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Here are a few Washington events of note for Wednesday, August 6.

President Bush is meeting with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak in Seoul and Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej in Bangkok.

The National Coaching Report, "The State of Coaching in the U.S.," the only comprehensive report addressing youth and interscholastic sport coaching education requirements, is being released.

Brookings Institution foreign policy experts Kenneth Pollack, Bruce Riedel and Jeremy Shapiro are discussing the state of the U.S. missions in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as the American efforts to partner with Pakistan in confronting Al Qaeda.

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Here are a few Washington events of note for Tuesday, Aug. 5.

President Bush is arriving in Seoul on the first leg of his trip to the Olympics in Beijing.

The Federal Reserve Board is considering whether to change interest rates.

Republican pollster Kellyanne Conway and Democratic pollster Celinda Lake are announcing the findings of a new national poll of women.

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Here are a few Washington events of note for Monday, August 4.

President Bush leaves for South Korea and is making a stop at the Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska to talk to the troops there.

The Young America's Foundation is hosting its 30th annual National Conservative Student Conference.

The Center for Science in the Public Interest is releasing its study on "Kids Meals: Obesity on the Menu," a report on its investigation into the nutritional quality of children's meals at top chain restaurants.

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Here are a few Washington events of note for Friday, August 1.

The Labor Department is releasing the July unemployment report.

Assistant Treasury Secretary Phillip Swagel is discussing the economic indicators from the last month and the state of the economy.

The Association of Humanitarian Lawyers and the Kashmiri American Council are holding the 9th International Kashmir Conference.

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Here are a few Washington events of note for Thursday, July 31.

President Bush is speaking at the annual meeting of the West Virginia Coal Association.

The Commerce Department is releasing the Gross Domestic Product for the 2nd quarter..

Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson is speaking at the Exchequer Club of Washington about the markets and the economy.

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Here are a few Washington events of note for Wednesday, July 30.

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is holding a hearing on the electrical systems at U.S. facilities in Iraq.

President Bush is meeting with his Cabinet.

Congress' Joint Economic Committee is holding a hearing on how energy efficiency programs can reduce the dependence on foreign oil.

The Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing on politicized hiring at the Justice Department.

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Here are a few Washington events of note for Tuesday, July 29.

The Senate Appropriations Committee is holding a hearing on food marketing to children.

President Bush is speaking in Cleveland on energy and the economy.

The House Financial Services Committee is holding a hearing on credit scoring and what borrowers need to know about it.

The Natural Resources Defense Council releases its 18th annual vacation beach water quality report.

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Here are a few Washington events of note for Friday, July 25.

The Permanent Investigations Subcommittee of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Operations Committee is holding a hearing on offshore tax havens and practices that could facilitate tax evasion and other misconduct.

Colombian Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos is discussing the recent hostage rescue and how the government is regaining its territory.

The U.S. Institute of Peace is discussing the future of the U.S. military presence in Iraq.

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Here are a few Washington events of note for Thursday, July 24.

NASA is announcing the first results from a fleet of five satellites that have discovered what powers sudden brightening and rapid movements of the Northern Lights, or aurora borealis.

The Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing on crimes associated with polygamy.

The Senate Finance Committee is holding a hearing on its investigation into a single building in the Cayman Islands that is listed as the address of thousands of companies, with a look into implications for U.S. tax compliance.

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Here are a few Washington events of note for Wednesday, July 23.

President Bush is attending a Defense Department briefing at the Pentagon.

The Senate Appropriations Committee is holding a hearing on Defense Department waste and fraud involving contracts for activities in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The House Select Energy Independence and Global Warming Committee is holding a hearing on deploying oil from the strategic petroleum reserve.

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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.