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AP WASHINGTON DAYBOOK, Monday, April 21
GENERAL
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April 21 - 22. NDIA - CYBER DIVISION FORUM — Held by the National Defense Industrial Association. Theme: "Protecting the Defense Industrial Base (DIB) from Cyber Attack."
Location: Lockheed Martin's Global Vision Center, 2121 Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA.
Contacts: Britt L. Bommelje, CMP, bbommelje@ndia.org, 703-247-2587
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April 21 - 23. ADVANCED BIOFUELS LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE — "ABLC 2014: Stand and Be Counted." http://advancedbiofuelssummit.com/
Highlights:
1:15 p.m. Deputy Under Secretary of the Navy/Deputy Chief Management Officer Tom Hicks delivers remarks on the "Department of the Navy's Energy Program."
Location: Gaylord National Hotel & Conference Center, 201 Waterfront Street, National Harbor, MD.
April 21 - 27. NASA - EARTH DAY EVENTS — NASA celebrates the 44th anniversary of Earth Day with a variety of activities.
Highlights:
10 a.m. - 6 p.m. NASA Hyperwall and Science Gallery exhibits in the main hall of Union Station. For a complete listing of events, visit: http://go.nasa.gov/1kIrbtX
Location: Various.
Contacts: Steve Cole (stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov), 202-358-0918
8:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. GW - YOUTH IN KAZAHKSTAN — Youth in Kazakhstan: Societal Changes, Challenges and Opportunities; Peter Rollberg, Director, Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies, GW; Ambassador Kairat Umarov, Kazakhstan Embassy in the United States; Ambassador Richard Hoagland, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, U.S. Department of State; Marlene Laruelle, Research Professor of International Affairs, GW; Douglas Blum, Providence University; Stefan B. Kirmse, Humboldt University, Berlin; Azamat Junisbai, Pitzer College; Serik Beysembayev, Sociological Center Strategy, Almaty; Megan Rancier, Bowling Green State University; Erik Aasland, S5/8leyman Demirel University; Dosym Satpaev, Kazakhstan Risks Assessment Group; Sean Roberts, Associate Professor of the Practice of International Affairs; Director, International Development Studies Program, GW ; Sayasat Nurbek, Director of the Nur Otan Institute of Public Policy; Erlan Karin, Visiting Professor, American University; Pavel Koktyshev, Kazakhstan's Young Entrepreneurs Club; Olena Nikolayenko, Fordham University; Aibek Aldabergenov, Alash Media Group Holding; Rauan Kenzhekhanuly, CEO, Bilim Media Group; Oleg Katsiev, Internews, Almaty. http://centralasiaprogram.org/ai1ec\_event/youth-in-kazakhstan-societal-changes-challenges-and-opportunites/?instance\_id247.U0vgItJDsuc
Location: Lindner Family Commons, Room 602, 1957 E Street NW.
Contacts: RSVP: http://go.gwu.edu/youth
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MORNING
8:30 a.m. NPC - HERSMAN FAREWELL — Deborah Hersman, outgoing National Transportation Safety Board chairman, will give her farewell address at a National Press Club Speakers breakfast.
Location: National Press Club, 529 14th Street NW.
Contacts: Melinda Cooke, mcooke@press.org, 202-662-7516
9 a.m. - 12 p.m. BPC - DRILLING IN THE ARTIC — Navigating the Oil Frontier: The Implications of the Tight Oil Boom on Arctic and Ultra-Deepwater Oil Development Session Four of the New Geopolitics of Petroleum and Natural Gas Discussion Series. Keynote: Chris Smith Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy, U.S. Department of Energy @ENERGY. Speakers: Margot Anderson, Executive Director, BPC's Energy Project @MargotHAnderson; Michael Bromwich, Founder and Managing Principal, The Bromwich Group, Former Director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy, Management Regulation and Enforcement @mrbromwich; Senator Pete V. Domenici (Ret.), Senior Fellow, BPC, @BPC_Bipartisan; David Goldwyn, President and Founder, Goldwyn Global Strategies, LLC, Former Special Envoy and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs, U.S. Department of State; David Houseknect, Research Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey @USGS; Jerry Kepes, Senior Director of Upstream Research, IHS Energy Insight @IHSCERA; Richard Sears, Consulting Professor, Stanford University @Stanford; Fran Ulmer, Chair, U.S. Arctic Research Commission @US_ARC. http://bipartisanpolicy.org/projects/energy-project/geopolitics
Location: Washington Court Hotel, Grand Ballroom, 525 New Jersey Avenue, NW.
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10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. HERITAGE - POLITICAL WARFARE — "Propaganda, Disinformation, and Dirty Tricks: The Resurgence of Russian Political Warfare." Featuring John Lenczowski, president, Institute of World Politics; Paul Goble, former special adviser to the International Broadcasting Board, and guest lecturer, Institute of World Politics; Ariel Cohen, senior research fellow for Russia and Eurasia studies, The Heritage Foundation.
Location: Heritage Foundation, 214 Massachusetts Ave. NE.
Contacts: n/a, 202-675-1761
11 a.m. - 1 p.m. GUN CONTROL RALLY — Weekly gun control rally by "concerned citizens." Weather permitting. CONTACTS: Helen Ramsey helen.ramsey1@gmail.com; Linda Finkel-Talvadkar linda.finkeltalvadkar@gmail.com; Barbara Elsas barbara.elsas@gmail.com.
Location: In front of the north side of the White House.
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AFTERNOON
12 p.m. CODEPINK PROTEST - EGYPTIAN EMBASSY — CODEPINK will stage a protest in front of the Egyptian Embassy to call on the Egyptian government to release Mohamed Soltan, an Egyptian-American who has been in an Egyptian prison for over 8 months.
Location: Egyptian Embassy, 3522 International Ct. NW.
Contacts: Alli McCracken, alli@codepink.org, 860-575-5692
1 p.m. ASHLEY WAGNER - ALCOHOL RESPONSIBILITY — Olympic figure skater Ashley Wagner, an Ask, Listen, Learn ambassador, participates in an event urging students to say no to underage drinking.
Location: Arlington Science Focus Elementary School, 1501 N. Lincoln St., Arlington, Va.
Contacts: Genevieve Adams, 202-637-0077
Notes: RSVP Genevieve.Adams@responsibility.org
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2 p.m. - 5 p.m. JAMESTOWN FOUNDATION - UKRAINE — "Ukraine's Crisis, Russia's Policy, Western Responses." Opening remarks by Olexander Motsyk, ambassador of Ukraine to the United States.
Location: Root Conference Room, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1779 Massachusetts Ave. NW.
Notes: Register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ukraines-crisis-russias-policy-western-responses-tickets-11333343335
4 p.m. - 5 p.m. GW - HOLLYWOOD EXILES IN EUROPE — Hollywood Exiles in Europe: The Blacklist and Cold War Historiography with Rebecca Prime, Hood College. - What can the experiences of Hollywood's blacklisted exiles in Europe tell us about our understanding of the Cold War? RSVP: http://go.gwu.edu/Prime
Location: Elliott School, Voesar Conference Room, Suite 412, 1957 E Street NW.
4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. WILSON CENTER - CIA'S SECRET ARABISTS — The Wilson Center presents a Washington History Seminar, "America's Great Game: The CIA's Secret Arabists and the Shaping of the Modern Middle East," featuring author Hugh Wilford, professor of United States History at California State University, Long Beach.
Location: Woodrow Wilson Center, 6th Floor Moynihan Board Room, Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.
Contacts: Drew Sample (drew.sample@wilsoncenter.org), 202-691-4379
4 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. GEORGETOWN LAW - BREYER — Georgetown University Law Center, The New York Review of Books and The Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law present a panel discussion on "The Future of Human Rights," featuring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, Deputy Assistant Attorney General Pamela Karlan and other experts.
Location: Georgetown University Law Center, Gewirz Student Center, 12th Floor, 120 F St. NW.
Notes: Media interested in attending should e-mail mediarelations@law.georgetown.edu.
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EVENING
5 p.m. SEN. DEMINT - BOOK FORUM — Hillsdale College presents book forum: "Falling in Love with America Again: Local Communities Solve Problems Where Washington Fails." With author and former Senator Jim DeMint, now president of The Heritage Foundation.
Location: 227 Massachusetts Avenue, NE.
Notes: https://kirbycenter.hillsdale.edu/events/2014/04/demint
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