Good morning.
Here are a few Washington events of note for Thursday, April 26, 2007 as collected by the Associated Press.
Vice President Cheney is delivering the graduation speech at Brigham Young University, 6 p.m.
There is a debate on MSNBC tonight for Democratic presidential contenders, 7 p.m.
April 24 - 26. NUCLEAR MATERIALS TRANSPORT — The United States Transport Council holds it National Transportation Summit V, “State of the Industry: Emerging Campaigns amd Issues for Nuclear Materials Commerce.
9 a.m. GNEP Update with Dennis Spurgeon, Acting Under Secretary of Energy and Assistant Secretary, Nuclear Energy U.S. Department of Energy.
10 a.m. View from the U.S. Department of Transportation with Rick Boyle, U.S. Competent Authority Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration U.S. Department of Transportation.
10 a.m. View from the U.S. Department of Transportation with Rick Boyle, U.S. Competent Authority Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration U.S. Department of Transportation.
10:30 a.m. GNEP Transportation Roundtable with Dr. Francis Slakey, Ph.D., Associate Director of Public Affairs, American Physical Society; Robert Quinn, Energy Solutions; and Alan Hanson, AREVA.
Location: Sofitel Lafayette Square Hotel, 806 15th St. NW.
April 25 - 27. 8:15 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. SCHOOL OF THE AMERICAS — School of the Americas Watch holds a three-day nationwide public fast in support of legislation that would suspend operations at the U.S. Army's School of the Americas, renamed the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation.
Location: Outside Cannon House Office Building.
9 a.m. - 2 p.m. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY — Forum sponsored by the Institute for Policy Innovation on intellectual property driving global growth. Speakers include Congressman Tom Feeney, R-FL.,
Location: Hyatt Regency, 400 New Jersey Ave. NW, Washington, DC
8:30 a.m. - 10 a.m. IMMIGRATION — The Brookings Institution and the Migration Policy Institute will host a discussion on comprehensive immigration reform with keynote remarks by Rep. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., and Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., sponsors of the Security Through Regularized Immigration and a Vibrant Economy (STRIVE) Act. After their remarks, a panel of national experts will discuss the content of the proposed law and the possibilities of immigration reform in the 110th Congress.
Location: Brookings Institution, Falk Auditorium, 1775 Massachusetts Ave. NW.
9 a.m. AFRICA-POVERTY — The Mercatus Center at George Mason University hosts “Fighting Poverty through Entrepreneurship,” a panel discussion on sustainable development strategies. Entrepreneurs from Africa and development scholars will discuss the successes and challenges facing the African entrepreneur and the larger implications for the fight against poverty in Africa.
Location: National Press Club, First Amendment Lounge.
9 a.m. BREAST CANCER RALLY — Susan G. Komen for the Cure hosts a ’Close the Gap’ rally with breast cancer survivors, political activists and members of Congress.
Location: West Lawn, The Capitol.
10 a.m. INTERNET GAMBLING — Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., holds a press conference to discuss the introduction of the Internet Gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act of 2007.
Location: Room 2220, Rayburn
12 p.m. ECONOMY — Catherine Mann, senior fellow, Peterson Institute, speaks about the U.S. global imbalances in trade, finance and the dollar.
Location: Chinatown Garden Restaurant, 618 H St. NW, Washington, D.C.
12 p.m. FARM BILL — The Cato Institute invites hosts a Policy Forum, “Freeing the Farm: A Farm Bill for All Americans.” Participants: David Orden, International Food Policy Research Institute; Clayton Yeutter, Former Secretary of Agriculture and Former United States Trade Representative; and Sallie James, Cato Institute.
Location: Cato Institute, 1000 Massachusetts Ave. NW.
12 p.m. IRAQ WAR FUNDING-PROTEST — Military and Gold Star Families, Iraq Veterans and Veterans of other wars hold a protest against continued funding of the Iraq war.
Location: The atrium, Hart.
12 p.m. US-GLOBAL ECONOMICS — Catherine L. Mann, Peterson Institute for International Economics, addresses a National Economists Club luncheon.Topic: “An Update on the US Global Imbalances: Trade, Finance, and the Dollar.”
Location: Chinatown Gardens Restaurant, 618 H St. NW.
12:30 p.m. FINANCIAL GLOBALIZATION — Federal Reserve Governor Frederic Mishkin speaks about globalization and financial development.
Location: International Monetary Fund, 700 19th St. NW, Washington, D.C.
2:30 p.m. ANGELINA JOLIE-GLOBAL ACTION FOR CHILDREN — News conference to launch Global Action for Children (GAC), encouraging U.S. policy makers and other G-8 countries to increase funding for and attention to the growing crisis of children made vulnerable by disease and poverty. Participants: Angelina Jolie, Co-Chair of the Jolie-Pitt Foundation and Honorary Board Chairperson of GAC; Jennifer Delaney, Executive Director, GAC; Rev. Mpho Tutu, Founder and Executive Director of the Tutu Institute for Prayer and Pilgrimage; Gene Sperling, Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and Director of the Center on Universal Education; and Kay Warren, Executive Director of Saddleback Church, HIV/AIDS Initiative.
Location: National Press Club, 14th and F Sts. NW
3 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. FARM BILL — Oxfam America Media hosts a discussion, “The Farm Bill, Commodity Subsidies and the Small Family Farm: Facts and Fiction.” Participants: Barry Goodwin, the William Neal Reynolds Professor in the Departments of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Economics at North Carolina State University and a 2006 Fellow of the American Agricultural Economics Association; and Jill Findeis, a Professor of Agricultural, Environmental and Regional Economics and Demography, at Pennsylvania State University.
Location: Room 304, Cannon House Office Building.
5 p.m. - 8 p.m. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY — Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez joins industry groups, students, and lawmakers for an event to mark World Intellectual Property Day.
Location: Rayburn Foyer, Rayburn House Office Building.
All times local in Washington.
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Comments
Bryan, The Tilman thread is off the front page now. In case you don't check there:
To make it simple, I did not "breazily dismiss this story because it 'goes on all the time'".
I did not dismiss this story at all.
I did point out that it goes on all of the time.
I also observed that it has been a political windfall for the Democraticals, and so Pat Tilman continues to be a prop in the political theatrics.
I said nothing beyond that.
If I had said or implied any of the things that you, Tony or dave k are accusing me of saying or implying, I would apologize and recant in a heartbeat.
I didn't, so I won't.
I'm outa here (starting now) for the next 5 to 7 days so I can not respond to any further rants.
Posted by: Leo T | April 26, 2007 6:54 AM
Sorry Leo,Juanie,guilty as charged!
Have a nice vacation or business trip and chill out.
Posted by: Raving Loon | April 26, 2007 8:27 AM
I watched the Tillman hearings and I'm still looking for the supposed major revelations or new news that was supposed to come out of them.
We knew before that he was killed by friendly fire and that some higher-ups in the military wanted to make it look like he died in an enemy firefight. We knew that a Pentagon investigation uncovered that he was actually killed by friendly fire before and that was covered in the hearing, too.
The rest is just political theater. Nothing new there.
Posted by: Jeff | April 26, 2007 10:06 AM
Jeff,
There is something new here, it's called accountability:
You are down-playing the fact that senior generals (as reported as of now) are accused of lieing and/or ordered lies about Tillman's cause of death. Lies to their superiors, Tillman's family and last but not least the American public.
Posted by: Doug Zook | April 26, 2007 10:33 AM
Doug, they were accused of lying and giving others orders to lie before the hearings. They'd already said it in news stories and in congressional briefings. But, remember, it was a PENTAGON investigation that uncovered all of this. That eeevil military that's lying to the American public you referenced above, yeah, they were the ones who got to the bottom of this thing months ago.
Just because Harry Reid and some other Dems scream about how angry they are about it doesn't mean that anything is going to happpen because of it. If you'd followed the news before you'd know that the Pentagon investigation uncovered the untruths and the lies months ago.
Posted by: Jeff | April 26, 2007 12:39 PM
Jeff-
Kevin Tillman and Jessica Lynch thought the hearing was worth the time to come to testify and tell their side of these events.
I'm sure you and your Republican buddies would have been happier if they stayed home and kept quiet, if they had been denied this forum to express their outrage at the way they and their loved ones were treated merely as a source of propaganda, but thankfully the Congress is now in the hands of people who give them the respect they deserve.
Posted by: Tony | April 26, 2007 1:07 PM
Actually Tony, Jessica Lynch and Kevin Tillman had both said essentially the same thing to reporters (ESPN in Tillman's case and Army Times in Lynch's), so no, that was nothing new, either and we already knew that their loved ones had been treated as a source of propaganda because the Pentagon had already uncovered it in that investigation you don't want to talk about. So, nothing new on that front. Keep trying to spin this anyway you want, but events for the sake of politics are really not events at all. I'll agree with you that it was really so, so important when Harry actually does something about it by drafting legislation to keep it from happening again or demanding that the generals in charge get fired. Oh, wait, the president already removed those people. Darn. Well, maybe they could demand that the SecDef gets fired. The President already did that, too. Darn.
Well, I wouldn't hold my breath on Harry actually introducing that legislation, although I'm hoping for ya.
Posted by: Jeff | April 26, 2007 5:54 PM