orgNOTE: RSVP requested.
************************************************************Tuesday, May 18, 2010WHEN: 9:00 a.m.WHAT: The Brookings Institution Discussion on "Energy and Climate Change 2010: Back to the Future":- 9 a.m.: Opening remarks and keynote introduction by Strobe Talbott, President of Brookings.- 9:15 a.m.: Keynote remarks by U.S. Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern.- 10 a.m.: Panel discussion on "International Climate Diplomacy" with William Antholis, Managing Director of Brookings; Eileen Claussen, President of the Pew Center on Global Climate Change; and Bruce Jones, Director of Managing Global Insecurity, participate in a panel discussion on "International Climate Diplomacy"- 11 a.m.: Keynote remarks by Assistant Energy Secretary for Policy and International Affairs David Sandalow- 1:30 p.m.: Keynote remarks by Congressional Budget Office Director Douglas Elmendorf WHERE: Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Atrium Hall, Washington, DC.CONTACT: 202-797-6105, communications@brookings.edu; website: http://www.brookings.eduNOTE: Register online: http://www.brookings.edu/events/2010/0518_energy_climate.aspxWHEN: 9:00 a.m.WHAT: The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS); and Brookings Institution's Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies and John L. Thornton China Center Seminar on "A Mid-Term Assessment of the Policies of the Ma Ying-jeou Administration," examining the policies of the Ma administration at the half-way point of its current term, with specific focus on its management of Taiwan's economy, cross-strait relations, and relations with the U.S.:- 9 a.m.: Opening remarks by Charles Freeman III, Freeman chair in China studies at CSIS; and Richard Bush III, Director of the Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies- 9:15 a.m.: Keynote remarks by Jason Yuan, Representative of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States- 12:15 p.m.: Keynote remarks on "The Ma Administration's Economic Policies" by Paul Ciu, Chairman of Bank SinoPacWHERE: Brookings Institution, 1775 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC.CONTACT: Andrew Schwartz, 202-775-3242, aschwartz@csis.org; web site: http://www.csis.orgNOTE: RSVP to cnaps@brookings.edu
WHEN: 10:00 a.m.WHAT: Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing on "The New START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty): The Policy Makers' View." Witnesses: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton; Defense Secretary Robert Gates; and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Michael Mullen.WHERE: Room 106 Dirksen Senate Office BuildingCONTACT: 202-224-4651; web site: http://foreign.senate.gov
WHEN: 10:00 a.m.WHAT: Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on "Drug Enforcement and the Rule of Law: Mexico and Colombia." Witnesses: Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division Lanny Breuer; Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs David Johnson; Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden; New Mexico Attorney General Gary King; Jose Miguel Vivanco, Director of Human Rights Watch's Americas Division; and Maria Elena Morera, Executive Director of Causa en Comun, Mexico City, Mexico.WHERE: Room 226 Dirksen Senate Office BuildingCONTACT: 202-224-7703; web site: http://judiciary.senate.gov WHEN: 11:00 a.m.WHAT: Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Hearing on offshore oil and gas exploration including the accident involving the Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico.Witnesses: Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and members of his oil spill response team.WHERE: Room 325 Dirksen Senate Office BuildingCONTACT: 202-224-4971; web site: http://energy.senate.govNOTE: Overflow room is 366 Dirksen Senate Office Building.WHEN: 11:00 a.m.WHAT: The Middle East Institute (MEI) Discussion on "Pakistan in 2010: Accomplishments and Opportunities." Speaker: Salmaan Taseer, GWHERE: MEI, Boardman Room, 1761 N Street NW, Washington, DC.CONTACT: 202-785-1141; web site: http://www.mideasti.org/programs/programs_events.phpNOTE: RSVP to rsvp@mei.edu with your name and affiliation. WHEN: 12:00 p.m.WHAT: The Georgetown University Law Center holds a discussion on "Supreme Court Nominee Elena Kagan: The Senate Confirmation Process and Justice Kagan's Potental Impact on the Court." Speakers: Susan Low Bloch, Professor at Georgetown University Law Center; David Frederick, partner at Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans, and Fidal PLLC; Pamela Harris, Executive Director of the Georgetown Law Supreme Court Institute; and Richard Lazarus, Professor at Georgetown University Law Center.WHERE: Georgetown University Law Center, 600 New Jersey Avenue NW, McDonough Hall, Room 200, Washington, DC.CONTACT: 202-662-9519; web site: www.georgetown.edu NOTE: Media should RSVP to mediarelations@law.georgetown.edu; A webcast will be available online: http://www.law.georgetown.edu/webcastWHEN: 12:00 p.m.WHAT: The Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) Discussion on "Europe's Promise: Why the European Way is the Best Hope in an Insecure Age." Speakers: Steven Hill, Director of the New America Foundation's Political Reform Program; and Daniel Hamilton, Executive Director of the SAIS Center for Transatlantic RelationsWHERE: SAIS, Bernstein-Offit Building, 1717 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Room 500, Washington, DC.CONTACT: Felisa Neuringer Klubes, 202-663-5626, fklubes@jhu.edu; web site: http://www.sais-jhu.eduWHEN: 12:00 p.m.WHAT: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce (USCC) Summit on the "Next Steps for the World Trade Agenda":- 12:00 p.m. U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk delivers a luncheon keynote address, Hall of the Flags- 1:30 p.m.: Rep. John Tanner, D-Tenn.; Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas; and Selina Jackson, Vice President of International Public Affairs at UPS, participate in a session on "Congressional Perspectives on the Trade Agenda," Hall of the Flags- 3 p.m.: Korean Minister for Trade Kim Jong-hoon; Colombian Vice Minister of Trade, Industry and Tourism Gabriel Duque; Panama's Ambassador to the United States Jaime Aleman Healy; and Chris Padilla, Vice President of Government Programs at the IBM Corporation, participate in a session on "Korea, Colombia, and Panama: Will America be Left Behind?" Briefing Center- 4 p.m.: Canadian Minister of International Trade Peter Van Loan; and Ralph Carter, Managing Director of Legal, Trade and International Affairs at FedEx Express, participate in a session on "A 21st Century Trade Agenda: The View from America's Largest Trading Partner," Briefing Center- 4:45 p.m.: World Trade Organization Deputy Director-General Rufus Yerxa; and Dorothy Dwoskin, Senior Trade Policy Director at Microsoft, participate in a session on "Future of the Doha Round and the Role of the World Trade Organization," Briefing CenterWHERE: USCC, 1615 H Street NW, Washington, DC.CONTACT: 202-463-5682, press@uschamber.com; web site: http://www.uschamber.com/calendar.aspNOTE: Credentialed media RSVP required to 202-463-5682 or press@uschamber.com
WHEN: 12:15 p.m.WHAT: The New America Foundation (NAF) Discussion on "Afghanistan: A Look Ahead." Speakers: Former Afghan Foreign Affairs Minister Abdullah Abdullah, leader of the Coalition for Hope and Change, and NAF President Steve CollWHERE: NAF, 1899 L Street NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC.CONTACT: Kate Brown, 202-596-3365, brown@newamerica.net; communications@newamerica.net; web site: http://www.newamerica.netNOTE: RSVP online: http://www.newamerica.net/events/2010/afghanistan_a_look_aheadWHEN: 1:00 p.m.WHAT: The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS); and the University of Miami Knight Center for International Media Global Challenges Dialogue on "Improving the Resources Trade," focusing on resources, including such issues conflict minerals, the Kimberly Process, the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, and related good governance issues. Speakers: Under Secretary of State for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs Robert Hormats; former Under Secretary of State for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs Reuben Jeffrey III, Senior Adviser at CSIS; CSIS Africa Program Director Jennifer Cooke; and CSIS Vice President for External Relations H. Andrew Schwartz.WHERE: CSIS, 1800 K Street NW, B-1 Conference Level, Washington, DC.CONTACT: Andrew Schwartz, 202-775-3242, aschwartz@csis.org; web site: http://www.csis.orgNOTE: Credentialed media must RSVP to nurwitz@csis.org
WHEN: 2:30 p.m.WHAT: Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee Hearing on "Response Efforts to the Gulf Coast Oil Spill." Witnesses: Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Thad Allen; Jane Lubchenco, Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Lamar McKay, Chairman and President of BP America Inc.; Steven Newman, President and CEO of Transocean Ltd.; Deborah French McCay, Principal at Applied Science Associates, Inc.WHERE: Room 253 Russell Senate Office BuildingCONTACT: 202-224-0411; web site: http://commerce.senate.govWHEN: 2:30 p.m.WHAT: Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Hearing on "Federal Response to the Recent Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico." Witnesses: EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson; Interior Secretary Ken Salazar; Nancy Helen Sutley, Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality; Coast Guard Rear Adm. Peter Neffenger, Deputy National Incident Commander for the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Response; Jo-Ellen Darcy, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works; and Assistant Commerce Secretary for Economic Development John Fernandez of the Economic Development Administration.WHERE: Room 406 Dirksen Senate Office BuildingCONTACT: 202-224-8832; web site: http://epw.senate.govWHEN: 3:30 p.m.WHAT: The New America Foundation (NAF) Book discussion on "A Mosque in Munich: Nazis, the CIA, and the Rise of the Muslim Brotherhood in the West." Speakers: Author Ian Johnson, Berlin Bureau Chief for The Wall Street Journal; and Nicholas Schmidle, author of "To Live or Perish Forever" and fellow at NAF.WHERE: NAF, 1899 L Street NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC.CONTACT: Kate Brown, 202-596-3365, brown@newamerica.net; communications@newamerica.net; web site: http://www.newamerica.net WHEN: 5:30 p.m.WHAT: The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (AEI) Bradley Lecture on the book, "The Battle: How the Fight between Free Enterprise and Big Government Will Shape America's Future." Speakers: Author Arthur Brooks, president of AEI; and Christopher DeMuth of AEI.WHERE: AEI, 1150 17th Street NW, Wohlstetter Conference Center, 12th Floor, Washington, DC.CONTACT: Veronique Rodman, 202-862-4871, vrodman@aei.org; web site: http://www.aei.org WHEN: 7:00 p.m.WHAT: The University of Virginia Miller Center for Public Affairs Debate on "Whether the Internet Threatens Democracy." Speakers: Andrew Keen, author of "The Cult of the Amateur: How Today's Internet is Killing Our Culture"; Farhad Manjoo, author of "True Enough: Learning to Live in a Post-Fact Society; Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales; Micah Sifry, editor at the Personal Democracy Forum; and Paul Solman, business and economics correspondent at the "PBS NewsHour"WHERE: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Ballroom, Washington, DC.CONTACT: Kristy Schantz, 202-758-3918, kkschantz@virginia.edu
******************************************************Wednesday, May 19, 2010WHEN: 8:30 a.m.WHAT: The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) Symposium on the implications of rising powers for global governance. Speaker: Deputy Secretary of State James SteinbergWHERE: CFR, 1777 F Street NW, Washington, DC.CONTACT: Lucy Dunderdale, 202-509-8525, dcpressrsvp@cfr.org; web site: www.cfr.org NOTE: This event is open to media only. RSVP required to dcpressrsvp@cfr.org by 3 p.m. on May 18.WHEN: 8:30 a.m.WHAT: Rep. Alcee Hastings, D-Fla.; and Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart, R-Fla. hold a delegation meeting on the oil spill off of the Gulf of Mexico with representatives from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development, and U.S. Coast Guard.WHERE: Room 340 Cannon House Office BuildingCONTACT: Lale Mamaux, 202-225-1313, lale.mamaux@mail.house.govNOTE: RSVP to Lale Mamaux. WHEN: 9:00 a.m.WHAT: South Korean Trade Minister Kim Jong-Hoon address to the Washington International Trade Association (WITA) on the Korean trade agenda; the Koreans' broader vision of a global Free Trade Agreement network including such nations as Chile, Singapore, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, EU and India; the key role Korea plays in the World Trade Organization's Doha Development Agenda; and the agenda for the G-20 summit hosted in Seoul in November.WHERE: WITA, Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Oceanic Suite, Washington, DC.CONTACT: 202-312-1600; web site: http://www.wita.orgWHEN: 9:00 a.m.WHAT: Assistant Secretary of State Rose Gottemoeller holds a webinar to discuss the recent nuclear arms control agreement between the United States and Russia known as the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.CONTACT: 202-647-2492; web site: www.state.gov NOTE: The webinar will be available online: http://statedept.connectsolutions.com/start
WHEN: 10:00 a.m.WHAT: Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing on "After the Earthquake: Empowering Haiti to Rebuild Better." Witnesses: TBAWHERE: Room 419 Dirksen Senate Office BuildingCONTACT: 202-224-4651; web site: http://foreign.senate.govWHEN: 10:00 a.m.WHAT: House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Hearing on "Deepwater Horizon: Oil Spill Prevention and Response Measures and Natural Resource Impacts." Witnesses: TBAWHERE: Room 2167 Rayburn House Office BuildingCONTACT: 202-225-4472; web site: http://transportation.house.govWHEN: 10:00 a.m.WHAT: House Science and Technology Committee Hearing on "Charting the Course for American Nuclear Technology: Evaluating the Department of Energy's Nuclear Energy Research and Development Roadmap." Witnesses: Assistant Energy Secretary Warren Miller of the Office of Nuclear Energy; Christofer Mowry, President and CEO of Babcock & Wilcox Nuclear Energy, Inc.; Charles Ferguson, President of the Federation of American Scientists; Mark Peters, Deputy Director for Programs at the Argonne National Laboratory; Thomas Sanders, President of the American Nuclear Society; Gary Krellenstein, Managing Director for Tax Exempt Capital Markets at JP Morgan Chase & Co.WHERE: Room 2318 Rayburn House Office BuildingCONTACT: 202-225-6375; web site: http://www.science.house.govWHEN: 10:00 a.m.WHAT: House Homeland Security Committee Hearing on "Viewpoints on Homeland Security: A Discussion with the 9/11 Commissioners." Witnesses: Former Gov. Thomas Kean, R-N.J., former Chairman; and former Rep. Lee Hamilton, D-Ind.), former Commission Vice-Chairman of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States.WHERE: Room 311 Cannon House Office BuildingCONTACT: 202-226-2616; web site: http://homeland.house.gov
WHEN: 12:00 p.m.WHAT: The Heritage Foundation Discussion on "The Future of Afghanistan" and how to build a peaceful, secure and prosperous future. Speakers: Former Afghan Foreign Affairs Minister Abdullah Abdullah, leader of the Coalition for Hope and Change; and Walter Lohman, Director, Asian Studies CenterWHERE: Heritage Foundation, 214 Massachusetts Avenue NE, Allison Auditorium, Washington, DC.CONTACT: 202-675-1752, lectures.seminars@heritage.org; web site: http://www.heritage.orgWHEN: 1:00 p.m.WHAT: National Press Club Newsmaker Luncheon with Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine who will deliver an address on Democrats' differences over priorities with Republicans.WHERE: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Ballroom, Washington, DC.CONTACT: Melinda Cooke, 202-662-7516; web site: http://npc.press.org WHEN: 2:00 p.m.WHAT: The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Discussion on "NATO in the 21st Century: The Work of the Group of Experts on the New NATO Strategic Concept." Speakers: Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, Chairwoman of the NATO Group of Experts; former National Security Adviser Brent Scowcroft, President of The Scowcroft Group and counselor and trustee at CSIS; Jim Hoagland of the Washington Post; and John Hamre, President and CEO of CSISWHERE: CSIS, 1800 K Street NW, B-1 Conference Level, Washington, DC.CONTACT: Andrew Schwartz, 202-775-3242, aschwartz@csis.org; web site: http://www.csis.org NOTE: RSVP to KissingerChair@csis.org or 202-775-3104WHEN: 2:00 p.m.WHAT: The Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) and International Crisis Group Discussion on "Corruption, Repression, Extremism in Central Asia: Looking Beyond Kyrgyzstan." Speakers: Paul Quinn-Judge, International Crisis Group's Bishkek-based Central Asia Project Director; Eric McGlinchey, Assistant Professor at George Mason University's Department of Public and International and author of "Blood, Chaos and Dynasty: Islam and Patronage Politics in Central Asia"; Daniel Kimmage, Senior Fellow at George Washington University's Homeland Security Policy Institute and former RFE/RL regional analyst for Central Asia; and Jeffrey Gedmin, President of RFE/RLWHERE: Room 2200 Rayburn House Office BuildingCONTACT: Heather Wetzel, 202-457-6949, wetzelh@rferl.org; web site: http://www.rferl.org/content/event_looking_beyond_kyrgyzstan/2039703.htmlNOTE: RSVP by May 17. WHEN: 2:00 p.m.WHAT: The Woodrow Wilson Center (WWC) Discussion on "Turkey in Transition: A View from the Parliament." Speakers: Yusuf Ziya Irbec, member of the Turkish Parliament of Antalya from the AK Party and European Union Commission Vice President in the Turkish Parliament; Edibe Sozen, member of Parliament of Istanbul from the AK Party, and member of the Central Decision Executive Committee; and Sadyk Yakut, Vice Speaker of Parliament of Kayseri from the AK Party.WHERE: WWC, One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, 5th Floor Conference Room, Washington, DC.CONTACT: 202-691-4000; web link: http://www.wilsoncenter.org
WHEN: 2:30 p.m.WHAT: Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing on "The History and Lessons on START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.) Witness: Former Secretary of State James Baker.WHERE: Room 419 Dirksen Senate Office BuildingCONTACT: 202-224-4651; web site: http://foreign.senate.gov
**************************************************Thursday, May 20, 2010WHEN: 8:00 a.m.WHAT: The National Defense University Foundation holds a discussion on "House Outlook on the Iranian and North Korean Threats and U.S. Missile Defense Responses." Speaker: Rep. Trent Franks, R-Ariz.WHERE: The Capitol Hill Club, 300 First Street SE, Washington, DC.CONTACT: Elma Rhue, 202-685-3582; web site: www.ndu.edu NOTE: Note: RSVP required.WHEN: 8:30 a.m.WHAT: The Inter-American Dialogue; and the Chilean American Chamber of Commerce Discussion on "China's Expanding Economic Profile In Latin America: Consequences for the U.S. and Europe." Speakers: Osvaldo Rosales, Director of Trade and Integration at the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean; and former Assistant U.S. Trade Representative Jon Huenemann, President of the Chilean American Chamber of Commerce Board.WHERE: Inter-American Dialogue, 1211 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 510, Washington, DC.CONTACT: 202-822-9002; web site: www.thedialogue.org WHEN: 9:00 a.m.WHAT: The Center for Oceans Law and Policy at the University of Virginia School of Law holds an oceans conference on "Gulf of Mexico Blowout and Law of the Sea: The Sky is Falling-or is it? Dissection of an Oil Spill":- 9 a.m.: Panel discussion on "The Stakes for America" with Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and Fisheries David Balton; former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and Fisheries Mary Beth West; former U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Paul Yost Jr.; Margaret Spring, Chief of Staff at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Andrew Keller, Deputy Chief Counsel on the Majority Staff of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; and Michael Mattler, Chief Counsel on the Minority staff of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee- 12:30 p.m.: Luncheon remarks by Navy Adm. Gary Roughead, Chief of Naval Operations, - 7:00 p.m.: Keynote address by Quenton Dokken, Executive Director at the Gulf of Mexico FoundationWHERE: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Murrow, White, Lisagor, and Fourth Estate Rooms, Washington, DC.CONTACT: Donna Ganoe, 434-924-7441, ddg@virginia.edu
WHEN: 9:00 a.m.WHAT: The Progress and Freedom Foundation (PFF) Briefing on "Can Government Help Save the Press?" and to examine government's role in assisting struggling media outlets, promoting "hard news" and "public interest" programming. Speakers: Charlie Firestone, Executive Director of the Aspen Institute Communications and Society Program; Kurt Wimmer, partner at Covington and Burling; PFF President Adam Thierer; Andrew Jay Schwartzman, Senior Vice President and Policy Director at the Media Access Project; and Craig Parshall, Senior Vice President and General Counsel at the National Religious Broadcasters.WHERE: Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC.CONTACT: Mike Wendy, mwendy@pff.org; web site: http://www.pff.org NOTE: RSVP required online: http://www.pff.org/events/Can_Government_Help_Save_the_Press/index.html WHEN: 9:00 a.m.WHAT: The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission Hearing on "China's Emergent Military Aerospace and Commercial Aviation Capabilities":- 9:30 a.m.: Panel discussion on "Administration Perspectives" with Deputy Air Force Under Secretary for International Affairs Bruce Lemkin; and Deputy Assistant Commerce Secretary for Manufacturing and Services Mary Saunders- 12:40 p.m.: Panel discussion on "China's Aviation Industrial Complex" with Peder Andersen, International Trade Analyst of Aerospace at the International Trade Commission; Tai Ming Cheung, scientist at the Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation; and Richard Fisher Jr., Senior Fellow of Asian military affairs at the International Assessment and Strategy Center, participate in a panel discussion on "China's Aviation Industrial Complex"WHERE: Room 106 Dirksen Senate Office BuildingCONTACT: Jonathan Weston, 202-624-1487, jweston@uscc.gov; or Nick Barone, 202-624-1484, nbarone@uscc.gov WHEN: 9:15 a.m.WHAT: The American Foreign Policy Council 2010 conference on "Missile Defense and American Security." Speakers: Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C.; former Missile Defense Agency Director Lt. Gen. Henry Obering, Senior Vice President of Booz Allen Hamilton; former National Aeronautics and Space Administration Associate Deputy Administrator for Policy and Planning Eric Sterner, fellow at the George C. Marshall Institute; former Acting Assistant Defense Secretary for International Security Policy Frank Gaffney, President of the Center for Security Policy; and former Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Robert Joseph, senior scholar at the National Institute for Public PolicyWHERE: Room 562 Dirksen Senate Office BuildingCONTACT: 202-543-1006, events@afpc.orgNOTE: RSVP required. WHEN: 9:30 a.m.WHAT: The Center for Global Health Policy Briefing on "Changing Course: Stemming the Deadly Twin Epidemics of HIV and Tuberculosis." Speakers: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci; William Burman, Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center's Division of Infectious Diseases; J. Peter Cegielski, multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis team leader at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Division of Tuberculosis Elimination; Wafaa El-Sadr, Chief of the Infectious Diseases Division at Harlem Hospital Center; Mike Harrington, Executive Director of the Treatment Action Group; Kenneth Mayer, professor of medicine and community health at Brown University; and Rochelle Walensky, associate professor of medicine at Brown University.WHERE: Reserve Officers Association/Top of the Hill Banquet and Conference Center, One Constitution Avenue NE, Ballroom B, 5th Floor, Washington, DC.CONTACT: Preeti Singh, 301-280-5722, psingh@burnesscommunications.com NOTE: RSVP to Preeti Singh.
WHEN: 9:30 a.m.WHAT: House Foreign Affairs Committee Hearing on "Afghanistan Reconstruction Oversight." Witness: Retired Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Arnold Fields, Inspector General in the State Department's Office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction.WHERE: Room 2172 Rayburn House Office BuildingCONTACT: 202-225-5021; web site: http://www.foreignaffairs.house.gov WHEN: 10:00 a.m.WHAT: House Energy and Commerce Committee Hearing on "Update on Toyota and NHTSA's (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) Response to the Problem of Sudden Unintended Acceleration." Witnesses: David Strickland, Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; and James Lentz, President and COO of Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc.WHERE: Room 2123 Rayburn House Office BuildingCONTACT: 202-225-2927; web site: http://energycommerce.house.gov
WHEN: 10:30 a.m.WHAT: Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Hearing on "Counternarcotics Contracts in Latin America." Witnesses: Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs David Johnson; and Deputy Assistant Defense Secretary for Counternarcotics and Global Threats William Wechsler.WHERE: Room 342 Dirksen Senate Office BuildingCONTACT: 202-224-2627; web site: http://www.hsgac.senate.govWHEN: 10:30 a.m.WHAT: The Peterson Institute for International Economics (IIE); and the World Resources Institute Conference on "The Prospect for Multilateral Cooperation on Climate Change" and to address questions raised at the Copenhagen summit last December about the international community's ability to address global climate change:- 10:45 a.m.: Welcoming remarks by IIE Director C. Fred Bergsten - 1 p.m.: Session on "The institutions: climate change in the context of an evolving international system" with Jacob Werksman of the World Resources Institute; and Arvind Subramanian and Gary Hufbauer of IIEWHERE: IIE, 1750 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC.CONTACT: 202-328-9000; meetings@iie.com; web site: http://www.iie.comNOTE: RSVP to Yvonne Priestley at meetings@piie.com
WHEN: 11:00 a.m.WHAT: United States House of Representatives holds a joint meeting with the Senate to receive an address from Mexican President Felipe Calderon. WHERE: House ChamberCONTACT: Republican Cloakroom, 202-225-2020, or Democratic Cloakroom, 202-225-1600; web sites: http://clerk.house.gov/floorsummary/floor.html; http://www.house.gov/floor/thisweek.htmWHEN: 3:00 p.m.WHAT: The Environmental and Energy Study Institute Bbriefing on "Nuclear Power: Economic and Proliferation Challenges," and to examine the economic and proliferation risks of new nuclear reactors mean for nuclear power's role in addressing climate change. Speakers: Mark Cooper, Senior Fellow of Economic Analysis at Vermont Law School; Peter Bradford, Adjunct Professor at Vermont Law School; and Alex Glaser, Assistant Professor at Princeton UniversityWHERE: Room 385 Russell Senate Office BuildingCONTACT: 202-628-1400; web site: http://www.eesi.orgWHEN: 5:00 p.m.WHAT: Asia Society Washington Center Event with Former Afghan Foreign Affairs Minister Abdullah Abdullah, leader of the Coalition for Hope and Change, who will deliver remarks on "Afghanistan's Road to Reconstruction: A Reformist's Perspective." WHERE: The Atlantic Council, 1101 15th Street NW, Washington, DC.CONTACT: 202-833-2742
**********************************************Friday, May 21, 2010WHEN: 8:00 a.m.WHAT: The National Defense University Foundation Discussion on "Nuclear Iran: Imploding Regime, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Rising." Speakers: Retired Air Force Gen. Tom McInerney, former Vice Chief of Staff; and Clare Lopez, Vice President of the Intelligence Summit and professor at the CI Centre.WHERE: The Capitol Hill Club, 300 First Street SE, Washington, DC.CONTACT: Elma Rhue, 202-685-3726NOTE: RSVP required.WHEN: 8:45 a.m.WHAT: The National Press Foundation; The Center on Congress at Indiana University; and Politico hold an issues briefing on "Our Next Supreme Court Justice." Speakers: Nan Aron, President of the Alliance for Justice; Tom Goldstein, publisher of SCOTUSblog; Robert Alt, Senior Legal Fellow and Deputy Director of the Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at the Heritage Foundation; and Martin Kady, Congressional Bureau Chief for Politico.WHERE: Woodrow Wilson Center, One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC.CONTACT: Maha Masud, 202-663-7280, programs@nationalpress.orgWHEN: 9:00 a.m.WHAT: National Press Club Newsmaker Program Media Briefing by Assistant Homeland Security Secretary for Immigration and Customs Enforcement John Morton on "national security, immigration law, law enforcement, and civil libertarian issues."WHERE: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Lisagor Room, Washington, DC.CONTACT: Tejinder Singh, 202-503-8052, tejindersinghdc@gmail.com
WHEN: 9:00 a.m.WHAT: The Center for Oceans Law and Policy at the University of Virginia School of Law holds an oceans conference on "Gulf of Mexico Blowout and Law of the Sea: The Sky is Falling - or is it? Dissection of an Oil Spill":- 9:00 a.m.: Introductory remarks by Former Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger -12:00 p.m. Keynote remarks by Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee ranking Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska- 1:30 p.m.: Panel discussion on "The Senate Should Give Prompt Advice and Consent to the Law of the Sea Convention" with Former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Thomas Pickering; John Norton Moore, Director of the Center for Oceans Law and Policy at the University of Virginia School of Law; and Steven Groves, fellow at the Heritage FoundationWHERE: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, First Amendment Lounge, Washington, DC.CONTACT: Donna Ganoe, 434-924-7441, ddg@virginia.edu WHEN: 9:00 a.m.WHAT: The Woodrow Wilson Center (WWC); and the Joint Baltic American National Committee Discussion on "The Evolution of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization: the 2010 Strategic Concept and Beyond."WHERE: WWC, One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC.CONTACT: 202-691-4000; web site: http://www.wilsoncenter.orgWHEN: 12:00 p.m.WHAT: The Middle East Institute (MEI) Discussion on "Lebanon: Looking Ahead: Hezbollah and the Next War with Israel." Speaker: Nicholas Blanford, journalist at the Times of London.WHERE: MEI, Boardman Room, 1761 N Street NW, Washington, DC.CONTACT: 202-785-1141; web site: http://www.mideasti.org/programs/programs_events.phpNOTE: RSVP to rsvp@mei.edu with your name and affiliation
WHEN: 12:00 p.m.WHAT: The Woodrow Wilson Center (WWC) Book Discussion on "Simple Gestures: A Cultural Journey into the Middle East" and "The Political Culture of Leadership in the United Arab Emirates." Speaker: Author Andrea Rugh, Adjunct Scholar at the Middle East Institute.WHERE: WWC, One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, 6th floor Moynihan Board Room, Washington, DC.CONTACT: 202-691-4000; web site: http://www.wilsoncenter.orgNOTE: RSVP to mep@wilsoncenter.orgWHEN: 12:00 p.m.WHAT: The Woodrow Wilson Center (WWC) Discussion on "Russian-American Intelligence Cooperation: Promise vs. Reality." Speaker: Rolf Mowatt-Larssen, Senior Fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs of Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government.WHERE: WWC, One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, 6th floor, Flom Auditorium, Washington, DC.CONTACT: 202-691-4000; web site: http://www.wilsoncenter.orgWHEN: 12:00 p.m.WHAT: The Hudson Institute Book Discussion on "A Mosque in Munich: Nazis, the CIA, and the Rise of the Muslim Brotherhood in the West." Speaker: Author Ian Johnson.WHERE: Hudson Institute, 1015 15th Street NW, Sixth Floor, Washington, DC.CONTACT: 202-223-7770; web site: http://www.hudson.orgWHEN: 2:00 p.m.WHAT: The Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) Discussion on "Pursuing Peace While Advancing Rights: The Untried Approach to North Korea." Speaker: David Hawk, Senior Adviser at the U.S. Committee for Human Rights in North Korea.WHERE: SAIS, Rome Building, 1619 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Auditorium, Washington, DC.CONTACT: Felisa Neuringer Klubes, 202-663-5626, fklubes@jhu.edu; web site: http://www.sais-jhu.edu
WHEN: 2:30 p.m.WHAT: Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Hearing on "Gulf Coast Catastrophe: Assessing the Nation's Response to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill." Witnesses: Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano; Coast Guard Deputy National Incident Commander Rear Adm. Peter Neffenger; and BP America Chairman and President Lamar McKay.WHERE: Room 342 Dirksen Senate Office BuildingCONTACT: 202-224-2627; web site: http://www.hsgac.senate.gov WHEN: 4:00 p.m.WHAT: The Woodrow Wilson Center's (WWC) Congress Project Seminar on "Congress, the Executive Branch and the Cyber Threat." Speakers: Marcus Sachs, Executive Sirector for National Security and Cyber Policy at Verizon Communications and former National Security Council staff member for cyberspace security; Lt. Col. Forrest Hare, staff member in the Defense Department's Office of Defense Under Secretary for Intelligence; Howard Schmidt, Assistant to President Obama and White House Cybersecurity Coordinator; and Deborah Parkinson, staff member at the Senate Homeland Security Committee.WHERE: WWC, One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, 5th floor conference room, Washington, DC.CONTACT: 202-691-4000; web site: http://www.wilsoncenter.orgNOTE: RSVP requested.
************************************************************Tuesday, May 18, 2010WHEN: 9:00 a.m.WHAT: The Brookings Institution Discussion on "Energy and Climate Change 2010: Back to the Future":- 9 a.m.: Opening remarks and keynote introduction by Strobe Talbott, President of Brookings.- 9:15 a.m.: Keynote remarks by U.S. Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern.- 10 a.m.: Panel discussion on "International Climate Diplomacy" with William Antholis, Managing Director of Brookings; Eileen Claussen, President of the Pew Center on Global Climate Change; and Bruce Jones, Director of Managing Global Insecurity, participate in a panel discussion on "International Climate Diplomacy"- 11 a.m.: Keynote remarks by Assistant Energy Secretary for Policy and International Affairs David Sandalow- 1:30 p.m.: Keynote remarks by Congressional Budget Office Director Douglas Elmendorf WHERE: Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Atrium Hall, Washington, DC.CONTACT: 202-797-6105, communications@brookings.edu; website: http://www.brookings.eduNOTE: Register online: http://www.brookings.edu/events/2010/0518_energy_climate.aspxWHEN: 9:00 a.m.WHAT: The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS); and Brookings Institution's Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies and John L. Thornton China Center Seminar on "A Mid-Term Assessment of the Policies of the Ma Ying-jeou Administration," examining the policies of the Ma administration at the half-way point of its current term, with specific focus on its management of Taiwan's economy, cross-strait relations, and relations with the U.S.:- 9 a.m.: Opening remarks by Charles Freeman III, Freeman chair in China studies at CSIS; and Richard Bush III, Director of the Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies- 9:15 a.m.: Keynote remarks by Jason Yuan, Representative of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States- 12:15 p.m.: Keynote remarks on "The Ma Administration's Economic Policies" by Paul Ciu, Chairman of Bank SinoPacWHERE: Brookings Institution, 1775 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC.CONTACT: Andrew Schwartz, 202-775-3242, aschwartz@csis.org; web site: http://www.csis.orgNOTE: RSVP to cnaps@brookings.edu
WHEN: 10:00 a.m.WHAT: Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing on "The New START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty): The Policy Makers' View." Witnesses: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton; Defense Secretary Robert Gates; and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Michael Mullen.WHERE: Room 106 Dirksen Senate Office BuildingCONTACT: 202-224-4651; web site: http://foreign.senate.gov
WHEN: 10:00 a.m.WHAT: Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on "Drug Enforcement and the Rule of Law: Mexico and Colombia." Witnesses: Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division Lanny Breuer; Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs David Johnson; Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden; New Mexico Attorney General Gary King; Jose Miguel Vivanco, Director of Human Rights Watch's Americas Division; and Maria Elena Morera, Executive Director of Causa en Comun, Mexico City, Mexico.WHERE: Room 226 Dirksen Senate Office BuildingCONTACT: 202-224-7703; web site: http://judiciary.senate.gov WHEN: 11:00 a.m.WHAT: Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Hearing on offshore oil and gas exploration including the accident involving the Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico.Witnesses: Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and members of his oil spill response team.WHERE: Room 325 Dirksen Senate Office BuildingCONTACT: 202-224-4971; web site: http://energy.senate.govNOTE: Overflow room is 366 Dirksen Senate Office Building.WHEN: 11:00 a.m.WHAT: The Middle East Institute (MEI) Discussion on "Pakistan in 2010: Accomplishments and Opportunities." Speaker: Salmaan Taseer, GWHERE: MEI, Boardman Room, 1761 N Street NW, Washington, DC.CONTACT: 202-785-1141; web site: http://www.mideasti.org/programs/programs_events.phpNOTE: RSVP to rsvp@mei.edu with your name and affiliation. WHEN: 12:00 p.m.WHAT: The Georgetown University Law Center holds a discussion on "Supreme Court Nominee Elena Kagan: The Senate Confirmation Process and Justice Kagan's Potental Impact on the Court." Speakers: Susan Low Bloch, Professor at Georgetown University Law Center; David Frederick, partner at Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans, and Fidal PLLC; Pamela Harris, Executive Director of the Georgetown Law Supreme Court Institute; and Richard Lazarus, Professor at Georgetown University Law Center.WHERE: Georgetown University Law Center, 600 New Jersey Avenue NW, McDonough Hall, Room 200, Washington, DC.CONTACT: 202-662-9519; web site: www.georgetown.edu NOTE: Media should RSVP to mediarelations@law.georgetown.edu; A webcast will be available online: http://www.law.georgetown.edu/webcastWHEN: 12:00 p.m.WHAT: The Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) Discussion on "Europe's Promise: Why the European Way is the Best Hope in an Insecure Age." Speakers: Steven Hill, Director of the New America Foundation's Political Reform Program; and Daniel Hamilton, Executive Director of the SAIS Center for Transatlantic RelationsWHERE: SAIS, Bernstein-Offit Building, 1717 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Room 500, Washington, DC.CONTACT: Felisa Neuringer Klubes, 202-663-5626, fklubes@jhu.edu; web site: http://www.sais-jhu.eduWHEN: 12:00 p.m.WHAT: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce (USCC) Summit on the "Next Steps for the World Trade Agenda":- 12:00 p.m. U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk delivers a luncheon keynote address, Hall of the Flags- 1:30 p.m.: Rep. John Tanner, D-Tenn.; Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas; and Selina Jackson, Vice President of International Public Affairs at UPS, participate in a session on "Congressional Perspectives on the Trade Agenda," Hall of the Flags- 3 p.m.: Korean Minister for Trade Kim Jong-hoon; Colombian Vice Minister of Trade, Industry and Tourism Gabriel Duque; Panama's Ambassador to the United States Jaime Aleman Healy; and Chris Padilla, Vice President of Government Programs at the IBM Corporation, participate in a session on "Korea, Colombia, and Panama: Will America be Left Behind?" Briefing Center- 4 p.m.: Canadian Minister of International Trade Peter Van Loan; and Ralph Carter, Managing Director of Legal, Trade and International Affairs at FedEx Express, participate in a session on "A 21st Century Trade Agenda: The View from America's Largest Trading Partner," Briefing Center- 4:45 p.m.: World Trade Organization Deputy Director-General Rufus Yerxa; and Dorothy Dwoskin, Senior Trade Policy Director at Microsoft, participate in a session on "Future of the Doha Round and the Role of the World Trade Organization," Briefing CenterWHERE: USCC, 1615 H Street NW, Washington, DC.CONTACT: 202-463-5682, press@uschamber.com; web site: http://www.uschamber.com/calendar.aspNOTE: Credentialed media RSVP required to 202-463-5682 or press@uschamber.com
WHEN: 12:15 p.m.WHAT: The New America Foundation (NAF) Discussion on "Afghanistan: A Look Ahead." Speakers: Former Afghan Foreign Affairs Minister Abdullah Abdullah, leader of the Coalition for Hope and Change, and NAF President Steve CollWHERE: NAF, 1899 L Street NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC.CONTACT: Kate Brown, 202-596-3365, brown@newamerica.net; communications@newamerica.net; web site: http://www.newamerica.netNOTE: RSVP online: http://www.newamerica.net/events/2010/afghanistan_a_look_aheadWHEN: 1:00 p.m.WHAT: The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS); and the University of Miami Knight Center for International Media Global Challenges Dialogue on "Improving the Resources Trade," focusing on resources, including such issues conflict minerals, the Kimberly Process, the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, and related good governance issues. Speakers: Under Secretary of State for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs Robert Hormats; former Under Secretary of State for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs Reuben Jeffrey III, Senior Adviser at CSIS; CSIS Africa Program Director Jennifer Cooke; and CSIS Vice President for External Relations H. Andrew Schwartz.WHERE: CSIS, 1800 K Street NW, B-1 Conference Level, Washington, DC.CONTACT: Andrew Schwartz, 202-775-3242, aschwartz@csis.org; web site: http://www.csis.orgNOTE: Credentialed media must RSVP to nurwitz@csis.org
WHEN: 2:30 p.m.WHAT: Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee Hearing on "Response Efforts to the Gulf Coast Oil Spill." Witnesses: Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Thad Allen; Jane Lubchenco, Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Lamar McKay, Chairman and President of BP America Inc.; Steven Newman, President and CEO of Transocean Ltd.; Deborah French McCay, Principal at Applied Science Associates, Inc.WHERE: Room 253 Russell Senate Office BuildingCONTACT: 202-224-0411; web site: http://commerce.senate.govWHEN: 2:30 p.m.WHAT: Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Hearing on "Federal Response to the Recent Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico." Witnesses: EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson; Interior Secretary Ken Salazar; Nancy Helen Sutley, Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality; Coast Guard Rear Adm. Peter Neffenger, Deputy National Incident Commander for the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Response; Jo-Ellen Darcy, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works; and Assistant Commerce Secretary for Economic Development John Fernandez of the Economic Development Administration.WHERE: Room 406 Dirksen Senate Office BuildingCONTACT: 202-224-8832; web site: http://epw.senate.govWHEN: 3:30 p.m.WHAT: The New America Foundation (NAF) Book discussion on "A Mosque in Munich: Nazis, the CIA, and the Rise of the Muslim Brotherhood in the West." Speakers: Author Ian Johnson, Berlin Bureau Chief for The Wall Street Journal; and Nicholas Schmidle, author of "To Live or Perish Forever" and fellow at NAF.WHERE: NAF, 1899 L Street NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC.CONTACT: Kate Brown, 202-596-3365, brown@newamerica.net; communications@newamerica.net; web site: http://www.newamerica.net WHEN: 5:30 p.m.WHAT: The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (AEI) Bradley Lecture on the book, "The Battle: How the Fight between Free Enterprise and Big Government Will Shape America's Future." Speakers: Author Arthur Brooks, president of AEI; and Christopher DeMuth of AEI.WHERE: AEI, 1150 17th Street NW, Wohlstetter Conference Center, 12th Floor, Washington, DC.CONTACT: Veronique Rodman, 202-862-4871, vrodman@aei.org; web site: http://www.aei.org WHEN: 7:00 p.m.WHAT: The University of Virginia Miller Center for Public Affairs Debate on "Whether the Internet Threatens Democracy." Speakers: Andrew Keen, author of "The Cult of the Amateur: How Today's Internet is Killing Our Culture"; Farhad Manjoo, author of "True Enough: Learning to Live in a Post-Fact Society; Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales; Micah Sifry, editor at the Personal Democracy Forum; and Paul Solman, business and economics correspondent at the "PBS NewsHour"WHERE: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Ballroom, Washington, DC.CONTACT: Kristy Schantz, 202-758-3918, kkschantz@virginia.edu
******************************************************Wednesday, May 19, 2010WHEN: 8:30 a.m.WHAT: The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) Symposium on the implications of rising powers for global governance. Speaker: Deputy Secretary of State James SteinbergWHERE: CFR, 1777 F Street NW, Washington, DC.CONTACT: Lucy Dunderdale, 202-509-8525, dcpressrsvp@cfr.org; web site: www.cfr.org NOTE: This event is open to media only. RSVP required to dcpressrsvp@cfr.org by 3 p.m. on May 18.WHEN: 8:30 a.m.WHAT: Rep. Alcee Hastings, D-Fla.; and Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart, R-Fla. hold a delegation meeting on the oil spill off of the Gulf of Mexico with representatives from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development, and U.S. Coast Guard.WHERE: Room 340 Cannon House Office BuildingCONTACT: Lale Mamaux, 202-225-1313, lale.mamaux@mail.house.govNOTE: RSVP to Lale Mamaux. WHEN: 9:00 a.m.WHAT: South Korean Trade Minister Kim Jong-Hoon address to the Washington International Trade Association (WITA) on the Korean trade agenda; the Koreans' broader vision of a global Free Trade Agreement network including such nations as Chile, Singapore, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, EU and India; the key role Korea plays in the World Trade Organization's Doha Development Agenda; and the agenda for the G-20 summit hosted in Seoul in November.WHERE: WITA, Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Oceanic Suite, Washington, DC.CONTACT: 202-312-1600; web site: http://www.wita.orgWHEN: 9:00 a.m.WHAT: Assistant Secretary of State Rose Gottemoeller holds a webinar to discuss the recent nuclear arms control agreement between the United States and Russia known as the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.CONTACT: 202-647-2492; web site: www.state.gov NOTE: The webinar will be available online: http://statedept.connectsolutions.com/start
WHEN: 10:00 a.m.WHAT: Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing on "After the Earthquake: Empowering Haiti to Rebuild Better." Witnesses: TBAWHERE: Room 419 Dirksen Senate Office BuildingCONTACT: 202-224-4651; web site: http://foreign.senate.govWHEN: 10:00 a.m.WHAT: House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Hearing on "Deepwater Horizon: Oil Spill Prevention and Response Measures and Natural Resource Impacts." Witnesses: TBAWHERE: Room 2167 Rayburn House Office BuildingCONTACT: 202-225-4472; web site: http://transportation.house.govWHEN: 10:00 a.m.WHAT: House Science and Technology Committee Hearing on "Charting the Course for American Nuclear Technology: Evaluating the Department of Energy's Nuclear Energy Research and Development Roadmap." Witnesses: Assistant Energy Secretary Warren Miller of the Office of Nuclear Energy; Christofer Mowry, President and CEO of Babcock & Wilcox Nuclear Energy, Inc.; Charles Ferguson, President of the Federation of American Scientists; Mark Peters, Deputy Director for Programs at the Argonne National Laboratory; Thomas Sanders, President of the American Nuclear Society; Gary Krellenstein, Managing Director for Tax Exempt Capital Markets at JP Morgan Chase & Co.WHERE: Room 2318 Rayburn House Office BuildingCONTACT: 202-225-6375; web site: http://www.science.house.govWHEN: 10:00 a.m.WHAT: House Homeland Security Committee Hearing on "Viewpoints on Homeland Security: A Discussion with the 9/11 Commissioners." Witnesses: Former Gov. Thomas Kean, R-N.J., former Chairman; and former Rep. Lee Hamilton, D-Ind.), former Commission Vice-Chairman of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States.WHERE: Room 311 Cannon House Office BuildingCONTACT: 202-226-2616; web site: http://homeland.house.gov
WHEN: 12:00 p.m.WHAT: The Heritage Foundation Discussion on "The Future of Afghanistan" and how to build a peaceful, secure and prosperous future. Speakers: Former Afghan Foreign Affairs Minister Abdullah Abdullah, leader of the Coalition for Hope and Change; and Walter Lohman, Director, Asian Studies CenterWHERE: Heritage Foundation, 214 Massachusetts Avenue NE, Allison Auditorium, Washington, DC.CONTACT: 202-675-1752, lectures.seminars@heritage.org; web site: http://www.heritage.orgWHEN: 1:00 p.m.WHAT: National Press Club Newsmaker Luncheon with Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine who will deliver an address on Democrats' differences over priorities with Republicans.WHERE: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Ballroom, Washington, DC.CONTACT: Melinda Cooke, 202-662-7516; web site: http://npc.press.org WHEN: 2:00 p.m.WHAT: The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Discussion on "NATO in the 21st Century: The Work of the Group of Experts on the New NATO Strategic Concept." Speakers: Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, Chairwoman of the NATO Group of Experts; former National Security Adviser Brent Scowcroft, President of The Scowcroft Group and counselor and trustee at CSIS; Jim Hoagland of the Washington Post; and John Hamre, President and CEO of CSISWHERE: CSIS, 1800 K Street NW, B-1 Conference Level, Washington, DC.CONTACT: Andrew Schwartz, 202-775-3242, aschwartz@csis.org; web site: http://www.csis.org NOTE: RSVP to KissingerChair@csis.org or 202-775-3104WHEN: 2:00 p.m.WHAT: The Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) and International Crisis Group Discussion on "Corruption, Repression, Extremism in Central Asia: Looking Beyond Kyrgyzstan." Speakers: Paul Quinn-Judge, International Crisis Group's Bishkek-based Central Asia Project Director; Eric McGlinchey, Assistant Professor at George Mason University's Department of Public and International and author of "Blood, Chaos and Dynasty: Islam and Patronage Politics in Central Asia"; Daniel Kimmage, Senior Fellow at George Washington University's Homeland Security Policy Institute and former RFE/RL regional analyst for Central Asia; and Jeffrey Gedmin, President of RFE/RLWHERE: Room 2200 Rayburn House Office BuildingCONTACT: Heather Wetzel, 202-457-6949, wetzelh@rferl.org; web site: http://www.rferl.org/content/event_looking_beyond_kyrgyzstan/2039703.htmlNOTE: RSVP by May 17. WHEN: 2:00 p.m.WHAT: The Woodrow Wilson Center (WWC) Discussion on "Turkey in Transition: A View from the Parliament." Speakers: Yusuf Ziya Irbec, member of the Turkish Parliament of Antalya from the AK Party and European Union Commission Vice President in the Turkish Parliament; Edibe Sozen, member of Parliament of Istanbul from the AK Party, and member of the Central Decision Executive Committee; and Sadyk Yakut, Vice Speaker of Parliament of Kayseri from the AK Party.WHERE: WWC, One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, 5th Floor Conference Room, Washington, DC.CONTACT: 202-691-4000; web link: http://www.wilsoncenter.org
WHEN: 2:30 p.m.WHAT: Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing on "The History and Lessons on START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.) Witness: Former Secretary of State James Baker.WHERE: Room 419 Dirksen Senate Office BuildingCONTACT: 202-224-4651; web site: http://foreign.senate.gov
**************************************************Thursday, May 20, 2010WHEN: 8:00 a.m.WHAT: The National Defense University Foundation holds a discussion on "House Outlook on the Iranian and North Korean Threats and U.S. Missile Defense Responses." Speaker: Rep. Trent Franks, R-Ariz.WHERE: The Capitol Hill Club, 300 First Street SE, Washington, DC.CONTACT: Elma Rhue, 202-685-3582; web site: www.ndu.edu NOTE: Note: RSVP required.WHEN: 8:30 a.m.WHAT: The Inter-American Dialogue; and the Chilean American Chamber of Commerce Discussion on "China's Expanding Economic Profile In Latin America: Consequences for the U.S. and Europe." Speakers: Osvaldo Rosales, Director of Trade and Integration at the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean; and former Assistant U.S. Trade Representative Jon Huenemann, President of the Chilean American Chamber of Commerce Board.WHERE: Inter-American Dialogue, 1211 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 510, Washington, DC.CONTACT: 202-822-9002; web site: www.thedialogue.org WHEN: 9:00 a.m.WHAT: The Center for Oceans Law and Policy at the University of Virginia School of Law holds an oceans conference on "Gulf of Mexico Blowout and Law of the Sea: The Sky is Falling-or is it? Dissection of an Oil Spill":- 9 a.m.: Panel discussion on "The Stakes for America" with Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and Fisheries David Balton; former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and Fisheries Mary Beth West; former U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Paul Yost Jr.; Margaret Spring, Chief of Staff at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Andrew Keller, Deputy Chief Counsel on the Majority Staff of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; and Michael Mattler, Chief Counsel on the Minority staff of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee- 12:30 p.m.: Luncheon remarks by Navy Adm. Gary Roughead, Chief of Naval Operations, - 7:00 p.m.: Keynote address by Quenton Dokken, Executive Director at the Gulf of Mexico FoundationWHERE: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Murrow, White, Lisagor, and Fourth Estate Rooms, Washington, DC.CONTACT: Donna Ganoe, 434-924-7441, ddg@virginia.edu
WHEN: 9:00 a.m.WHAT: The Progress and Freedom Foundation (PFF) Briefing on "Can Government Help Save the Press?" and to examine government's role in assisting struggling media outlets, promoting "hard news" and "public interest" programming. Speakers: Charlie Firestone, Executive Director of the Aspen Institute Communications and Society Program; Kurt Wimmer, partner at Covington and Burling; PFF President Adam Thierer; Andrew Jay Schwartzman, Senior Vice President and Policy Director at the Media Access Project; and Craig Parshall, Senior Vice President and General Counsel at the National Religious Broadcasters.WHERE: Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC.CONTACT: Mike Wendy, mwendy@pff.org; web site: http://www.pff.org NOTE: RSVP required online: http://www.pff.org/events/Can_Government_Help_Save_the_Press/index.html WHEN: 9:00 a.m.WHAT: The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission Hearing on "China's Emergent Military Aerospace and Commercial Aviation Capabilities":- 9:30 a.m.: Panel discussion on "Administration Perspectives" with Deputy Air Force Under Secretary for International Affairs Bruce Lemkin; and Deputy Assistant Commerce Secretary for Manufacturing and Services Mary Saunders- 12:40 p.m.: Panel discussion on "China's Aviation Industrial Complex" with Peder Andersen, International Trade Analyst of Aerospace at the International Trade Commission; Tai Ming Cheung, scientist at the Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation; and Richard Fisher Jr., Senior Fellow of Asian military affairs at the International Assessment and Strategy Center, participate in a panel discussion on "China's Aviation Industrial Complex"WHERE: Room 106 Dirksen Senate Office BuildingCONTACT: Jonathan Weston, 202-624-1487, jweston@uscc.gov; or Nick Barone, 202-624-1484, nbarone@uscc.gov WHEN: 9:15 a.m.WHAT: The American Foreign Policy Council 2010 conference on "Missile Defense and American Security." Speakers: Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C.; former Missile Defense Agency Director Lt. Gen. Henry Obering, Senior Vice President of Booz Allen Hamilton; former National Aeronautics and Space Administration Associate Deputy Administrator for Policy and Planning Eric Sterner, fellow at the George C. Marshall Institute; former Acting Assistant Defense Secretary for International Security Policy Frank Gaffney, President of the Center for Security Policy; and former Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Robert Joseph, senior scholar at the National Institute for Public PolicyWHERE: Room 562 Dirksen Senate Office BuildingCONTACT: 202-543-1006, events@afpc.orgNOTE: RSVP required. WHEN: 9:30 a.m.WHAT: The Center for Global Health Policy Briefing on "Changing Course: Stemming the Deadly Twin Epidemics of HIV and Tuberculosis." Speakers: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci; William Burman, Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center's Division of Infectious Diseases; J. Peter Cegielski, multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis team leader at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Division of Tuberculosis Elimination; Wafaa El-Sadr, Chief of the Infectious Diseases Division at Harlem Hospital Center; Mike Harrington, Executive Director of the Treatment Action Group; Kenneth Mayer, professor of medicine and community health at Brown University; and Rochelle Walensky, associate professor of medicine at Brown University.WHERE: Reserve Officers Association/Top of the Hill Banquet and Conference Center, One Constitution Avenue NE, Ballroom B, 5th Floor, Washington, DC.CONTACT: Preeti Singh, 301-280-5722, psingh@burnesscommunications.com NOTE: RSVP to Preeti Singh.
WHEN: 9:30 a.m.WHAT: House Foreign Affairs Committee Hearing on "Afghanistan Reconstruction Oversight." Witness: Retired Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Arnold Fields, Inspector General in the State Department's Office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction.WHERE: Room 2172 Rayburn House Office BuildingCONTACT: 202-225-5021; web site: http://www.foreignaffairs.house.gov WHEN: 10:00 a.m.WHAT: House Energy and Commerce Committee Hearing on "Update on Toyota and NHTSA's (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) Response to the Problem of Sudden Unintended Acceleration." Witnesses: David Strickland, Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; and James Lentz, President and COO of Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc.WHERE: Room 2123 Rayburn House Office BuildingCONTACT: 202-225-2927; web site: http://energycommerce.house.gov
WHEN: 10:30 a.m.WHAT: Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Hearing on "Counternarcotics Contracts in Latin America." Witnesses: Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs David Johnson; and Deputy Assistant Defense Secretary for Counternarcotics and Global Threats William Wechsler.WHERE: Room 342 Dirksen Senate Office BuildingCONTACT: 202-224-2627; web site: http://www.hsgac.senate.govWHEN: 10:30 a.m.WHAT: The Peterson Institute for International Economics (IIE); and the World Resources Institute Conference on "The Prospect for Multilateral Cooperation on Climate Change" and to address questions raised at the Copenhagen summit last December about the international community's ability to address global climate change:- 10:45 a.m.: Welcoming remarks by IIE Director C. Fred Bergsten - 1 p.m.: Session on "The institutions: climate change in the context of an evolving international system" with Jacob Werksman of the World Resources Institute; and Arvind Subramanian and Gary Hufbauer of IIEWHERE: IIE, 1750 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC.CONTACT: 202-328-9000; meetings@iie.com; web site: http://www.iie.comNOTE: RSVP to Yvonne Priestley at meetings@piie.com
WHEN: 11:00 a.m.WHAT: United States House of Representatives holds a joint meeting with the Senate to receive an address from Mexican President Felipe Calderon. WHERE: House ChamberCONTACT: Republican Cloakroom, 202-225-2020, or Democratic Cloakroom, 202-225-1600; web sites: http://clerk.house.gov/floorsummary/floor.html; http://www.house.gov/floor/thisweek.htmWHEN: 3:00 p.m.WHAT: The Environmental and Energy Study Institute Bbriefing on "Nuclear Power: Economic and Proliferation Challenges," and to examine the economic and proliferation risks of new nuclear reactors mean for nuclear power's role in addressing climate change. Speakers: Mark Cooper, Senior Fellow of Economic Analysis at Vermont Law School; Peter Bradford, Adjunct Professor at Vermont Law School; and Alex Glaser, Assistant Professor at Princeton UniversityWHERE: Room 385 Russell Senate Office BuildingCONTACT: 202-628-1400; web site: http://www.eesi.orgWHEN: 5:00 p.m.WHAT: Asia Society Washington Center Event with Former Afghan Foreign Affairs Minister Abdullah Abdullah, leader of the Coalition for Hope and Change, who will deliver remarks on "Afghanistan's Road to Reconstruction: A Reformist's Perspective." WHERE: The Atlantic Council, 1101 15th Street NW, Washington, DC.CONTACT: 202-833-2742
**********************************************Friday, May 21, 2010WHEN: 8:00 a.m.WHAT: The National Defense University Foundation Discussion on "Nuclear Iran: Imploding Regime, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Rising." Speakers: Retired Air Force Gen. Tom McInerney, former Vice Chief of Staff; and Clare Lopez, Vice President of the Intelligence Summit and professor at the CI Centre.WHERE: The Capitol Hill Club, 300 First Street SE, Washington, DC.CONTACT: Elma Rhue, 202-685-3726NOTE: RSVP required.WHEN: 8:45 a.m.WHAT: The National Press Foundation; The Center on Congress at Indiana University; and Politico hold an issues briefing on "Our Next Supreme Court Justice." Speakers: Nan Aron, President of the Alliance for Justice; Tom Goldstein, publisher of SCOTUSblog; Robert Alt, Senior Legal Fellow and Deputy Director of the Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at the Heritage Foundation; and Martin Kady, Congressional Bureau Chief for Politico.WHERE: Woodrow Wilson Center, One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC.CONTACT: Maha Masud, 202-663-7280, programs@nationalpress.orgWHEN: 9:00 a.m.WHAT: National Press Club Newsmaker Program Media Briefing by Assistant Homeland Security Secretary for Immigration and Customs Enforcement John Morton on "national security, immigration law, law enforcement, and civil libertarian issues."WHERE: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Lisagor Room, Washington, DC.CONTACT: Tejinder Singh, 202-503-8052, tejindersinghdc@gmail.com
WHEN: 9:00 a.m.WHAT: The Center for Oceans Law and Policy at the University of Virginia School of Law holds an oceans conference on "Gulf of Mexico Blowout and Law of the Sea: The Sky is Falling - or is it? Dissection of an Oil Spill":- 9:00 a.m.: Introductory remarks by Former Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger -12:00 p.m. Keynote remarks by Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee ranking Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska- 1:30 p.m.: Panel discussion on "The Senate Should Give Prompt Advice and Consent to the Law of the Sea Convention" with Former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Thomas Pickering; John Norton Moore, Director of the Center for Oceans Law and Policy at the University of Virginia School of Law; and Steven Groves, fellow at the Heritage FoundationWHERE: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, First Amendment Lounge, Washington, DC.CONTACT: Donna Ganoe, 434-924-7441, ddg@virginia.edu WHEN: 9:00 a.m.WHAT: The Woodrow Wilson Center (WWC); and the Joint Baltic American National Committee Discussion on "The Evolution of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization: the 2010 Strategic Concept and Beyond."WHERE: WWC, One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC.CONTACT: 202-691-4000; web site: http://www.wilsoncenter.orgWHEN: 12:00 p.m.WHAT: The Middle East Institute (MEI) Discussion on "Lebanon: Looking Ahead: Hezbollah and the Next War with Israel." Speaker: Nicholas Blanford, journalist at the Times of London.WHERE: MEI, Boardman Room, 1761 N Street NW, Washington, DC.CONTACT: 202-785-1141; web site: http://www.mideasti.org/programs/programs_events.phpNOTE: RSVP to rsvp@mei.edu with your name and affiliation
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