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Diary for the Week Ahead for Saturday, April 21 through Friday,
April 27, 2012:
Saturday, April 21
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Sunday, April 22
9 a.m. — STATE OF THE UNION WITH CANDY CROWLEY (CNN):
David Axelrod, senior strategist for the Obama
re-election campaign discusses President Obama’s 2012 Campaign
and the Democratic agenda.
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), discusses the campaign,
immigration and the ”VP buzz.”
Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), ranking member of the
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, discusses the
Secret Service scandal and GSA hearings.
9 a.m. — FOX NEWS SUNDAY WITH CHRIS WALLACE (FOX):
Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Chairman Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), discusses Secret Service
scandal and whether the president’s security was compromised
Gov. Mitch Daniels (R-Ind.) discusses the state of the
economy heading into the general election and potential vice
presidential picks for Mitt Romney.
Political panel with Bill Kristol of the Weekly
Standard and Fox News; Joe Trippi, former Howard Dean campaign
manager and Fox News contributor; Karl Rove, former White House
senior adviser and Fox News contributor; and Juan Williams, Fox
News political analyst.
10 a.m. — THIS WEEK (ABC):
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) a member of the Senate
Homeland Security Committee and Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee
(D-Texas) a member of the House Homeland Security Committee,
discuss the Secret Service scandal.
Political roundtable with Keith Olbermann, ABC News’
George Will, political strategist and ABC News contributor
Donna Brazile, political strategist and ABC News political
analyst Matthew Dowd, and Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy
Noonan.
10:30 a.m. — MEET THE PRESS (NBC):
House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Darrell
Issa (R-Calif.) and House Homeland Security Chairman Peter King
(R-N.Y.) discuss ”the latest on the investigations into the
Secret Service scandal and new reports of lavish spending by
government employees.”
David Axelrod, Obama re-election campaign senior
political strategist and former White House senior advisor,
discusses the campaign, as well as how the president ”will
battle the possible perceptions that government has run amok”
with the recent Secret Service and General Services
Administration scandals.
Helene Cooper, White House correspondent for The New
York Times; E.J. Dionne, columnist at The Washington Post;
David Brooks, columnist at The New York Times; and Chuck Todd,
political director and chief White House correspondent for NBC
News, participate in a roundtable discussion on ”new polling
showing a tight race” between President Obama and Mitt Romney
and what kind of president the American people want and how the
candidates size up.
10:30 a.m. — FACE THE NATION (CBS):
Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Chairman Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) and former U.S. Secret Service
Director Ralph Basham discuss Secret Service scandal.
Roundtable discussion on the Secret Service and GSA
scandals with Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas), Rep. Elijah
Cummings (D-Md.), Sen. Tom Comburn (R-Okla.) and CBS News Chief
White House Correspondent Norah O’Donnell.
6 p.m. — (HEALTH/DOCTORS) CONFERENCE — Doctors for
America holds the 2012 National Leadership Conference, April
22-23.
Highlight
6:30 p.m.: Marshall Ganz, architect of
the 2008 Obama campaign grassroots organizing model and senior
lecturer at the Harvard John F. Kennedy School of Government,
delivers keynote remarks.
Location: Washington Plaza Hotel, 10 Thomas Circle
NW, First Floor, Federal Hall, Washington D.C.
Contact: Samantha Galing, 202-481-8219,
Samantha.galing@drsforamerica.org
Note: RSVP to Samantha Galing.
Monday, April 23
8:15 a.m. — (HEALTH/DOCTORS) CONFERENCE — Doctors for
America holds the 2012 National Leadership Conference, April
22-23.
Highlights
8:30 a.m.: Ezekiel Emanuel, former senior
adviser to President Obama, oncologist and bioethicist, and
vice provost of the University of Pennsylvania, delivers
keynote remarks.
9:15 a.m.: Plenary on ”The State of the
ACA (Affordable Care Act): Impact to Date and the Challenges
Ahead.”
2:45 p.m.: Jon Carson, director of the
White House Office of Public Engagement, participates in
”Listening Session with White House and HHS Officials.”
4:45 p.m.: Don Berwick, former
administrator of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services
and former president and CEO of the Institute for Healthcare
Improvement, is honored with the ”Health Champion of the Year
Award.”
5:30 p.m.: HHS Secretary Kathleen
Sebelius delivers keynote address.
Location: Washington Plaza Hotel, 10 Thomas Circle
NW, First Floor, Federal Hall, Washington D.C.
Contact: Samantha Galing, 202-481-8219,
Samantha.galing@drsforamerica.org
Note: RSVP to Samantha Galing.
ADDS PARTICIPANTS, NOTE
Noon — (US-EGYPT/BUSINESS) DISCUSSION — The
U.S.-Egypt Business Council and the American Chamber of
Commerce in Egypt hold a luncheon discussion on U.S.-Egyptian
relations. Participants include retired Marine Corps Gen. James
Jones, former national security adviser; Assistant Secretary of
State for Near Eastern Affairs Jeffrey Feltman; Ambassador of
the Arab Republic of Egypt to the United States Sameh Shoukry;
and Myron Brilliant, U.S. Chamber of Commerce senior vice
president of international affairs.
Location: Willard Hotel, 1401 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Contact: Amanda Riggs, 202-463-5405,
ariggs@uschamber.com
Note: Media should RSVP to
or
call 202-463-5682.
Tuesday, April 24
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS — 10:30 a.m. — Energy and Water
Development Subcommittee markup the FY2013 Energy and Water
Development Appropriations bill. 192 Dirksen
Contact: Rob Blumenthal (Inouye), 202-224-1010
(STATE/ARMS/NUCLEAR/FAMINE) ADVISORY — At 9:30 a.m.,
International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War and
Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) holds a conference
call briefing on ”Among Consequences: Major Drop in U.S. and
Chinese Agriculture Production Seen in Wake of Nuclear Weapons
Exchange; Resulting Famine Would Threaten Lives of the World’s
Already Malnourished Billion People.” Participants include
report author Ira Helfand, North American vice president of
International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War and
former president of PSR; former United Nations Undersecretary
General of Disarmament Affairs Jayantha Dhanapala, president of
Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs and governing
board member of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists; and
Alexandre Liebeskind of the International Committee of the Red
Cross.
Contact: Will Harwood, 703-276-3255,
wharwood@hastingsgroup.com
Note: Call-in, 800-860-2442 (U.S.) or 412-858-4600
(International); ask for the ”Indian Pakistan nuclear famine”
event. Streaming audio will be available at 1 p.m. at
9:30 a.m. — (SECURITY/BOYKIN) NEWS CONFERENCE — The
Center for Security Policy holds a news conference and video
presentation of a new web-based, ten-part video course on ”Why
Are We Losing the ‘War on Terror?”’ Participants include
retired Army Lt. Gen. William Boykin, former deputy Defense
undersecretary; retired Army Lt. Gen. Harry Soyster; and course
presenter Frank Gaffney, president of the Center for Security
Policy.
Location: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets
NW, Bloomberg Room
Contact: David Reaboi, 202-719-2410,
dreaboi@securefreedom.org
2:30 p.m. — (US-LATAM-CARIBB/SUMMIT) DISCUSSION — The
Woodrow Wilson Center (WWC) Latin America Program holds an
discussion on ”The Summit of the Americas: A Post-Summit
Assessment.” Participants include Jose Miguel Insulza,
secretary general of the Organization of American States.
Location: WWC, One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, Ronald
Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Contact: 202-691-4000
Note: RSVP to
; webcast
available at
http://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/the-summit-the-americas-post-
summit-assessment
Wednesday, April 25
ADDS WITNESSES
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS — 10:30 a.m. — Defense
Subcommittee closed hearing on the budget estimates for FY2013
for national and military intelligence programs. Director of
National Intelligence James Clapper Jr.; and Defense
Undersecretary for Intelligence Michael Vickers, testify.
SVC-217, U.S. Capitol
Contact: Rob Blumenthal (Inouye), 202-224-1010
(GRADS/BUSINESS/DUNCAN) ADVISORY — Education Secretary
Arne Duncan and Small Business Administration Administrator
Karen Mills hold a Twitter Q&A; event on helping college
graduates start a business and the Income-Based Repayment (IBR)
Plan, which ”supports young college graduates who are looking
to open a business, join a startup or work in a public service
job by making federal student loan repayments manageable.”
Contact: 202-401-1576,
[Note: Followthe event and submit question at hashtag #GradStartup]
1 p.m. — (EDUCATION/STUDENTS) SEMINAR — George
Washington University’s (GWU) School of Education and Human
Development holds a seminar on the National Attainment Agenda
and individual success, focusing on increasing the number of
postsecondary degree and certificate holders and the dilemmas
of individual students. Participants include Thomas Bailey,
director of the Community College Research Center at Teacher
College, Columbia University; Jonathan Gueverra, chief
executive officer at the Community College of D.C.; James
Rosenbaum, professor of education and social policy at the
Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern University.
Location: GWU, 805 21st Street NW, Marvin Center,
Room 309
Contact: Jill Sankey, 202-994-6466,
Note: RSVP requested.}
Thursday, April 26
8:45 a.m. — (BANK/FDIC) EVENT — The Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation (FDIC) holds a meeting on ”Moving Forward
with Safe Accounts and Mobile Financial Services.”
Highlights
8:45 a.m.: FDIC Acting Chairman Martin
Gruenberg delivers opening remarks.
9 a.m.: Panel discussion on ”Consumer
Protections Provided to Debit and Credit Card Compared to
Prepaid Cards.”
9:45 a.m.: Panel discussion on ”Model
Safe Accounts Pilot Results.”
10:45 a.m.: Panel discussion on ”Safe
Accounts Question and Answers and Next Steps.”
1:30 p.m.: Panel discussion on ”Mobile
Financial Services Update.”
3:45 p.m.: Acting FDIC Chairman Martin
Gruenberg delivers closing remarks.
Location: FDIC Headquarters, 550 17th Street NW
Contact: David Barr, 202-898-6992,
12:15 p.m. — (SECURITY/SHEIKH MOHAMMED) DISCUSSION —
The New America Foundation (NAF) holds a book discussion on
”The Hunt for KSM: Inside the Pursuit and Takedown of the Real
9/11 Mastermind, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.” Participants include
author Josh Meyer; and Peter Bergen, director of the national
security studies program at NAF.
Location: The New America Foundation, 1899 L Street
NW, Suite 400
Contact: Kate Brown, 202-596-3365,
brown@newamerica.net
Friday, April 27
9:30 a.m. — (UGANDA/OIL) DISCUSSION — The Johns
Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced
International Studies (SAIS) holds a discussion on ”Lake Albert
Oil: A ‘Resource Curse’ for Uganda.” Participants include Joel
Barkan, professor emeritus of political science at the
University of Iowa and senior associate at the Center for
Strategic and International Studies Africa Program; Alan Gelb,
senior fellow at the Center for Global Development; Peter Veit,
project manager for the Equity, Poverty and Environment
Initiative at World Resources Institute; and Raymond Gilpin,
director of the Sustainable Economies Center of Innovation at
the U.S. Institute of Peace.
Location: SAIS, Bernstein-Offit Building, 1717
Massachusetts Avenue NW, Room 500
Contact: Felisa Neuringer Klubes, 202-663-5626,
fklubes@jhu.edu
Note: The speakers’ comments are not for
attribution. Register at
http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/o/6060/p/salsa/event/common/pub
lic/?event_KEY=35719
1 p.m. — (MUSIC/JAZZ/ARMSTRONG) NEWS CONFERENCE — The
National Press Club holds a news conference and panel
discussion titled ”Satchmo at the National Press Club,”
recounting the 1971 performance of Louis Armstrong at the
inauguration of then incoming NPC President Vernon Louviere.
Participants include Oscar Cohn, executive director of the
Armstrong Foundation; and Chris royal, associate professor of
music at Howard University.
Location: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW
Contact: 202-662-7540
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