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Weekly Seminars

Wednesdays in the hotel boardroom at 7:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted (and bolded)

March 26 at 5 p.m. at the Home of Halie Craig, currently a business consultant at Origin Advocacy, Halie has extensive experience on the hill, as  senior policy staff to U.S. Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Pat Toomey (R-PA), including in senior positions on the U.S. Senate Banking Committee and the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee.  She is an expert in international trade & technology policy and was nominated by President Biden to serve serve as a Republican member of the U.S. International Trade Commission.  It's a 13 minute walk from the Hart Senate Office Building and 27 minutes from Rayburn, so you will need to leave your office a bit early.  The seminar will be followed by the annual alumni welcome to the interns. 

April 2:  Greg Craig, Democratic Party insider, legal counsel to presidents, Clinton's impeachment lawyer

April 9: Seminar, David McKean, Chief of Staff for Sen. John Kerry, Ambassador to Luxembourg, Director of the JFK library, Author.  

Thursday, April 10 at 6:30: Alumni Reception.  

April 16: Nick Eberstadt at the American Enterprise Institute.  We will meet there at 5:00, 1789 Mass. Ave, NW. (You will need to ask to leave work early)

April 23: Jeff Eggers, Navy Seal, National Security Staff under Obama. 

Thursday, May 1: two events!  

May 7: Shelby Smith-Wilson, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, and various other roles in the Foreign Service since 1999. 

May 14, 21: TBA

May 28: Teddy Schleifer.  NYT correspondent, who covers billionaires, including Elon Musk and my former student, Mark Zuckerberg, and their impact on the world.


Outings

*Events for which tickets have been purchased 

March 26, 6 p.m.: DC alumni welcome interns to town

Saturday, March 29, 7 p.m.: Wizards v. Brooklyn Nets, Capitol One Arena.

Saturday, April 5, 8 p.m.: "A Room in the Castle," Folger Shakespeare Theater. 

Saturday, April 12, 11:45: Holocaust Museum

Saturday, April 19, 1:15: Smithsonian African American History Museum

Saturday, April 26: TBA

Saturday, May 3: No scheduled event this weekend. Mr. Einhaus will be replacing me while I am home for the weekend. 

Sunday, May 11, 1:35: Nationals baseball game.

Saturday, May 17: Alumnus Michael Plater will host us at his farm near Leesburg, Virginia. 

Saturday, May 24: TBA