Good morning.
Here are a few Washington events of note for Wednesday, August 16, as collected by the Associated Press.
President Bush tours the Harley-Davidson plant in York, Pa., participates in a discussion on the economy there and then campaigns for Republican gubernatorial candidate Lynn Swann.
The Labor Department releases the Consumer Price Index for July. 7:30 a.m.
10:30 a.m. SPACE-NATIONAL SECURITY — The RAND Corp. holds a briefing on the final report from the National Security Space Launch Requirements Panel, with analysis of the role of the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program.
Location: RAND Corp., 1200 S. Hayes St., Arlington.
12 p.m. DRUNKEN DRIVING — Transportation Secretary Maria Cino, NHTSA Administrator Nicole Nason, and Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty, highway safety advocates, others, hold a news conference to launch ``the biggest crack-down on drunk driving in U.S. history.’’ NHTSA will also release the latest alcohol fatality data, broken out by state.
Location: Montgomery County Police and Fire Training Academy, 9710 Great Seneca Highway, Rockville, Md.
12 p.m. LEBANON — The U.S. Institute of Peace and the Middle East Institute hold a joint panel discussion on peacekeeping possibilities in Lebanon, with Mike Bailey of RONCO Consulting, James Dobbins of RAND Corp., Arthur Hughes of the Middle East Institute, others.
Location: 2nd floor conference room, 1200 17th St. NW.
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In other news, Bill O'Risible has accused Syria of masterminding the blockade of the White House Temporary Press Room sewer pipe, Donald Rumsfeld has ordered the National Guard to take up positions at all points along the U-Bend and Halliburton has been awarded the reconstruction contract therein. The self-styled leader of the free world is off playing on a motorbike.
Tonight on KROX, Greta van Suspendalldisbelief talks exclusively to Gush Limbaugh about his upcoming book, in which details of the Ahmadinejad regime’s plans to send groups of radical students to US Plumbing Schools are revealed for the first time.
Oh yes, and Sean Vanity's hairpiece has been named a UN World Heritage Site.
Peace in our time.
Posted by: OHCD | August 16, 2006 10:53 AM