The Swamp Today Timelines Change. Wednesday November 15, 2023 The House Stands Adjourned Until November 15, 2023 at 9:00 AM EST The Senate Stands Adjourned Until November 15, 2023 at 10:00 AM EST . . . Daily Weather Map National Centers for Environvmental Prediction, Weather Prediction Center https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/dailywxmap/ National Forecast Charts National Centers for Environmental Prediction, Weather Prediction Center https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/national_forecast/natfcst.php?Day=1 The National Hurricane Center (NHC) https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ A.F. 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Climate Emergency & Energy Security Summit 2023 Elected Officials To Protect America (EOPA) and Department of Energy https://protectingamerica.net/national-climate-emergency-letter/eopa-washington-d-c-doe-summit-2023/ November 15, 2023 - November 16, 2023 11th IMF Statistical Forum: Measuring Money in the Digital Age International Monetary Fund of the United Nations (IMF) https://www.imf.org/en/News/Seminars/Conferences/2023/11/15/11th-imf-statistical-forum November 15, 2023 - November 16, 2023 Third Annual National Conference on Racial & Social Justice (NCRSJ) Racial Justice Institute https://ncrsj.org/2023/ November 15, 2023 - November 16, 2023 IHP/APR Training Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) https://www.hud.gov/program_offices/public_indian_housing/ih/codetalk/calendar https://web.cvent.com/event/6d2a1230-9462-4e0e-a21d-8a6820417ad7/summary November 15, 2023 - November 17, 2023 APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) https://www.state.gov/events-asia-pacific-economic-cooperation/ https://www.apec.org/ November 15, 2023 - November 17, 2023 Technical Training Programme for Radionuclide Station Operators With Ortec Equipment United Nations Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization https://www.ctbto.org/node/8929 November 15, 2023 - November 17, 2023 5th Battery and Energy Storage Conference Argonne National Laboratory https://www.anl.gov/event/5th-battery-and-energy-storage-conference November 15, 2023 - November 17, 2023 Barrier Immunity, a Symposium Organized by the NIH/FDA Immunology Interest Group & FAES National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://events.cancer.gov/eib/iig November 15, 2023 - November 18, 2023 Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minoritized Citizens (ABRCMS) The American Society for Microbiology https://nigms.nih.gov/News/meetings/Pages/ABRCMS-2023.aspx https://abrcms.org/ NOVEMBER 15, 1777 Articles of Confederation: Primary Documents in American History Library of Congress https://guides.loc.gov/articles-of-confederation NOVEMBER 15, 1777 Milestone Documents: Articles of Confederation (1777) National Archives https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/articles-of-confederation November 15, 2023 GIS Day: Celebrating the GIS Professional https://www.gisday.com/en-us/overview November 15, 2023 General Affairs Council Meeting European Council https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/meetings/gac/2023/11/15/ November 15, 2023 2:30 AM EST Youth4Networking: Gamifying Systems Change United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) https://unfccc.int/event/youth4networking-gamifying-systems-change-1 3:00 AM EST Cuba Review - 44th Session of Universal Periodic Review United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k12/k12swd3vjv 3:00 AM EST No Social and Environmental Sustainability Without Disability Inclusion United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k15/k15qoelx11 3:30 AM EST THE HAGUE – The International Court of Justice (ICJ) holds public hearings in the case Guyana v. Venezuela - oral argument of Venezuela United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k11/k11dc1um2n 4:00 AM EST 1st Meeting, 2023 Meeting of the High Contracting Parties (CCW) United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1l/k1l6u3pufa 4:00 AM EST 2,060th Meeting, 78th Session, Committee Against Torture (CAT) Consideration of Slovenia United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1i/k1inwszq1z 4:00 AM EST Roundtable event: Promoting Conflict Prevention through the Socio-Economic Inclusion of Minorities United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1o/k1oyzo9mvx 4:00 AM EST Youth4Capacity #2: Engaging Youth in Green Jobs at Scale for a Just Transition United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) https://unfccc.int/event/youth4capacity-2-engaging-youth-in-green-jobs-at-scale-for-a-just-transition 4:00 AM EST LinkedIn Job Search for Military Spouses and Caregivers Department of Labor https://www.dol.gov/agencies/vets/events/11152023/linkedin-job-search-military-spouses-and-caregivers 5:00 AM EST Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Technologies: Impact and Opportunities United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1y/k1yp03bj6j 5:00 AM EST World Meteorological Organization of the United Nations (WMO) - Press Conference: Greenhouse Gas Bulletin United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1a/k1ae5mzykc 6:30 AM EST Prime Minister's Question Time House of Commons https://parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/82177ce0-6a56-47e0-ae94-4f331a07785e - TBD Prime Minister's Questions: Question Time British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak fields questions from members of the House of Commons on a range of domestic and international issues. https://www.c-span.org/video/?531818-1/question-time 7:00 AM EST Washington Journal: Open Phones Viewers responded to the question “Is civility in Congress important?” https://www.c-span.org/video/?531661-2/open-phones&playEvent 7:00 AM EST Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova Will Hold a Briefing on Current Foreign Policy Issues Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/1914572/ https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1yNGaZzklzgJj 7:00 AM EST Salary Negotiations for Military Spouses and Caregivers Department of Labor https://www.dol.gov/agencies/vets/events/11152023/salary-negotiations-military-spouses-and-caregivers] 7:00 AM EST Coffee With Veterans - Lee, Maine Veterans Administration https://www.va.gov/outreach-and-events/events/62470/ 7:30 AM EST Lessons Learned From Using ILO Global Business Disability Network's Self-Assessment Tool United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1n/k1nsuj2ios 7:45 AM EST Campaign 2024: Dean Phillips Holds Town Hall at New England College 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Dean Phillips met with voters at a town hall hosted by New England College in Henniker, New Hampshire. He first delivered his stump speech, talking about his first 10 days on the campaign trail since declaring his challenge to President Biden for the party’s 2024 presidential nomination. After that, he took questions from the audience on a variety of topics, many of them coming from New England College students. https://www.c-span.org/video/?531816-1/dean-phillips-holds-town-hall-england-college 8:00 AM EST Washington Journal: Open Phones Join us with your calls and comments on social media as we review the latest news headlines out of Washington. https://www.c-span.org/video/?531661-3/open-phones&playEvent 8:00 AM EST Machine Learning Insights into Precipitation: Implicitly Learning Cloud Organization for Improved Predictions AI for Good Is Organized by ITU in Partnership With 40 UN Sister Agencies and Co-Convened With Switzerland https://aiforgood.itu.int/event/machine-learning-insights-into-precipitation-implicitly-learning-cloud-organization-for-improved-predictions/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUi6zDTL53g 8:00 AM EST The Caribbean Gender Empowerment Forum Atlantic Council https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/event/the-caribbean-gender-empowerment-forum/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2SVxEIxVwk 8:00 AM EST Barrier Immunity, a Symposium Organized by the NIH/FDA Immunology Interest Group & FAES - Day 1 National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/44342 8:30 AM EST Multiplying Positive Change: Partnerships for Disability Inclusion in Business United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k19/k19rtey9cd 8:30 AM EST The Sustainable Future: Driving Toward Clean Fuel Politico https://www.politico.com/live-events/2023/11/15/the-sustainable-future-driving-toward-clean-fuel-00001462 8:30 AM EST 2023 Economic Indicator Release: Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services October 2023 US Census Bureau, Department of Commerce https://www.census.gov/retail 8:30 AM EST Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards Joint Human Factors Reliability & PRA, and Digital I&C Subcommittee Meeting Information Briefing: Implementing the NRC’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Strategic Plan Fiscal Years 2023-2027 Nuclear Regulatory Commission https://www.nrc.gov/pmns/mtg https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/acrs/agenda/2023/index.html https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2329/ML23299A163.pdf 9:00 AM EST Data for Racial Justice - Disaggregated Data to Advance the Human Rights of People of African Descent United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1m/k1m5wbg5ow 9:00 AM EST 2,061st Meeting, 78th Session, Committee Against Torture (CAT) Consideration of Egypt (continued) United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1f/k1ft9qy8w4 9:00 AM EST 2nd Meeting, 2023 Meeting of the High Contracting Parties (CCW) United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1d/k1dtwsmu5d 9:00 AM EST Aspen Cyber Summit 2023 The Aspen Institute https://www.aspeninstitute.org/events/aspen-cyber-summit-2023/ 9:00 AM EST COP28, Climate Transition and the IMF: In Conversation With Bo Li, Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF) https://www.omfif.org/meetings/cop28-climate-transition-and-the-imf-in-conversation-with-bo-li/ 9:00 AM EST Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) Floating Seismic Isolation System (FSIS) for SMRs Nuclear Regulatory Commission https://www.nrc.gov/pmns/mtg https://adamswebsearch2.nrc.gov/webSearch2/main.jsp?AccessionNumber=ML23296A240 9:00 AM EST Systematic Approaches for ESKAPE Bacteria Antigen Discovery - Day 2 National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/44145 9:00 AM EST Daily U.S. Agricultural Weather Highlights - Released No Later Than 9:00 a.m. ET Every Day National Agricultural Statistics Service and World Agricultural Outlook Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/TODAYSWX.pdf 9:00 AM EST U.S. House of Representatives: House Session The House is expected to complete work on 2024 spending legislation funding the Labor, HHS and Education Departments for next year. https://www.c-span.org/video/?531879-1/house-session 9:00 AM EST Worldwide Threats to the Homeland House Homeland Security Committee ^ WITNESSES: The Honorable Alejandro Mayorkas Secretary, Department of Homeland Security ^ The Honorable Christopher Wray Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation ^ The Honorable Christine Abizaid Director, National Counterterrorism Center ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/116570 https://homeland.house.gov/hearing/worldwide-threats-to-the-homeland/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVjgdrpk_OE - Sec. Mayorkas & FBI Dir. Wray Testify on Global Threats Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, FBI Director Christopher Wray, and National Counterterrorism Center Director Christine Abizaid testify on global threats to the U.S. before a House Homeland Security subcommittee. https://www.c-span.org/video/?531784-1/sec-mayorkas-fbi-dir-wray-testify-global-threats 9:30 AM EST Adoption of the Reports - 44th Session of Universal Periodic Review - Adoption of the Reports on Tuvalu, Germany, Djibouti, Canada and Bangladesh United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k16/k164twf9ep 9:30 AM EST ISS Expedition 70 in-flight educational event with the Creative Learning Academy in Pensacola, Florida and NASA flight engineer Jasmin Moghbeli National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) https://www.nasa.gov/nasatv/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21X5lGlDOfg 9:30 AM EST The Future of Nagorno-Karabakh House Foreign Affairs Committee ^ WITNESSES: The Honorable James O’Brien Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs U.S. Department of State ^ Dr. Alexander Sokolowski Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Europe and Eurasia U.S. Agency for International Development ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/116574 https://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing/the-future-of-nagorno-karabakh/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuEhHnwTlAg 9:30 AM EST Oversight of Prudential Regulators House Financial Services Committee ^ WITNESSES: The Honorable Michael Barr, Vice Chairman for Supervision, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System ^ The Honorable Martin Gruenberg, Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ^ The Honorable Todd Harper, Chairman, National Credit Union Administration ^ Mr. Michael Hsu, Acting Comptroller, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/116578 https://financialservices.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=409027 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pnk7qgMCiTQ 9:30 AM EST Committee Markup House Science, Space, and Technology Committee ^ H.R.6213 - To reauthorize the National Quantum Initiative Act, and for other purposes https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/6213 https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/116525/documents/BILLS-118-ANStoHR6213-L000491-Amdt-ANS.pdf ^ H.R.6131 - Commercial Space Act of 2023 https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/6131 ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/116525 https://science.house.gov/2023/11/markup-h-r-6213-h-r-6131 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbyfKP5krqQ 9:45 AM EST Security Council Media Stakeout United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1f/k1f8jg698h 10:00 AM EST 1) Central African Republic - Security Council, 9476th meeting. 2) Somalia - Security Council, 9477th meeting. 3) Briefings by Chairs of subsidiary bodies of the Security Council - Security Council, 9478th meeting. United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1t/k1t1c9rglh 10:00 AM EST Third Committee, 53rd plenary meeting - General Assembly, 78th session United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1i/k1igtopg2e 10:00 AM EST Multiple Benefits of Climate Adaptation for Disaster-Related Displacement Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research of the United Nations (CGIAR) https://www.cgiar.org/news-events/event/multiple-benefits-of-climate-adaptation-for-disaster-related-displacement/ 10:00 AM EST Defending Democracy - National Security and the Environment Foreign Policy and National Democratic Institute https://foreignpolicy.com/events/defending-democracy-environment/ 10:00 AM EST Working Toward Net-Zero: A Conversation on Advancing Clean Energy Transitions at COP28 Atlantic Council https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/event/advancing-clean-energy-transitions-at-cop28/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFNJKw6hHfE 10:00 AM EST Aerospace Nation: Mr. Thomas J. Lawhead, acting Deputy Chief of Staff, Air Force Futures The Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies https://mitchellaerospacepower.org/event/11-15-aerospace-nation-mr-thomas-j-lawhead/ https://www.defense.gov/News/Today-in-DOD/Date/2023-11-15/ 10:00 AM EST 2023 Economic Indicator Release: Manufacturing and Trade: Inventories and Sales September 2023 US Census Bureau, Department of Commerce https://www.census.gov/mtis/ 10:00 AM EST Veterans Benefits Seminar - Gulfport, Mississippi Veterans Administration https://www.va.gov/outreach-and-events/events/63023/ 10:00 AM EST U.S. Senate: Senate Session The Senate is expected to begin work on the House short-term spending bill, funding the federal government past Friday’s midnight deadline in two stages to January 19th and February 2nd. https://www.c-span.org/video/?531878-1/senate-session 10:00 AM EST Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States House Armed Services Committee ^ WITNESSES: The Honorable Madelyn Creedon Chair, Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the U.S. ^ The Honorable Jon Kyl Vice Chair, Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the U.S. ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/116540 https://armedservices.house.gov/hearings/full-committee-hearing-congressional-commission-strategic-posture-united-states-v https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouZzyGvdtks 10:00 AM EST U.S. Leadership on Artificial Intelligence in an Era of Strategic Competition Senate Foreign Relations Committee ^ WITNESSES: The Honorable Nathaniel Fick Ambassador-at-Large Bureau for Cyberspace and Digital Policy United States Department of State Washington, D.C. Senate Foreign Relations Committee ^ Dr. Matthew Graviss Chief Data and Artificial Intelligence Officer United States Department of State Washington, D.C. ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/senate-event/335115 https://www.foreign.senate.gov/hearings/us-leadership-on-artificial-intelligence-in-an-era-of-strategic-competition - State Dept. & Cyber Officials Testify on AI & Strategic Competition State Department artificial intelligence and cyber officials testify on U.S. competitiveness regarding the use of AI before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. https://www.c-span.org/video/?531883-1/state-dept-cyber-officials-testify-ai-strategic-competition 10:00 AM EST Opportunities in Industrial Decarbonization: Delivering Benefits for the Economy and the Climate Senate Environment and Public Works Committee ^ WITNESSES: Dr. Abigail Regitsky Senior Manager, U.S. Policy and Advocacy Breakthrough Energy ^ Dr. Leah Ellis CEO and Co-founder Sublime Systems, Inc. ^ Shannon Angielski President Clean Hydrogen Future Coalition ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/senate-event/335105 https://www.epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2023/11/opportunities-in-industrial-decarbonization-delivering-benefits-for-the-economy-and-the-climate 10:00 AM EST Hearings to Examine Pending Nominations Senate Judiciary Committee ^ NOMINEES: Sara E. Hill to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Oklahoma ^ John David Russell to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Oklahoma ^ Ramona Villagomez Manglona to be Judge for the District Court of the Northern Mariana Islands ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/senate-event/335113 https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/committee-activity/hearings/11/15/2023/nominations 10:00 AM EST Markup of 21 Pieces of Legislation House Energy and Commerce Committee https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/116594 https://energycommerce.house.gov/events/health-subcommittee-markup-of-21-legislative-proposals 10:00 AM EST Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity Markup House Veterans' Affairs Committee https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/116563 https://veterans.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=6303 https://docs.house.gov/Committee/Calendar/ByEvent.aspx?EventID=116563 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_FyBknj_VQ 10:00 AM EST Full Committee Markup House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/116517 https://transportation.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=406935 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lvq1CAUnxQ 10:00 AM EST Full Committee Mark Up House Natural Resources Committee https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/116521 https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/116521/documents/HMKP-118-II00-20231115-SD002.pdf https://naturalresources.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=415143 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IIGfzyGBr0 10:30 AM EST November 2023 Open Commission Meeting Federal Communications Commission (FCC) https://www.fcc.gov/news-events/events/2023/11/november-2023-open-commission-meeting https://www.fcc.gov/live https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYOCLZe0vCg 10:30 AM EST Veterans Benefits Seminar - Ozark, Alabama Veterans Administration https://www.va.gov/outreach-and-events/events/63025/ 10:30 AM EST Closed Pre-Submittal Meeting for Westinghouse Electric Company Topical Report WCAP18850, “Adaptation of FULL SPECTRUM™ LOCA (FSLOCA™) Evaluation Methodology to Perform Cladding Rupture Calculations for High Burnup Fuel.” Nuclear Regulatory Commission https://www.nrc.gov/pmns/mtg https://adamswebsearch2.nrc.gov/webSearch2/main.jsp?AccessionNumber=ML23290A186 10:30 AM EST Impact of Post Translational Modifications on Phase Separation and Biochemical Consequences National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/44352 11:00 AM EST Press Conference: Chair of the African Group, H.E. Dr. Chola Milambo United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1a/k1aqciba08 11:00 AM EST 19th Rafael M. Salas Memorial Lecture - a New Era for Global Health United Nations Commission on Population and Development (CPD) https://www.unfpa.org/salaslecture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWJrdfaieYI 11:00 AM EST Multiple Benefits of Climate Adaptation for Disaster-Related Displacement Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research of the United Nations (CGIAR) https://www.cgiar.org/news-events/event/multiple-benefits-of-climate-adaptation-for-disaster-related-displacement/ 11:00 AM EST NTSA Webinar – Sustaining a Global Force in a Digital World: How M&S is Transforming our World - Preview of I/ITSEC 2023 with Service Executives National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) https://www.ntsa.org/events/2023/11/15/ntsa-november-webinar 11:00 AM EST November 2023: Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War: the Gettysburg Address Liberty Fund https://oll.libertyfund.org/page/virtual-reading-group-lincoln-gettysburg 11:00 AM EST School Certifying Officials Workshop, Dillard University - New Orleans, Louisiana Veterans Administration https://www.va.gov/outreach-and-events/events/62380/ 11:00 AM EST Automated Acoustophoresis Benchtop Device to Radio Label & Isolate Cells for Immunotherapy Treatment National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/44411 11:00 AM EST Business Meeting to Consider Nominations Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee ^ Harry Coker, Jr., of Kansas, to be National Cyber Director ^ Jeff Rezmovic, of Maryland, to be Chief Financial Officer, Department of Homeland Security ^ Suzanne Elizabeth Summerlin, of Florida, to be General Counsel of the Federal Labor Relations Authority ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/senate-event/335109 https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/hearings/business-meeting-14/ 11:30 AM EST Launch of the 2024 and Beyond UN System Mental Health and Well-Being Strategy United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1y/k1y20ox7qu 11:30 AM EST Food for Thought Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan https://fordschool.umich.edu/event/2023/food-thought-1 11:30 AM EST "The Who, What & Why of an Apprentice" Virtual Panel Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory https://www.pppl.gov/events/2023/who-what-why-apprentice-virtual-panel 11:30 AM EST GI Bill® Town Hall – New Orleans, Louisiana Veterans Administration https://www.va.gov/outreach-and-events/events/62230/ 11:30 AM EST Out-of-Town Pool Call Time Official Schedule https://factba.se/biden/calendar/ 12:00 PM EST Daily Press Briefing by the Spokesperson of the Secretary-General and the Spokesperson for the President of the General Assembly United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1a/k1a09v12vu 12:00 PM EST Yanks in Blue Berets: American UN Peacekeepers in the Middle East The Association of the United States Army (AUSA) https://www.ausa.org/events/noon-report-yanks-blue-berets-american-un-peacekeepers-middle-east-author-l-scott 12:00 PM EST Great Christian Jurists in American History The Heritage Foundation https://www.heritage.org/courts/event/great-christian-jurists-american-history 12:00 PM EST "The Modern Southern Economy Revisited: South Carolina As a Test Case" with Dr. Lacy Ford American Institute for Economic Research https://events.aier.org/bastiatmastercalendar/detail/1617/1700067600000 12:00 PM EST Presidential Speech Series: Chris Christie Hudson Institute https://www.hudson.org/events/presidential-speech-series-chris-christie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZtBSkNrwWs - Campaign 2024: Chris Christie Delivers Foreign Policy Address 2024 Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie delivers an address on foreign policy. Speaking at the Hudson Institute in Washington, DC. He’s also in conversation with Michael Doran, a former foreign policy aid to President George W. Bush. https://www.c-span.org/video/?531887-1/chris-christie-delivers-foreign-policy-address 12:00 PM EST Securely Managing and Publishing Sensitive Data Harvard University T.H. Chan School of Public Health https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/event/securely-managing-and-publishing-sensitive-data/ 12:00 PM EST Embeddedness and the Question of Chinese 'Influence' Columbia-Harvard China and the World Program (CWP) https://cwp.sipa.columbia.edu/events/cosco-piraeus-investment-embeddedness-and-question-chinese-influence 12:00 PM EST "The Long Painful Journey": The U.S. Army And The Trail Of Tears National Museum of the United States Army, Fort Belvoir, Virginia https://www.thenmusa.org/events/ 12:00 PM EST Virtual Book Talk: "Sailing the Graveyard Sea" National Museum of the U.S. Navy, Washington Navy Yard, DC https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/museums/nmusn/news-and-events/events.html https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/museums/nmusn/news-and-events/events/book-talk-20231115.html 12:00 PM EST Live from the Museum: Civil War and Reconstruction: The Battle for Freedom and Equality National Constitution Center https://constitutioncenter.org/education/live-online-events/upcoming-virtual-museum-experiences https://go.constitutioncenter.org/zoom?id=85735217912&zoom_type=webinars 12:00 PM EST A Fireside Chat With USPTO Patent Examiners United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) https://www.uspto.gov/jobs/fireside-chat-uspto-patent-examiners 12:00 PM EST Clinical Center Grand Rounds: Forging a Path to Translational Geroscience With Proteomics National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://clinicalcenter.nih.gov/about/news/grcurrent.html https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/44327 https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=53797 12:00 PM EST Insights From Ubiquitination and Protein Degradation at the Endoplasmic Reticulum National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/43825 12:00 PM EST Clinical Applications of Pharmacometrics: Model Informed Precision Dosing in Pediatric Patients National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/44070 12:00 PM EST Strange New DNA Tumor Viruses (and Why We Need Vaccines Against Them) National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/44338 12:00 PM EST The President receives the Presidential Daily Briefing Official Schedule https://factba.se/biden/calendar/ 12:00 PM EST Electronic Health Record Modernization Deep Dive: System Uptime House Veterans' Affairs Committee ^ WITNESSES: The Honorable Kurt DelBene Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs ^ Ms. Laura Prietula Deputy Chief Information Officer, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Mr. Bill Tinston Director, U.S. Department of Defense ^ Mr. Lance Scott Solutions Integration Director and Acting Technical Director, U.S. Department of Defense ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/116564 https://veterans.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=6304 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Hp0f5VljRc 12:30 PM EST Energy, Water, and Multisectoral Linkages in Africa Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research of the United Nations (CGIAR) https://www.cgiar.org/news-events/event/energy-water-and-multisectoral-linkages-in-africa/ 1:00 PM EST Fall 2023 Environmental Health Seminar Series. Boston University School of Public Health https://www.bu.edu/sph/calendar/?eid=286960 1:00 PM EST Native American Veterans Virtual Outreach Symposium Veterans Administration https://www.va.gov/outreach-and-events/events/62382/ 1:00 PM EST Meeting between NRC and EPRI to Discuss Potential Limitations and Conditions in the Safety Evaluation for MRP-227, Revision 2, Pressurized Water Reactor Internals Inspection and Evaluations Guideline Nuclear Regulatory Commission https://www.nrc.gov/pmns/mtg https://adamswebsearch2.nrc.gov/webSearch2/main.jsp?AccessionNumber=ML23298A028 1:00 PM EST GIS Day 2023: Climate Cartographies Library of Congress https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doSAzNxQAzo 1:00 PM EST The NINDS Topics in Clinical Research Seminar Series Presents: Introduction to Palliative Care in Neurologic Disease National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/44409 1:00 PM EST Overview of Cancer Prevalence Statistics and the SEER*Stat Prevalence Session National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://seer.cancer.gov/news/seerstat-webinars.html https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/44290 1:30 PM EST Tax the Rich, End Homelessness? Chicago's New Proposal to Combat Housing Insecurity University of Chicago Institute of Politics https://iop.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/iop/event.jsp?event=9043 https://politics.uchicago.edu/events/speaker-series/9043 1:30 PM EST A Conversation With General Chance Saltzman on Maintaining Competitive Endurance in Space Atlantic Council https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/event/a-conversation-with-general-chance-saltzman-on-maintaining-competitive-endurance-in-space/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2Nf0ao74hA 1:30 PM EST Exploring China’s Global Agenda on Spectrum Policy and 5G/6G Atlantic Council https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/event/exploring-chinas-global-agenda-on-spectrum-policy-and-5g-6g/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0ZYhiV-U6M 1:30 PM EST Evaluating the Role of ∆p63a in Driving Growth and Metastasis of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/44429 1:30 PM EST Veterans Benefits Fair – Dillard University, New Orleans, Louisiana Veterans Administration https://www.va.gov/outreach-and-events/events/62233/ 1:30 PM EST Veterans Job Fair - Minneapolis, Minnesota Veterans Administration https://www.va.gov/outreach-and-events/events/62660/ 1:45 PM EST The President participates in a greet with President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China Official Schedule https://www.whitehouse.gov/live/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYLVlhiAaxM 2:00 PM EST Sell Out My Soul: The Impending Threats to Freedom of Religion or Belief in Hong Kong Hudson Institute https://www.hudson.org/events/sell-out-my-soul-impending-threats-freedom-religion-or-belief-hong-kong https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yp4OTYln6CI 2:00 PM EST 2030 Agenda: Building Climate Resilient Caribbean Economies Atlantic Council https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/event/setting-the-pacc-2030-agenda/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gHPXpz90Uc 2:00 PM EST Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Listening Session (Xarelto) Department of Health and Human Services https://www.hhs.gov/live/ 2:00 PM EST Decision, Risk and Management Sciences Office Hour National Science Foundation https://new.nsf.gov/events/decision-risk-management-sciences-Office-hour/2023-11-15 2:00 PM EST Hearing Loss & Dementia – From Epidemiological Insights to the ACHIEVE Trial and Public Policy in the U.S., - NIH Director's Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://oir.nih.gov/wals https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/43617 https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=51173 2:00 PM EST Preparing for AI: FAIR Data & AI Ready Datasets | NIH Schare Think a Thon National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/44416 2:00 PM EST How It Started....how It's Going: a Journey Into the Career Path of an Accidental Epidemiologist National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/44237 2:00 PM EST Data Management and Sharing in Cancer Moonshot Data Coordination Centers for IOTN, DRSN/ART Net, and HTAN National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/44336 2:00 PM EST Infrared Spectroscopy; User Access to NSLS-II/CFN - NSLS-II Advanced Synchrotron and Electron Technique Seminar Brookhaven National Laboratory https://www.bnl.gov/event.php?q=19179 2:00 PM EST Medicaid Reentry Section 1115 - Implications and Opportunities for Jails and Prisons Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), Office of Justice Programs, Department of Justice https://bja.ojp.gov/events/medicaid-reentry-section-1115-implications-and-opportunities-jails-and-prisons 2:00 PM EST The President hosts a bilateral meeting with President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China Official Schedule https://www.whitehouse.gov/live/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQnjwLKBX0M - TBD Pres. Biden Holds Meeting With Chinese President at APEC President Biden holds a bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping amid an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in San Francisco. https://www.c-span.org/video/?531877-1/pres-biden-holds-meeting-chinese-president-apec 2:00 PM EST From Ivory Towers to Dark Corners: Investigating the Nexus Between Antisemitism, Tax-Exempt Universities, and Terror Financing House Ways and Means Committee https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/116589 https://waysandmeans.house.gov/event/hearing-from-ivory-towers-to-dark-corners-investigating-the-nexus-between-antisemitism-tax-exempt-universities-and-terror-financing/ https://www.youtube.com/@WaysandMeansCommittee/videos - Hearing on Antisemitism & College Campuses Advocates and activists testify on antisemitism amid the Israel-Hamas war and free speech on college campuses before the House Ways and Means Committee. https://www.c-span.org/video/?531884-1/hearing-antisemitism-college-campuses 2:00 PM EST Crypto Crime in Context: Breaking Down the Illicit Activity in Digital Assets House Financial Services Committee ^ WITNESSES: Mr. Bill Hughes, Senior Counsel & Director of Global Regulatory Matters at ConsenSys and previously Associate Deputy Attorney, General at the Department of Justice ^ Ms. Jane Khodarkovsky, Partner at Arktouros, previously Trial Attorney and Human Trafficking Finance Specialist with the U.S. Department of Justice’s Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Section ^ Mr. Jonathan Levin, Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer, Chainalysis ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/116579 https://financialservices.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=409028 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fnd5ZZI6Usk 2:30 PM EST JustGrants Virtual Q&A: Application Mechanics: Submitting an Application Training Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), Office of Justice Programs, Department of Justice https://bja.ojp.gov/events/justgrants-virtual-qa-application-mechanics-submitting-application-training-90 2:30 PM EST Aging Americans and a Waning Workforce: Demographic Drivers of Our Deficit Joint Economic Committee WITNESSES: Dr. John Scott, Project Director, Retirement Savings The Pew Charitable Trusts Washington, DC ^ Dr. Julie Topoleski, Director of Labor, Income Security, and Long-Term Analysis Congressional Budget Office Washington, DC ^ Dr. Ben Harris, Vice President and Director of Economic Studies Program and Director of the Retirement Security Project Brookings Institution Washington, DC ^ Additional Witness to Be Announced ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/joint-event/335107 https://www.jec.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2023/11/aging-americans-and-a-waning-workforce-demographic-drivers-of-our-deficit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agKYng46F88 2:30 PM EST Veteran Entrepreneurship: From Service to Small Business Success Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee ^ WITNESSES: Col. Tim Green, USAF (Ret) Acting Associate Administrator Office of Veterans Business Development, U.S. Small Business Administration, Washington, D.C. ^ Dr. Mike Haynie Vice Chancellor, Syracuse University Director, Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF), Syracuse, NY ^ Ms. Lisa Shimkat State Director America’s SBDC Iowa, Ames, IA ^ Mr. Chris Guerrette Owner and CEO Lickee’s & Chewy’s Candies & Creamery, Dover, NH ^ Mr. Dustin Rhoades CEO and Owner Ability Tech, Sioux City, IA ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/senate-event/335114 https://www.sbc.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2023/11/veteran-entrepreneurship-from-service-to-small-business-success 2:30 PM EST Business Meeting Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee ^ S.1898, to amend the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act to make improvements to that Act https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/1898 ^ S.2088, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to complete all actions necessary for certain land to be held in restricted fee status by the Oglala Sioux Tribe and Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/2088 ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/senate-event/335124 https://www.indian.senate.gov/hearings/business-meeting-to-consider-s-1898-s-2088/ 2:30 PM EST To Receive a Closed Briefing on Certain Intelligence Matters Senate Intelligence (Select) Committee https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/senate-event/335081 https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/hearings/closed-briefing-intelligence-matters-450 2:50 PM EST The General Douglas MacArthur Leadership Awards Ceremony Department of the Army https://armypubs.army.mil/epubs/DR_pubs/DR_a/ARN37117-AR_600-89-000-WEB-1.pdf https://www.dvidshub.net/webcast/33029 3:00 PM EST Third Committee, 54th plenary meeting - General Assembly, 78th session, Social, Humanitarian & Cultural Committee United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1d/k1ddt76mbr 3:00 PM EST Ethical and Responsible Research Program Office Hours National Science Foundation https://new.nsf.gov/events/ethical-responsible-research-program-office-hours/2023-11-15 3:00 PM EST American Red Cross Military And Veteran Caregiver Network (MVCN) Online Caregiver Chat Veterans Administration https://www.va.gov/outreach-and-events/events/62440/ 3:00 PM EST Finding Pictures: Celebrating 90 Years of the Historic American Buildings Survey Library of Congress https://www.loc.gov/item/event-411112/finding-pictures-celebrating-90-years-of-the-historic-american-buildings-survey/2023-11-15/ 3:00 PM EST Victim-Offender Dialogue in the Criminal Legal System Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), Office of Justice Programs, Department of Justice https://bja.ojp.gov/events/victim-offender-dialogue-criminal-legal-system 3:00 PM EST Healing & Accountability Dialogue in the Criminal Legal System Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), Office of Justice Programs, Department of Justice https://bja.ojp.gov/events/healing-accountability-dialogue-criminal-legal-system 3:30 PM EST VA’s Fourth Mission: Supporting Our Nation’s Emergency Preparedness and Response Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee ^ WITNESSES: Bobby Small, Jr., Acting Executive Director, Office of Emergency Management and Resiliency, Department of Veterans Affairs Accompanied by: ^ Michelle Dorsey, MD, Deputy Assistant Under Secretary, Health Operations, Veterans Health Administration ^ Derrick Jaastad, Executive Director, Office of Emergency Management, Veterans Health Administration ^ John Balbus, MD, MPH, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Climate Change and Health Equity, Department of Health and Human Services ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/senate-event/335112 https://www.veterans.senate.gov/2023/11/va-s-fourth-mission-supporting-our-nation-s-emergency-preparedness-and-response 4:00 PM EST Climate Change in the Courts Federalist Society https://fedsoc.org/events/climate-change-in-the-courts-3 4:00 PM EST National History Day in Missouri - Theme Webinar Harry S. Truman Presidential Library National Archives https://www.archives.gov/calendar/event/national-history-day-in-missouri-theme-webinar https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/events/77646 4:30 PM EST Flash Seminar: Rooting Our Leadership in Humanity The Aspen Institute https://www.aspeninstitute.org/events/nov2023-flash-seminar-humane-leadership/ 5:00 PM EST Former President Trump 14th Amendment Hearing in Colorado, Day 6, Part 1 Judge Sarah Wallace hears closing arguments in a case to determine whether the 14th Amendment’s “insurrectionist ban” can be used to prevent former President Donald Trump from appearing on Colorado’s presidential election ballots. https://www.c-span.org/video/?531896-1/president-trump-14th-amendment-hearing-colorado-day-6-part-1 5:00 PM EST Washington Today Catch up on the stories of the day in Washington, DC. Hear portions of key events and interviews with journalists and policy makers who provide background and perspective. https://www.c-span.org/radio/ 5:00 PM EST By Way of Deception Thou Shalt Do War: The Psychology of Intelligence The Institute of World Politics https://www.iwp.edu/events/by-way-of-deception-thou-shalt-do-war-the-psychology-of-intelligence/ 5:30 PM EST This Is Public Health Graduate School Fair - Atlanta, GA University of Michigan School of Public Health https://thisispublichealth.aspph.org/event/this-is-public-health-grad-fair-atlanta-ga/ 5:30 PM EST Preparing Our Workforce: The Evolving Role of Community Colleges Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond https://www.richmondfed.org/conferences_and_events/2023/20231115_district_dialogues 6:00 PM EST Ford School Students - Ask Me Anything Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan https://fordschool.umich.edu/event/2023/ford-school-students-ask-me-anything-11-15 6:00 PM EST "Frederic Bastiat's Relevance Today" With Paul Prentice American Institute for Economic Research https://events.aier.org/bastiatmastercalendar/detail/1620/1700089200000 6:00 PM EST Online Seminar: Technology Underpinning Cyber Intelligence CANCELED? The Institute of World Politics https://www.iwp.edu/events/online-seminar-technology-underpinning-cyber-intelligence-8/ https://web.archive.org/web/0/https://www.iwp.edu/events/online-seminar-technology-underpinning-cyber-intelligence-8/ 6:00 PM EST The Conspiracy - A Feature Documentary Screening Temple Emanu-El Streicker Center https://streicker.nyc/events/conspiracy 6:30 PM EST Washington Today Podcast Catch up on the biggest stories of the day from Washington with interviews and analysis from leading journalists. Posted weekdays at 6:30 pm ET. F https://www.c-span.org/podcasts/subpage/?series=washingtonToday 6:30 PM EST Film Screening & Discussion. Sylvestrov The Harriman Institute at Columbia University https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11854142/ https://harriman.columbia.edu/event/film-screening-discussion-sylvestrov/ 7:00 PM EST Live Taping of the Pillar Podcast at Todd Conner’s Bar, Baltimore The Pillar https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/at-usccb-2026-is-the-new-2024 7:00 PM EST 30 Years On: Empowering Asia's Economic Policymaking International Monetary Fund of the United Nations (IMF) https://www.imf.org/en/News/Seminars/Conferences/2023/11/16/jispa-30-years-on-empowering-asias-economic-policymaking 7:00 PM EST Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: The Search for Clarity - Dr. Sean Kirkpatrick, director, All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), participates in a livestreamed panel discussion at 7 p.m. EST on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) Schar School of Policy & Government, George Mason University, Arlington, Virginia https://schar.gmu.edu/news-events/upcoming-events?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D1012180515 https://signup.e2ma.net/signup/1992576/1968319/ https://www.defense.gov/News/Today-in-DOD/Date/2023-11-15/ 7:00 PM EST Airmen of Note Tour - Las Cruces, New Mexico U.S. Air Force Band https://www.music.af.mil/Bands/The-United-States-Air-Force-Band/Events/ https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?eid=N2VhZDRqbnB0a3VqZDJ2aG9lOW9obHN1ZHYgZ2hwcm9nY2c5cjVqcnU3Y2djbmQxb3NkcG9AZw&ctz=America/New_York 7:10 PM EST Direct Air Capture Panel Discussion Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas https://www.dallasfed.org/research/events/2023/23panel 7:15 PM EST The President holds a press conference Official Schedule https://www.whitehouse.gov/live/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6fk_Su_Myk - President Biden Holds News Conference at APEC President Biden holds a news conference amid an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in San Francisco. https://www.c-span.org/video/?531876-1/president-biden-holds-news-conference-apec 7:30 PM EST Albert Park: China's Economy and Asia's Rise Stanford Center on China's Economy and Institutions Is a Joint Effort of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research https://sccei.fsi.stanford.edu/events/albert-park-chinas-economy-and-asias-rise 9:00 PM EST "What Stifled Freedom in Medicine: The History and Deep Science of Homeopathy" with Dana Ullman, MPH, CCH American Institute for Economic Research https://events.aier.org/bastiatmastercalendar/detail/1607/1700100000000 9:30 PM EST The Future of Artificial Intelligence with Melanie Mitchell Santa Fe Institute https://www.santafe.edu/events/future-artificial-intelligence-mm 10:30 PM EST The President and The First Lady host a welcome reception for APEC Leaders; The Vice President participates; The Second Gentleman attends Official Schedule https://www.whitehouse.gov/live/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkFunG8KX24