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Good morning.

Here are a few Washington events of note for Friday, October 27, as compiled by the Associated Press.

The Commerce Department is releasing the Gross Domestic Product for the 3rd quarter, 7:30 a.m. CDT.

President Bush is meeting with NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer this morning.

10 a.m. CDT-- MOUNT VERNON-FESTIVAL — Mount Vernon, George Washington's home, opens 25 new galleries and theaters in the new Donald Reynolds Museum and Education Center. Opening festival features author David McCullough, broadcaster Roger Mudd, 18th-century military re-enactors, and others.
Location: Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Va.

Oct. 22 - 27. CARDIOVASCULAR CATHETERIZATION — Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics holds its annual meeting.
Location: Washington Convention Center. Note: All news conferences in Rooms 159A and 159B.

Oct. 23 - 27. U.S.-CHINA — Five-day meeting of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission.
Location: Hall of the States, 444 N. Capitol St.

Oct. 25 - 27. 7:45 a.m. - 5 p.m. COMMERCIAL FINANCE — The Commercial Finance Association holds its 62nd annual convention.
8:45 a.m. - 10 a.m. Concurrent panels on ``The Gathering Storm: The Next Wave of Restructuring and Bankruptcies;’’ Save Your Deal: Using the American Bar Association Model Deposit Account Control Agreement;’’ and ``Know and Understand Your Borrower.’’
1 p.m. Luncheon address by Theodore J. Kompa, chairman, Business Alliance Capital Co. and vice president, Commercial Finance Association.
Location: Marriott Wardman Park, 2660 Woodley Road NW.

Oct. 27 - 28. ACTIVE MINDS — 4th annual ``Active Minds Mental Health on Campus Conference,’’ focusing on young adults.
3:45 p.m. Jerilyn Ross, CEO, Anxiety Disorders Association of America.
8 p.m. Kay Redfield Jamison, national recognized expert on mood disorders.
Location: Kay Spiritual Life Center, American University.

Oct. 27 - 28. 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. POLITICAL MANAGEMENT-OAS — Josi Miquel Insulza, Secretary General of the Organization of American States, delivers keynote address at GWU’s ``International Seminar of Political Communication and Marketing for Governments.’’
9 a.m. OAS Secretary Josi Miquel Insulza speaks.
Location: Morton Auditorium, 805 21st St. NW

Oct. 27 - 28. 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. BRIDES AGAINST CANCER — 4th Annual Brides Against Breast Cancer, sponsored by Making Memories. Sales of the nearly 2,000 gowns on display will go toward helping terminally ill breast cancer patients.
Location: Doubletree Hotel, Crystal City, Arlington, Va.

8:30 a.m. UNCONVENTIONAL WARFARE — Council on Foreign Relations holds On-The-Record Meeting on ``Military Strategies for Unconventional Warfare.’’ With Max Boot, author, ``War Made New: Technology, Warfare, and the Course of History; Michael Vickers, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments; Thomas Shanker, New York Times.
Location: 1779 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.

8:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. MID-TERM ELECTIONS — Boston University panel on ``The Mid-Term Election: A Reversal of the Republican Revolution? Implications for Congress and for 2008’’. With Chris Cillizza, blogger; Jennifer Duffy, Cook Political Report; Gerald Seib, Wall Street Journal; others.
Location: National Press Club, 14th and F Sts. NW

9 a.m. SUPREME COURT-DUKE ENERGY — Washington Legal Foundation forum on ``Environmental Defense v. Duke Energy: Will U.S. Supreme Court Clear the Air?’’ With John C. Cruden, Deputy Assistant Attorney General; Robert M. Sussman, Latham & Watkins LLP; Eric V. Schaeffer, Environmental Integrity Project.
Location: 2009 Massachusetts Ave. NW.

10 a.m. JOURNALISM-HOT SPOTS — Women In International Security Presents: ``Inside the Flames: Covering the World’s Hottest Spots,’’ featuring Joyce M. Davis.
Location: Mortara Center Conference Room, Georgetown University, 3600 N Street NW

10 a.m. - 12 p.m. ELECTORAL COMPETETIVENESS — The Brookings Institution hosts a forum, ``The Marketplace of Democracy: A Groundbreaking Survey Explores Voter Attitudes About Electoral Competition and American Politics.’’ Moderator: Michael McDonald, Visiting Fellow, The Brookings Institution. Panelists: John Samples, Director, Center for Representative Government, Cato Institute; Andrew Kohut, President, The Pew Research Center; and Scott Keeter, Director of Survey Research, The Pew Research Center.
Location: Brookings Institution, Falk Auditorium, 1775 Massachusetts Ave. NW.

11 a.m. MOUNT VERNON-FESTIVAL — Historic Mount Vernon opens 25 new galleries and theaters in the new Donald Reynolds Museum and Education Center. Opening festival features author David McCullough, broadcaster Roger Mudd, 18th-century military re-enactors, and others.
Location: Historic Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Va.

12 p.m. EUROPEAN TRADE — Cato Institute forum on ``The Future of the European Common Agricultural Policy and Global Trade Liberalization.’’ With Patrick Messerlin, Director, Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris; Daniel Griswold, Cato Institute; and Marian Tupy, Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity.
Location: 1000 Massachusetts Avenue, NW

12 p.m. VIETNAM-RUSSIA — Women in International Trade holds a brown bag lunch to review recent development in Vietnam’s and Russia’s WTO accession negotiations, with Vu Dang Dzung of the Vietnamese Embassy, and Randi Levinas of the U.S.-Russia Business Council.
Location: Sandler, Travis and Rosenberg, Suite 400, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.