Today’s Events In Washington

White House: PRESIDENT BUSH – Travels to St. Louis, Mo.; Knoxville, Tenn.; and Washington, D.C. for school events. VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY – Unavailable. US

Senate: Not in session. US House: Not in session. Other: NUCLEAR _ 9:15 a.m.-5 p.m. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) holds a fourth and final meeting of nuclear experts from the government, the nuclear industry, academia and the public to review, discuss and propose individual recommendations on the role and future direction of regulatory research for commission consideration. It also discusses questions posed to the panel by NRC Chairman Richard Meserve.

Location: Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), 1800 K St. NW. MICROSOFT _ 9 a.m. The Washington Legal Foundation hosts a media briefing, ‘ ‘Microsoft on Appeal: The End of the Road or a New Beginning for Antitrust Law?’ ‘ with Ernest Gellhorn, George Mason University; Irwin Stelzer, Hudson Institute; and Lars Liebeler, Thaler Liebeler Machado & Rasmussen. Location: M.J. Murdock Center for Free Enterprise, Washington Legal Foundation, 2009 Massachusetts Ave. NW. PHYSICIAN-PATIENT _ 9 a.m. The American College of Physicians and American Society of Internal Medicine host a breakfast briefing on reducing government and insurer intrusions into the physician-patient relationship, with Dr. Sandra Adamson Fryhofer, ACP-ASIM president; and Robert Doherty and John Dumoulin of ACP-ASIM. Location: National Press Club, Lisagor Room. ENERGY _ 9:30 a.m. Members of the United States Energy Association hold a briefing on USEA National Energy Strategy, releasing a paper outlining several areas of action to enhance energy supplies, encourage energy efficiency and affordable prices, stimulate global energy trade and development, and others, with Red Cavaney, CEO, American Petroleum Institute; John Derrick, CEO, Pepco, and chairman of the USEA Board of Directors; Glenn English, National Rural Electric Cooperative Assn.; Jack Gerard, CEO, National Mining Assn.; Angie Howard, Nuclear Energy Institute; Dick Lawson, chairman, USEA National Energy Policy Committee; David Owens, vice president, Edison Electric Institute; David Parker, CEO, American Gas Assn.; and Allen Richardson, president, American Public Power Assn. Location: National Press Club, Zenger Room. TEEN DRUG SURVEY _ 10 a.m. Joseph Califano, Jr., president of The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University (CASA) and former U.S. Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, releases CASA’s 6th annual teen drug survey. He is joined by Mayor Brent Coles of Boise, Idaho, president, U.S. Conference of Mayors, and Mayor Scott King of Gary, Ind. Coles and King chair the Conference’s Drug Control Task Force. Location: National Press Club, Murrow Room. FINANCIAL MARKETS _ Noon. Citizens for a Sound Economy Foundation hosts a Policy Watch luncheon discussion, ”Who Let the Bears Out? Perspectives on a New SEC and the Fate of Financial Markets,” with Laura Unger, acting chairwoman, SEC; Jerry Ellig, Citizens for a Sound Economy Foundation; Matt Andresen, CEO, Island ECN; and Gregory Smith, JP Morgan H & Q. Location: Room 2222, Rayburn House Office Building. MICROSOFT _ Noon-2 p.m. The Progress & Freedom Foundation hosts a panel discussion on ”Is Microsoft Still a Monopoly?” with Jeffrey Eisenach and Thomas Lenard, Progress & Freedom Foundation; Edward Black, Computer & Communications Industry Association; Robert Litan, Brookings Institution; and Kenneth Starr, Kirkland & Ellis. Location: National Press Club, First Amendment Room. BUSH-ECONOMIC POLICY _ 3:15 p.m. White House assistant Lawrence Lindsey speaks on the Bush administration economic policy. Foreign media only. Location: Foreign Press Center, National Press Building. DELLUMS _ 7 p.m. Former Rep. Ron Dellums discusses his congressional career. Location: Nineteenth Street Baptist Church, 4606 16th St. NW. THE REST OF WASHINGTON _ 7:30 p.m. American University ‘s School of Communication presents An American Forum, ”Between the White House & the Hill: Reporting on the Rest of Washington,” with panelists Charles Lewis, president, Center for Public Integrity; Elizabeth Marchak, Cleveland Plain Dealer; Timothy Noah, Slate magazine; Charles Peters, editor-in-chief, Washington Monthly; and moderator Wendell Cochran, American University.

Location: American University, Kay Spiritual Life Center, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW.