Today At TRNS

-White House Correspondent Victoria Jones will be covering the White House press briefing with Press Secretary Robert Gibbs and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice.

The Washington Bureau will also be covering:

-FRC Action, the legislative arm of the Family Research Council; the American Family Association; Focus on the Family ACTION; American Values; the Family Research Council; and the Heritage Foundation – Summit
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.; House Republican Conference Chairman Mike Pence, R-Ind.; House Minority Whip Eric Cantor, R-Va.; former Gov. Mike Huckabee, R-Ark.; FRC Action and Family Research Council President Tony Perkins, deliver remarks during the opening of the Values Voter Summit and 2009 morning plenary session
Michele Bachmann, R-Minn.; Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga.; Rep. Christopher Smith, R-N.J., participate in a town hall on “the economic and moral implications of health care reform.”

-The New America Foundation (NAF) holds a discussion on “Shining a Light on ‘Shadow’ Banking: Understanding Consumers’ Preferences for Alternative Financial Services and Implications for Policy.”
Participants: Peggy Twohig of the Treasury Department; Patrick Brown of NetSpend Corporation; James Gutierrez of Progreso Financiero; Edward Mierzwinski of the U.S. PIRG; Manuel Orozco of the Inter-American Dialogue; John Thompson of the Advent Financial Services; Rachel Schneider of the Center for Financial Services Innovation; Roy Sosa of MPOWER Ventures; William Zavarello, staff member of the House Financial Services Committee; and Melissa Koide of NAF.

-The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) – Discussion
The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) holds a discussion on “A Parliamentary Perspective: The Future of US-Iraqi Relations.”
Participants: Former Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, member of the Iraqi Parliament; Saleh Al Mutlaq, member of the Iraqi Parliament and head of the Iraqi National Defense Front; and Rusty Barber, director of Iraq Programs at USIP

-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton – Speech
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivers a speech previewing the United States’ agenda for the United Nations General Assembly, at the Brookings Institution.

-The Heritage Foundation holds a discussion on “Tort Reform in the States: Protecting Consumers and Enhancing Economic Growth.”
PARTICIPANTS: former Attorney General Edwin Meese III, chairman of the Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at the Heritage Foundation.

-The Center for American Progress (CAP) – Conference call briefing
The Center for American Progress (CAP) holds a conference call briefing, beginning at 11 a.m., to discuss “climate change in the context of the opening of the United Nations General Assembly and the G-20 Summit,” and to release a document, “Beyond Business as Usual: G20 Leaders and Post-Crisis Reconstitution of the International Economic Order.”
Participants: former Sen. Tim Wirth, D-Colo., president of the United Nations Foundation; John Podesta, president and CEO of CAP; former Chilean President Ricardo Lagos; Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and director of the Yale Climate & Energy Institute; and Andrew Light, senior fellow at CAP

-The National Press Club Afternoon Newsmaker Program – Discussion
The National Press Club Afternoon Newsmaker Program holds a discussion on “The Nuclear Problem with North Korea, Peace on the Korean Peninsula, Deadlocked Inter-Korean Relations and Six-Party Talks,” with Chung Dong-Young, member of the National Assembly of the South Korea.