The Washington, D.C. Bureau will be covering the following events:

-The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) holds a presentation to release and discuss the ISW’s second report on Afghanistan, “Securing Helmand: Understanding and Responding to the Enemy.”

-The International Spy Museum holds the launch of “Weapons of Mass Disruption,” a gallery on cyber security, that shows how “a team of cyber spies and saboteurs with armed weapons no more sophisticated than common laptops, can turn power lines into battle lines.”

-The Security for a New Century 111th Congress holds a discussion on “Iran: Post-Election Crisis and Future Implications.”
Participants: retired Central Intelligence Agency Officer Mark Fowler

-The Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessment President Andrew Krepinevich holds an online briefing, beginning at 10 a.m., on “U.S. Nuclear Forces: Meeting the Challenge of a Proliferated World.”

-The Christian Defense Coalition holds an event to erect a 100-foot image of the number 71, which represents the “percentage of people in a national Zogby poll that oppose taxpayer funded abortions.”

-A Joint Economic Committee full committee hearing on the employment situation for September.

-The Woodrow Wilson Center (WWC) hosts a discussion on “Engaging China in New Energy Cooperation.”

-Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell along with GOP Leadership holds a news conference to discuss the Democrats’ trillion dollar partisan health care proposal.

-Rep. Joe Courtney’s holds a conference call to discuss a letter he wrote to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi opposing a healthcare excise tax.

The Washington, D.C. Bureau will be covering the following events:

-The Senate Finance Committee’s markup of “The America’s Health Future Act.”
-A hearing on Afghanistan’s role in Pakistan.
-The “Mad as Hell Doctors” multi-city tour in a “care-a-van.”
-An Economic Policy Institute conference on potential job loss in light of climate control legislation.
-A briefing with House Majority Whip James Clyburn on “Why Rural America Needs Health Care Reform.”
-A news conference with Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and New Mexico Senators Tom Udall and Jeff Bingaman on the future of the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project

The Washington, D.C. Bureau will be covering the following:

-General Ray Odierno testifies before the House Armed Services Committee.

-Senate Finance Committee holds a markup of “The America’s Health Future Act.”

-A House Financial Services Committee hearing on “Perspectives on the Consumer Financial Protection Agency.”

-Sen. Sanders, Rep DeFazio deliver remarks on social security and medicare.

Bureau Chief Ellen Ratner will be on the first anniversary of Fox News Channel’s Strategy Room from 3:00-3:30 PM EDT.

White House Correspondent Victoria Jones will be covering a briefing with White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs.

The Washington Bureau will also be covering:

-Senate Finance Committee full committee markup of “The America’s Health Future Act.”

-Filmmaker Michael Moore; Robert Weissman, President of Public Citizen; and Fred Redmond, Vice President of United Steelworkers deliver remarks at a news conference to “challenge President Obama and Democratic members of Congress to get tough on Health Care Reform.”

- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer will hold a pen and pad session

-Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J.; actress Sigourney Weaver and The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) holds a news conference calling for “protection of our seas from ocean acidification, including through a strong clean energy and climate bill, and funding for ocean acidification research.”

- Human Rights First holds a discussion on “Protecting America Post-Guantanamo,” focusing on “the national security benefits of closing the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, and on the heated rhetoric and scare tactics that have shaped this debate in recent weeks.”

-Republican staff members of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hold a briefing on the introduction of the “Boxer-Kerry Cap and Trade” bill.

-The Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) holds a discussion on “Illegal, But Not Undocumented: Identity Theft, Document Fraud, and Illegal Employment.”

-Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chairman Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., holds a pen and pad briefing on the 2010 Senate landscape.

-The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee holds a full committee hearing on “The Administration’s Flu Vaccine Program: Health, Safety, and Distribution.”

-The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee holds a hearing on “Final Breakthrough on the Billion Dollar Katrina Infrastructure Logjam: How is it working?”

The Washington Bureau is covering the following:

- The Senate Finance Committee continues its full committee markup of “The America’s Health Future Act.”

- “Islam on Capitol Hill” holds a Muslim prayer on the grounds of the Capitol

- Operation Save America holds a gospel proclamation and news conference to counter the “Islam on Capitol Hill” event.

- A House Financial Services Committee full committee hearing on “Oversight and Audit Issues at the Federal Reserve System,” and H.R.1207, the “Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2009.”

- A Cato Institute briefing on “The Case for Withdrawal from Afghanistan.”

Bureau Chief Ellen Ratner will attending events surrounding the Clinton Global Initiative.

UN Correspondent Tala Dowlatshahi will be covering the President’s speech and the protests over Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s visit.

The Washington, D.C. bureau will also be covering:

-Remarks from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Labor Secretary Hilda Solis on health care.

-A House Financial Services Committee hearing with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on “The Administration’s Proposal for Financial Regulatory Reform.”

-A Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee full committee hearing on “Defense Contract Audit Agency: Who Is Responsible for Reform?”

-A Senate Judiciary Committee full committee hearing on “Reauthorizing the USA PATRIOT Act: Ensuring Liberty and Security.”

-A briefing with Reps. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and John Kline (R-Minn.) on the “Iranian Demonstrator Crackdown.”

-A House Education and Labor Committee hearing on the “Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2009.”

-House Energy and Commerce Committee full committee markup of a motion to instruct the chairman to transmit to the Committee on Rules additional recommended amendments for consideration in connection with H.R.3200, the “America’s Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009.”

-House Financial Services Committee full committee hearing on “The Administration’s Proposals for Financial Regulatory Reform.”

UN Correspondent Tala Dowlatshahi will be covering the Climate Summit with President Barack Obama

The Washington, D.C. Bureau will be covering the following:

-The Foreign Policy Initiative holds a forum on “Advancing and Defending Democracy,” Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., delivers remarks.

-The Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee holds a staff lead roundtable discussion on “Small Business contracting: Ensuring Opportunities for America’s Small Businesses.”

-Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I. holds a news conference on health information technology.

-Christian and Muslim leaders hold a news conference to discuss an Islamic prayer vigil at the U.S. Capitol.

-The American Cancer Society’s Cancer Action Network and the National Association of Basketball Coaches hold a Coaches vs. Cancer rally to “urge Congress to pass health care reform.”

-House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md. holds his weekly pen and pad only news briefing.

-The Senate Democratic Policy Committee and the Senate Republican Policy Committee hold their weekly policy committee.

-Federal Communications Chairman Julius Genachowski and FCC Commissioner Michael Copps deliver remarks at a Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies Media & Technology Institute to release the Broadband Imperatives Report.

-House Judiciary Committee Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties Subcommittee hearing on the USA PATRIOT Act.

-House Veterans Affairs Committee Health Subcommittee hearing on “Is the VA (Veterans Affairs Department) Meeting the Pharmaceutical Needs of Veterans? An Examination of the VA National Formulary, Issues of Patient Safety, and Management of the Pharmacy Benefits Program.”

The Washington. D.C Bureau will be covering:

- Spkr. Pelosi weekly press briefing

- Reps. Gutierrez, Berkley, Cohen etal on Auschwitz grounds preservation.

- Reps. Price, Ryan, Kirk etal on GOP health care plans

- News briefing with House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio

- Hearing with House Homeland Security Committee

- Meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Stephan Harper, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev.; and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.

- Discussion with the Migration Policy Institute (MPI) on the “Humanitarian Situation in Afghanistan”

Correspondent Geoff Holtzman will be at the “Hold Their Feet to the Fire” Conference.

White House Correspondent Victoria Jones will be covering the White House press briefing with White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs.

The Washington. D.C Bureau will be covering:

- Rep. Frank Wolf, R-Va., holds a news conference to call for the creation of a bipartisan group to support the strategy on Afghanistan put forth by Gen. Stanley McChrystal and Gen. David Petraeus.

- Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and House Secretary Arne Duncan give remarks at Broad Education Award Prize Ceremony.

- Speaker Pelosi and singer Paul Simon at the Children’s Health Fund event.

- Speaker Pelosi with Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez on education.

- Rep. Jack Kingston, R-Ga.; Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn.; Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas; and Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., holds a news conference on the “role of czars” in the Obama administration.

- Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va.; Rep. Mike Pence, R-Ind.; Rep. Buck McKeon, R-Ca.; Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fl.; Rep. Thomas Rooney, R-Fl.; and Ambassador Dore Gold hold conference on Iran.

- Teleconference on the release of a new database detailing toxic chemicals in consumer products.

UN Correspondent Tala Dowlatshahi will be covering President Barack Obama’s speech at Federal Hall.

The Washington, D.C. Bureau will be covering the following:

-The Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute’s 2009 Latinos Leading Summit.

-Members of the U.S. Senate’s “Gang of Six”, Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont.; Senate Budget Chairman Kent Conrad, D-N.D.; Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chairman Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M.; Senate Finance ranking Republican Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa; Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions ranking Republican Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo.; and Small Business and Entrepreneurship ranking Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine hold a meeting to work on health care reform legislation. Talk Radio/Talk Media News will be staking the meeting out.

-Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano; Small Business Administrator Karen Mills; and Deputy Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Infulenza Division Daniel Jernigan hold a conference call briefing to discuss H1N1 guidance issued to small businesses on decreasing exposure to regular seasonal flu and 2009 H1N1 flu.

-Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee full committee hearing on “Cyber Attacks: Protecting Industry Against Growing Threats.”

-The Cato Institute holds a policy forum on “Should the United States Withdraw from Afghanistan?”

-The Christian Defense Coalition holds the second day of its “Abortion is Not Health Care” event featuring 27 hours of prayer “for God to intervene in the national health care debate and ensure that taxpayer funds are not used to pay for abortions.”