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6am (ET)
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Event Highlights from Friday
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7am (ET)
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7:00-7:45 Question/Newspaper Articles/Phones
7:45-8:30 KRISTIE ARSLAN
National Association for the Self-Employed
Legislative Offices Executive Director
nase.org
Topic: Our guest is well-versed on economic policy as it relates to the self-employed and can talk knowledgeably about health care reform, tax policy and action on the Hill and in the agencies related to job creation and economic development.
8:30-9:15 JENDAYI FRAZER
Former Assistant Secretary of State for
African Affairs, 2005-09
Topic: This past April, for the first time in over two decades, Sudan held democratic elections. The country now prepares for a referendum to decide if the south will secede or remain part of a united Sudan. Guest joins us with some perspectives on what’s next for Sudan, how they prevent another civil war between the north and south and what role the U.S. can play in the country’s future.
9:15-10:00 CHARLES PETERS
Author, “Lyndon B. Johnson”
CHARLES PETERS
Founder & Former Editor in Chief
Washington Monthly, 1969-2001
Topic: Guest will recount the tenure of the 36th U.S. president, Lyndon B. Johnson. Mr. Peters, who worked in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations from 1961-1968, presents a first-hand account of President Johnson's legislative record, including his passage of the Voting Rights Act and his decisions on Vietnam. Charles Peter's biography of President Johnson's presidency is part of The American Presidents series published by Times Books.
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10am (ET)
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Congressional Muslim Staff Association
The Congressional Muslim Staff Association hosted a panel discussion on the image of Muslims in the U.S. Participants discussed the controversy surrounding the Islamic Center near Ground Zero in New York City, among other topics. Speakers include James Zogby, who heads the Arab American Institute.
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10am (ET)
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Public Affairs Event
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11:30am (ET)
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Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission
The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission on Wednesday continued its investigation into the 2008 financial crisis. This hearing looked at how regulators determined which financial firms were considered “too big to fail,” because their downfall might have posed a risk to the entire U.S. economic system.
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2:50pm (ET)
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Marine Corps University Symposium
The Marine Corps University hosted a symposium on Wednesday on North and South Korea. During the day-long conference, speakers discuss the security situation on the peninsula. In this panel discussion, participants focused specifically on human rights and the future of North Korea.
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4:55pm (ET)
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National Press Club
Speaker: Dr. Christina Romer, Chair of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers
Topic: The Extraordinary Challenges & Policy Actions of the First 20th Months of the
Obama Administration
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5pm (ET)
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6pm (ET)
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Supreme Court Oral Arguments
Panetti v. Quarterman (2007)
Scott Louis Panetti was convicted of the murder of his wife's parents and sentenced to death. He petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus in federal District Court, claiming mental illness. The Supreme Court had ruled in Ford v. Wainwright that execution of the mentally ill is barred by the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment. A psychiatric evaluation found that Panetti believed that the State was "in league with the forces of evil" and was executing him in order to "prevent him from preaching the Gospel." However, doctors also found Panetti to be aware of his crime, of the fact that he was to be executed, and of the State's stated reason for executing him. The District Court concluded that he was sufficiently sane to be executed.On appeal, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the lower court. The Fifth Circuit rejected Panetti's argument that an inmate cannot be executed if he lacks a rational understanding of the State's motivation for the execution. The Court of Appeals instead relied on Justice Lewis Powell's concurrence in Ford, holding that an inmate need only have an awareness of the State's reason for execution, not necessarily a rational understanding of it.
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7pm (ET)
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7pm (ET)
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Fmr Senator Rick Santorum
Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum was recently in Iowa. He spoke at a fundraising breakfast for the Republican candidate for state treasurer in Ames. Santorum discussed the differences between the two major political parties, and took questions from audience members.
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8pm (ET)
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Fordham University - the 25th Amendment
Next, a panel discussion at Fordham University’s School of Law on the 25th amendment and presidential disability. The panelists discussed the succession process of presidential power in the event the president becomes incapacitated or disabled. They also addressed the problem of assessing disability and rule of succession as outlined in the 25th Amendment.
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8pm (ET)
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9:30pm (ET)
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Chautauqua Institute
David Westin, the president of ABC News talks with Time Magazine’s Editor at large Nancy Gibbs about the future of the news business. Mr. Westin, who’s headed ABC News since 1997, also talks about leadership and the big stories that have occurred during his tenure. He spoke at upstate New York’s Chautauqua Institute in early July. This is about an hour and fifteen minutes.
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10:45pm (ET)
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C-SPAN Interview with President Obama
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11pm (ET)
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