From: "Tim Shorrock" <tshorrock51 at hotmail.com> Subject: AIPAC, Saudi events today Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 09:56:14 -0400
From today's AP daybook - AIPAC meeting uptown, conference on Saudi Arabia downtown. Note nice bipartisan lineup at both events. TS
UPTOWN DC...
April 21 - 23. ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS_The American Israel Public Affairs Committee, America's Pro-Israel Lobby, holds a Policy Conference Program.
Highlights:
8:30 a.m. Morning plenary, with Ehud Ya'ari, Israel Channel 2; Ze'ev Schiff, Ha'aretz..
10:30 a.m. Forum on the Mullahs-Iran, with Amb. Ryan Crocker, State Department; Patrick Clawson, Washington Institute for Near East Policy; Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va. Forum on Israel's Security, with Aryeh Herzog, Israeli Missile Defense Organization; David Martin, U.S. Missile Defense Agency; Rep. Mark Kirk, R-Ill. Forum on Complexities of Covering Middle East, with Mark Regev, Embassy of Israel; others. .
12:15 p.m. Special address, Sen. Thomas Daschle, D-S.D., Senate Majority Leader..
1 p.m. Forum on Tackling Terror, with James Steinberg, Brookings INstitute; Rep. Jane Harman, D-Calif; James Woolsey, former director, CIA..
7:30 p.m. Banquet plenary, with Israeli Foreign Minister Bibi Netanyahu and White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card.
Location: Washington Hilton Hotel, 1919 Connecticut Ave. NW.
Notes: Satellite truck parking at 19th St. and Florida Ave. NW.
AND DOWN...
8:15 a.m. - 2 p.m. U.S.-SAUDI_The Council on Foreign Relations holds a conference organized in cooperation with the Petroleum Industry Research Foundation, Inc. and the U.S.-Saudi Arabian Business Council, ``U.S.-Saudi Energy and Economic Relations in Global Perspective.''
Highlights:
8:45 a.m. John Lichtblau, chairman, Petroleum Industry Research Foundation; Alfred DeCrane, Jr., U.S. co-chairman, U.S.-Saudi Arabian Business Council, former CEO of Texaco, Inc..
9 a.m. Ali Al-Naimi, Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; Alan Larson, State Department Under Secretary; Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M.; Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham..
10:45 a.m. David O'Reilly, CEO, ChevronTexaco Corp.; Abdulrahman Al-Tuwaijri, Secretary General, Supreme Economic Council, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; Charlie Rose, Charlie Rose Show..
12:30 p.m. Luncheon address, Ibrahim Al-Assaf, Minister of Finance and National Economy, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; moderator Robert Rubin, Citigroup, formerly Treasury secretary..
Location: J.W. Marriott Hotel, 14th and Pennsylvania Ave. NW.
Contacts: Marieke Beeuwkes, 212-434-9537