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Here are a few Washington events of note for Tuesday, July 22.

Oilman T. Boone Pickens and others are testifying about energy security before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.

Paul Atkins is making his final speech as the Securities and Exchange Commissioner before a U.S. Chamber of Commerce forum discussing major shareholder proposals, new developments in proxy contests and the strategies of shareholder activists.

The Natural Resources Defense Council and other groups are releasing their second annual report ranking all 50 states in their vulnerability to gas price spikes and which areas are doing the most or least to reduce local oil use.

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Here are a few Washington events of note for Monday, July 21.

President Bush is meeting with the 2008 U.S. Olympic team and then hosting a dinner for past and present American Olympians.

Hundreds of landscape, lawn care, and tree care specialists from across the nation will bring their crews for mulching, tree cabling, pruning, liming, planting and aerating as part of their 12th annual "Renewal and Remembrance" project at Arlington National Cemetery.

Christians United for Israel is holding its third annual Washington-Israel Summit.

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Here are a few Washington events of note for Friday, July 18.

President Bush is attending Republican congressional campaign events in Arizona and Texas.

The National Organization for Women is holding its 2008 conference in Bethesda, Md.

Cardiac surgery pioneer Michael DeBakey, a World War II veteran, is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

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Here are a few Washington events of note for Thursday, July 17.

President Bush is flying to California to inspect wildfire damage and to attend a Republican National Committee reception.

The Senate Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery is holding a hearing on the Federal Emergency Management Agency's response to disasters since Hurricane Katrina.

The International Monetary Fund is releasing its World Economic Outlook.

The funeral Mass for former White House Press Secretary Tony Snow is this morning.

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Here are a few Washington events of note for Wednesday, July 16.

President Bush is attending a White House Tee Ball Game in the afternoon and hosting a social dinner in honor of Major League Baseball in the evening.

The Labor Department is releasing the Consumer Price Index for June.

The Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing on the Bush administration's detainee policies and their impact on the fight against terrorism.

Americans for Tax Reform announcing its annual calculation for this year's "Cost of Government Day" in which Americans have paid their share of federal, state, and local tax and regulatory burdens. The group says this year's day falls on July 16, four days later than last year.

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Here are a few Washington events of note for Tuesday, July 15.

Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke is giving his semi-annual monetary report to Congress, testifying before the Senate Banking Housing and Urban Affairs Committee.

The U.S. Sentencing Commission is holding a symposium on alternatives to incarceration.

The U.S. Helsinki Commission is holding a hearing on what to do with the prisoners at Guantanamo in the wake of the Supreme Court decision giving them the right to contest their confinement in federal courts.

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Here are a few Washington events of note for Monday, July 14.

The American Civil Liberties Union is marking the addition of the one millionth name to the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) terrorist watch list, saying it confirms its warnings that the TSA is pinning American security on an ineffective list of names.

AARP's Public Policy Institute is holding a forum--- "How will the next president pay the nation's bills?"---to look at the assumptions and thinking behind the economic proposals of Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama.

The auditing firm of Ernst and Young is issuing a report on the "Retirement Vulnerability of New Retirees: The Likelihood of Outliving their Financial Assets," that reveals the percentage of middle-income Americans that will outlive their retirement savings and the major reduction in standard of living they will have to make.

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Here are a few Washington events of note for Friday, July 11.

The Commerce Department is releasing the trade balance report for May.

President Bush is meeting with his economic team.

A group of Native Americans is completing the Longest Walk II, from San Francisco to Washington, to promote protection of Sacred Sites and to raise environmental awareness.

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Here are a few Washington events of note for Thursday, July 10.

The Consumer Federation of America and Washington Mutual are releasing their annual survey of consumer knowledge of credit scores.

The House Energy, Independence and Global Warming Committee is holding a hearing on global warming's impact on extreme weather.

The House Armed Services Committee is holding a hearing on the Air Force aerial tanker replacement program.

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Here are a few Washington events of note for Wednesday, July 9.

The G-8 Summit in Japan is concluding and President Bush is flying back to Washington.

A Senate Homeland Security subcommittee is holding a hearing on Medicare payments tied to deceased doctors.

The House Veterans Affairs Committee is holding a hearing on the VA's continued use of a suicide-inducing drug for veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.

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Here are a few Washington events of note for Tuesday, July 8.

President Bush is attending the G8 summit in Japan.

A new survey is being released on teen dating violence and abuse.

Former Secretaries of State James A. Baker III and Warren Christopher, co-chairs of the National War Powers Commission, are announcing their panel's unanimous findings and recommendations.

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Washington celebrates the Fourth of July like every other American city---with fireworks. The massive display of color and booming rockets---2,800 shells weighing 14,000 pounds---is held on the National Mall near the Washington Monument, preceded by a pop concert near the Capitol.

President Bush is touring Thomas Jefferson's Monticello home in Charlottesville, Va. and speaking at a naturalization ceremony.

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Here are a few Washington events of note for Thursday, July 3.

President Bush is speaking at the ceremonial groundbreaking of the Walter Reed National Medical Center.

The Labor Department is releasing unemployment figures for June.

NASA is discussing data from its spacecraft's flyby of Mercury---the surface, the space environment and geochemistry.

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Here are a few Washington events of note for Wednesday, July 2.

The National Education Association is speaking on what it thinks the federal role in education ought to be.

The Center for Strategic and International Studies is holding a forum with Lithuanian Prime Minister Gediminas Kirkilas on transatlantic relations.

National Geographic and the George Washington Foundation are announcing a new archaeological discovery at Ferry Farm, George Washington's boyhood home near Fredericksburg, Va.

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Here are a few Washington events of note for Tuesday, July 1.

President Bush is attending Republican campaign events in Mississippi and Arkansas.

The Center for Strategic and International Studies and the National Committee on North Korea are holding a forum with Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill for an update on the six-way talks about North Korea's nuclear program.

The International Monetary Fund is presenting a broad assessment of the impact of the surge in food and fuel prices on the balance of payments, budgets, prices and poverty in various countries.

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Here are a few Washington events of note for Monday, June 30.

President Bush is attending a White House Tee Ball game this afternoon.

The Middle East Program of the Woodrow Wilson Center is hosting a discussion on the Bush Administration's final six months of Middle East peace efforts.

The Center for American Progress Action Fund and the Hyde Park Project are hosting a workshop critiquing Republican presidential candidate John McCain's policy proposals.

Congress is taking its Fourth of July break.

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Here are a few Washington events of note for Friday, June 27.

The Commerce Department is releasing the May report for personal income.

The Institute of Medicine is holding a workshop to assess the nation's current level of medical readiness to respond to a nuclear detonation of up to 10 kilotons in such large metropolitan areas as the national capital region, Chicago and the San Francisco Bay area.

The Center for American Progress Action Fund is hosting a discussion on how the next president can best model the success of FDR's achievements during the first 100 days of his presidency.

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Here are a few Washington events of note for Thursday, June 26.

President Bush is speaking at the National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast and later at the Faith-Based and Community Initiatives Conference.

The Commerce Department is releasing the 1st quarter report on the Gross Domestic Product.

The National Association of Realtors is releasing the existing home sales report for May.

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Here are a few Washington events of note for Wedenesady, June 25.

The Senate and House joint economic committee is holding a hearing on oil's impact on the economy.

The Supreme Court is handing down more decsions as its annual term nears the end.

President Bush will host the president of Iraq in the Oval Office this morning.

He will attend the national security adviser's meeting with the United Nations Security Council Permanent Representatives in the Roosevelt Room of the White House.

This afternoon, the president will fly to Livonia, Mich., to address the Max M. Fisher National Republican Award Dinner, and return to Washington this evening.

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Here are a few Washington events of note for Monday, June 23.

The Supreme Court is handing down more decisions as its annual term nears an end.

The House Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee is holding a hearing on speculation in energy markets.

Vice President Cheney is campaiging, at a private reception, for Georgia congressional candidate Rick Goddard in Perry, Ga.

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Here are a few Washington events of note for Friday, June 20.

President Bush is campaigning for Republicans in Florida and North Carolina.

The House Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing on reported efforts to cover up the role of the White House in the CIA leak case.

The International Monetary Fund is holding a briefing on the U.S. economy.