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Here are a few Washington events of note for Tuesday, April 10, 2007 as collected by the Associated Press.

President Bush is speaking about the Iraq war supplemental appropriations bill at an American Legion post in Fairfax, Va.

The Senate is debating stem cell research legislation this week.

April 9 - 15. WORLD BANK/IMF
9 a.m. Press Briefing: Global Financial Stability Report, by Jaime Caruana, Director of the IMF's Monetary and Capital Markets Department. Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702, IMF Headquarters.
Location: World Bank and IMF headquarters.

April 10 - 11. MEDICAL ISOTOPES-URANIUM — The National Research Council sponsors a conference on making medical istopes without highly enriched uranium. Most medical istopes are produced by irradiating highlgy enriched uranium, which can be used to make nuclear weapons. This meeting is being held by a National Research Council committee to examine the feasibilityof using low-enriched uranium in the process, making it a less dangerous option.
Location: Room 1100, Keck Center of the National Academies, 500 Fifth St. NW,

April 10 - 11. NANOMATERIALS-MEDICINE — As part of the Sackler Colloquium Series, The National Academy of Sciences sponsors a symposium to explore the development of nanoscale materials that can be used medically -- for example, to detect and diagnose tumors.
6 p.m. George Whitesides of Harvrd University delivers the keynote lecture.
Location: National Academies Building, 2100 C St. NW.

April 10 - 12. ENERGY MARKETS — The Federal Trade Commission holds a conference, “Energy Markets in the 21st Century: Competition Policy in Perspective.”
8:30 a.m. FTC Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras.
8:45 a.m. Energy Secretary Bodman.
Location: FTC satellite office, 601 New Jersey Ave. NW.

April 10 - 13. SMART CARDS — The Smart Cards Alliance sponsors the 6th Annual Smart Cards in Government Conference 2007.
Location: Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.

8:30 a.m. - 10 a.m. US-CHINA RELATIONS — The Council on Foreign Relations sponsors a discussion of “U.S.-China Relations: An Affirmative Agenda, a Responsible Course,” a report of an independent task force. Participants: Dennis C. Blair, Institute for Defense Analyses, and former Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Pacific Command Task Force chairmn; Carla A. Hills, Hills & Company, former U.S. Trade Representative; and Judy C. Woodruff, senior correspondent, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.
Location: Council on Foreign Relations, 1779 Massachusetts Ave. NW.

9 a.m. REHABILITATING CHILD SOLDIERS — The School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University is hosting a discussion entitled “Reintegrating and Rehabilitating Child Soldiers: Working to Save the Children of War.” Speakers include Betty Bigombe, senior fellow with the United States Institute of Peace, and Patrick White, international relations officer with the Department of Labor.
Location: Kenney Auditorium, 1740 Massachusetts Ave. NW.

9 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. KYRGYZSTAN — Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty hosts a briefing by Edil Baisalov, President, Coalition for Democracy and Civil Society (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan). Topic: “Turmoil in Kyrgyzstan: Tulip Revolution Continues?”
Location: Conference Room A, 4th Floor, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW.

9:30 a.m. INVENTIONS — The Advertising Council, Commerce Secretary Gutierrez, others, hold a news conference to unveil a national public service advertising campaign to engage a new generation of children in innovation, invention and technology.
Location: National Press Club.

9:30 a.m. - 11 a.m. TEXAS DEATH PENALTY — Experts discuss the latest of four death penalty cases this Supreme Court term arising out of Texas. Briefers: Richard C. Dieter, Executive Director, Death Penalty Information Center; Anthony J. Franze, Counsel to Amici Legal Historians in Panetti v. Quarterman; Associate, Arnold & Porter LLP; and Virginia E. Sloan, President, The Constitution Project.
Location: National Press Club.

10 a.m. MEDICARE ADVANTAGE — Karen Ignagni, President and CEO of America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), holds a teleconference to discuss the debate about participation of low-income, minority beneficiaries in Medicare Advantage as Congress debates budget and health care issues.
Contacts: Robert Zirkelbach, 202-778-8493

10 a.m. STEM CELLS — Jennifer Lahl, BSN, MA, Founder and National Director, Center for Bioethics and Culture, Founder, Every Woman First, Inc.; Josephine Quintavalle, Founder, Comment on Reproductive Ethics (CORE), Vice-Chair, Hands Off Our Ovaries; others, hold a news conference to speak out against government-funded embryonic stem cell research. Organizers say the Senate bill under consideration will lead to human cloning, egg harvesting, and the exploitation of women.
Location: National Press Club, Holeman Lounge.

10 a.m. - 12 p.m. KERRY-GINRICH DEBATE — Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., and Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., participate in a debate on global climate change and the environment.
Location: Room 325, Russell Senate Office Building.

10:30 a.m. STEM CELL RESEARCH — Senators Tom Harkin, Arlen Specter, Ted Kennedy, Orrin Hatch and Dianne Feinstein join Sean Tipton, Coalition for the Advancement of Medical Research; Caitlin McEnery, Georgetown University student; and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation for a press conference to urge the Senate to pass the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act (S.5).
Location: Mansfield Room, Capitol.

10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. WOMEN-RECONSTRUCTION — The United States Institute of Peace, Women in International Security, and the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice sponsor an event, “The Role of Women In Stabilization and Reconstruction.” Participants include Amb. Harriet C. Babbit, Co-Chair of USIP Working Group on the Role of Women in Stabilization and Reconstruction and former US Ambassador to the Organization of American States; and Dr. Harriet Hentges, Co-Chair of USIP Working Group on the Role of Women in Stabilization and Reconstruction and former USIP Executive Vice President.
Location: U.S. Institute of Peace, 2nd floor conference room, 1200 17th St. NW.

11 a.m. HOLOCAUST MUSEUM-DARFUR — The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and Google will announce a unique initiative that will bring attention to the ongoing crisis in Darfur. It is the first project of a Museum initiative using Google Earth technology to highlight the problem of genocide worldwide. Speakers at the event launch who will be available for interviews are: Elliot Schrage, Google Vice President, Global Communications and Public Affairs; Sara J. Bloomfield, Director, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum; John Heffernan, Director, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Genocide Prevention Initiative; and Daowd Salih, a Darfurian refugee.
Location: U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Helena Rubinstein Auditorium, 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW.

12 p.m. BALCEROWICZ-WELFARE STATES — The Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity of the Cato Institute host a policy forum, “The Economics and Ethics of the Welfare State,” with Leszek Balcerowicz, former president of the National Bank of Poland and Poland’s former minister of finance.
Location: Cato Institute, 1000 Massachusetts Ave. NW.

12:45 p.m. - 2 p.m. JOHNSON-EPA — Resources for the Future hosts a policy Leadership Forum with EPA Adminsitrator Stephen L. Johnson.
Location: First floor conference room, RFF Conference Center, 1616 P St. NW.

1 p.m. LATIN AMERICA — Georgetown University holds a discussion on “A Bipartisan Vision of Latin America, with International Republican institute President Lorne Craner and National Democratic Institute President kenneth Wollack.
Location: Gason Hall, 3rd floor Healy Hall, Georgetown University.

1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. HOMELAND SECURITY-INFRASTRUCTURE — The Department of Homeland Security’s Infrastructure Advisory Council holds a meeting.
Location: National Press Club.

2 p.m. OIL USE — Energy Secretary Bodman, EPA Administrator Steve Johnson and National Highway Traffic Safety Administrator Nicole Nason hold a news conference to discuss EPA’s final Renewable Fuel Standard, which increases the use of alternative fuels and modernizes CAFE standards for cars.
Location: 3rd floor, Green Room, EPA, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.

5:30 p.m. FAA-DISABLED VETERANS — Federal Aviation Administration Administrator Marion Blakey and Department of Veterans Affairs Undersecretary for Benefits Adm. Daniel Cooper will hold an unveiling ceremony for a joint FAA/VA Veterans Employment Program called “A Hero to the Nation--A Hero to the Skies.”
Location: Room G-50, Dirksen.

5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. SWEDEN-ICE EXHIBITION — Press tour and Inaugural reception for the House of Sweden’s “Water and Environment” display, which will will introduce two fresh ice exhibitions from Northern Sweden. The blocks of ice began their journey 125 miles north of the Arctic Circle in the Swedish village of Jukkasjdrvi and will circle the sundial in front of House of Sweden, accompanied by photographs of ice and water from April 10-22. Participants: Gunnar Lund, Ambassador of Sweden to the United States; Yngve Bergkvist, CEO IceHotel; Lars Jonsson, artist; Ingegerd Reman, designer; Lillian Ball, artist; Yves Behar, designer; and Britt-Marie Forslund, Teknikens Hus.
Location: House of Sweden, 901 30th St. NW.

All times local in Washington.