Good morning.
Here are some Washington events of note for Friday, May 5, as culled from the Associated Press.
Labor Department releases the unemployment report for April. 8:30 a.m.
9 a.m. KEYSER — Scheduled sentencing of Donald Keyser, a former top State Department official who pleaded guilty to making false statements after admitting that he concealed a relationship with a Taiwanese intelligence officer.
Location: U.S. District Court, Alexandria, Va.
May 3 - 5. LATIN IDENTITY — The Inter-American Development Bank holds a forum on Latin identity in the U.S.
Location: IDB, 1330 New York Ave. NW.
8:30 a.m. - 4:45 p.m. ARAB-AMERICANS — The Wilson Center for Scholars holds a conference on Arab-Americans and political participation.
12 p.m. Luncheon speaker - former New Hampshire Gov. John Sununu.
Location: Flom Auditorium, 6th floor, Wilson Center, Reagan Trade Building.
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9:30 a.m. MILITARY-ELITE — Th Progressive Policy Institute holds a forum on the economic and social elite and the working class who comprise the military.
Location: Suite 400, 600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.
9:30 a.m. SPACE DAY — Opening ceremony for Space at the Udvar-Hazy Center, with former astronauts John Glenn and Jack Schmitt, and astronauts Carl Walz and Ricky Arnold, others.
Location: Air And Space Museum Annex, Chantilly, Va.
10 a.m. REFUGEES — UN High Commissioner for Refugees and Assistant Secretary of State Ellen Sauerbrey announces additional funding to UNHCR.
Location: National Press Club.
11 a.m. ANNAN — George Washington University confers an honorary Doctor of Public Service degree on UN Secretary General Kofi Annan before he gives a lecture, ``The United States and the United Nations: Working Together in the 21st Century.’’
Location: Lisner Auditorium, 730 21st St. NW.
12 p.m. IRAN-NUCLEAR — The Wilson Center for Scholars and the Los Alamos National Lab hold a forum on nuclear nonproliferation issues, with Martin Sherwin of Tufts University, and scholar Kai Bird.
Location: 5th floor conference room, Wilson Center, Reagan Trade Building.
12 p.m. NSA SPYING — The Cato Institute holds a debate between Robert Levy and Roger Pilon, of the institute, on the NSA domestic spying program.
Location: 1000 Massachusetts Ave. NW.
12 p.m. RUSSIA — The Hudson Institute holds a panel discussion on new NGO law in Russia, with Ariel Cohen of the Heritage Foundation, Nikolai Gvosdev of the National Interest and Alexander livshin of Moscow State University.
Location: Hudson Institute, 6th floor, 1015 15th St. NW.
12 p.m. U.S.-PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY — The Middle East Institute holds a discussion with Geoffrey Aronson of the Foundation for Middle East Peace about the U.S. relationship with the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority.
Location: 1761 N St. NW.
1 p.m. EXPLORER SCHOOLS — NASA announces the newest group of schools picked for its Explorer Schools Program.
Location: NASA Auditorium, 300 E St. NW.
2:30 p.m. UN-ISRAEL — the Congressional Task Force Against Anti-Semitism holds a briefing on anti-Semitism and anti-Israel treatment by UN members.
Location: Room 2255, Rayburn.
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