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AP WASHINGTON DAYBOOK, Wednesday, April 23
WHITE HOUSE, ECONOMY, COURTS
--------------------- PRESIDENT OBAMA
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All times LOCAL.
White House daily tape: 202-456-2358.
White House press office: 202-456-2580.
THE PRESIDENT'S SCHEDULE
Highlights:
The President will arrive in Tokyo, Japan and remain overnight.
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VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN
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All times LOCAL.
Vice president's press office: 202-456-0373.
THE VICE PRESIDENT'S SCHEDULE
Highlights:
Unavailable.
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MICHELLE OBAMA
SCHEDULE OF THE FIRST LADY
Highlights:
11 a.m. As part of the third anniversary of their Joining Forces initiative, first lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden will deliver remarks to more than one thousand service members, military spouses, and over 100 employers at the Fort Campbell Veterans Jobs Summit and Career Forum in Kentucky.
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ECONOMIC REPORTS
10 a.m. COMMERCE DEPARTMENT — Releases new home sales for March.
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STATE DEPARTMENT
UPDATED
SECRETARY OF STATE KERRY
Highlights:
2 p.m. Secretary Kerry meets with Egyptian General Intelligence Directorate Mohamed Farid El-Tohamy, at the Department of State. (CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE).
6:15 p.m. Secretary Kerry hosts the annual reception for donors to the Diplomatic Reception Rooms, at the Department of State. (CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
9 a.m. FINE ARTS COMMITTEE — The agenda for the committee meeting will include a summary of the work of the Fine Arts Office since its last meeting on December 9, 2013 and the announcement of gifts and loans of furnishings as well as financial contributions from January 1, 2014 through March 30, 2014.
Location: Henry Clay Room of the Harry S. Truman Building, 2201 C Street NW.
Contacts: n/a, 202-647-1990
NEW
11:45 a.m. STATE DEPARTMENT - WALK FOR WATER 6K — The U.S. Department of State will host the fourth Annual 6k Walk for Water at 11:45 a.m., on Wednesday, April 23, as part of the Departments Earth Day celebrations. Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Judy Garber will start the event with remarks outside the Departments 21st Street entrance near the corner of Virginia Avenue, NW. The Embassy of Sweden will host a water stop at the halfway point. Experts from The Nature Conservancy, WASH Advocates, and World Wildlife Fund will be stationed in front of the Embassy of Sweden with displays about water issues. http://www.state.gov/m/pri/gdi/releases/c62554.htm.
Contacts: EarthDay@state.gov
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FEDERAL JUDICIARY
10 a.m. U.S. SUPREME COURT — The Supreme Court hears arguments and issues opinions.
Highlights:
13-301 UNITED STATES V. CLARKE. Whether an unsupported allegation that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued a summons for an improper purpose entitles an opponent of the summons to an evidentiary hearing to question IRS officials about their reasons for issuing the summons.
13-339 CTS CORPORATION V. WALDBURGER. Whether the Fourth Circuit correctly interpreted the U.S. Code to apply to state statutes of repose in addition to state statutes of limitations (basically, whether time has run out for a group of North Carolina landowners to sue CTS Corp. over contaminated groundwater on land previously owned by CTS).
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