The Washington Bureau will be covering a briefing on a new report that shows how cultural sensitivity is critical to successful development strategies and women’s equality, a House committee hearing to ensure that investors, servicers, and lenders provide help for troubled homeowners, a conference with the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, a discussion on dealing with North Korea, and a discussion on Gulf economic trends.
The Washington Bureau will be covering a discussion on “Constrainment: A Counterterrorism Strategy for the Post-Iraq Era,” a discussion on “Changing Course and A Common Word: Two Important Initiatives for Bridging with the Muslim World,’ and a discussion on “Arab Youth Between Hope and Disillusionment: Toward a New U.S. Strategy in the Middle East.”
News Director Lovisa Frost will be covering the White House briefing.
UN Correspondent Tala Dowlatshahi will be covering UN Press Conference on the situation in Nepal.
The Washington Bureau will be covering a The Alliance for Health Reform’s briefing on “Massachusetts Health Reform: A Giant Step Toward Universal Coverage?”, a news conference to discuss and release the results of opinion poll research on issues that were most important to voters in the election hosted by the Campaign for America’s Future, a post-election news conference by the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, and a conference call briefing to discuss college affordability under an Obama administration and the 111th Congress hosted by Got Tuition?.
Bureau Chief Ellen Ratner will be covering the White House briefing.
U.N. Correspondent Tala Dowlatshahi will be covering the U.N. press conference.
The Washington Bureau will be covering the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy discussion previewing the Supreme Court first amendment case, Pleasant Grove v. Summum, the Alliance to End Hunger news conference to discuss important issues for young voters on election day, the American Bar Assn. Standing Committee on Law and National Security discussion on the challenges facing the next administration in preventing terrorism, and Democracy: A Journal of Ideas discussion on “After the Election: The New Administration and the Democracy Party in a Transformed Political World.”
The Washington Bureau will also be covering the New America Foundation discussion on “Wall St. is Dead. Long Live Wall St.! With the Election Over-What’s In Store for Financial Markets?”, the Center for American Progress’ discussion on “Are Today’s Young People Political Game-Changers?”, and the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research Election Watch 2008 event.
Legal Affairs Correspondent Jay Tamboli will be covering the Supreme Court oral arguments in FCC v. Fox Television Stations, where the Court is considering the constitutionality of FCC fines over “fleeting expletives.”
Bureau Chief Ellen Ratner and Political Analyst Bob Ney will be covering the elections from Columbus, Ohio. Pentagon Correspondent S. Dawn Casey is in Chicago today and correspondent Paul Brandus will be in Virginia. Legal Affairs Correspondent Jay Tamboli and News Director Lovisa are going to be in Washington DC. UN Correspondent Tala Dowlatshahi will cover the United Nations today and do election coverage with Governor Patterson tonight.
The rest of the Washington bureau will cover election events in Northern Virginia, College Park, Maryland and Washington DC polling places.
Talk Radio News is in immense preparation for the election events tomorrow and is very excited for the culmination of this historic election season. The Washington Bureau will be covering a discussion about human rights in Ethiopia. The Washington Bureau will also be covering a discussion about the World Trade Organization and Russia.
The Washington Bureau will be covering The Center for Strategic and International Studies address by Kurdistan President Massoud Barzani on “The Kurdistan Region and the Future of Iraq,” The Woodrow Wilson Center discussion on “Iraqi Women as Agents of Peace,” the Brookings Institution discussion on “Campaign Effects in the 2008 Election: Money, Ads and Mobilization,” and the Center for Strategic and INternational Studies book discussion on “The Wisdom of Whores: Bureaucrats, Brothels and the Business of AIDS.”
The Washington Bureau will also be covering a conference with Retired General Wesley Clark, Former Senators Max Cleland and Bob Kerrey, and Chairman of VoteVets.org, Jon Stoltz, on the state of the race for VoteVets.Org candidates, and a conference with the Obama-Biden campaign on the state of the race.
The Washington Bureau will cover a Joint Economic Committee hearing on “Faltering Economic Growth and the Need for Economic Stimulus” and a news conference to announce and discuss the details about the first group of states to join implementation of the “Tough Choices or Tough Times” initiative. The Bureau will also cover a discussion on “God and Country: A New Role for Faith in Presidential Politics?” at the National Press Club.
In the afternoon, the Washington Bureau will cover a news conference on “Barriers to the Ballot Box: What Can Voters Expect on November 4?” at the National Press Club and a forum on “Back to Enron: Were the Wrong Lessons Learned for Corporate Governance and Energy Policy?” at the Cato Institute.
Pentagon Correspondent Dawn Casey will attend a briefing by Army Col. Dominic Caraccilo, Commander of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), live from Iraq in the Pentagon Briefing Room. UN Correspondent Tala Dowlatshahi will attend a briefing by the Russian Federation. The Washington Bureau will also attend a conference held by Georgetown University’s Center for Contemporary Arab Studies on “Unearthing Iraq: Trajectories of Disintegration and Transformation,” a discussion by the Center for Strategic and International Studies on “Past and Present Challenges for Global Health and AIDS,” the Hudson Institute’s Center for Religious Freedom and the Institute on Religion and Democracy’s discussion on “Promoting Religious Freedom in Sudan,” and a discussion on “The Election and Post-Racial Politics” by the Institute for Policy Studies.
White House correspondent Lovisa Frost will be covering the White House briefing. The Washington Bureau will be covering a discussion on “Avoiding a Rush to Judgment: Overcriminalization and the Subprime Meltdown”, as well as a discussion on “The Energy Economy in Transition: Mega Trends for the Year Ahead.”