-U.N. Correspondent Tala Dowlatshahi will be covering remarks from French President Sarkozy at the Columbia University World Leaders Forum in New York.
The Washington Bureau will be covering the following:
-A hearing with the Commission on Wartime Contracting on managing contractors during Iraq drawdown. Representatives from KBR are scheduled to testify.
-A conference call with the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities on “Debunking Claims That Health Reform Will Not Reduce the Deficit.”
-A conference call with Education Secretary Arne Duncan to announce the winners in Phase One of the Race to the Top competition.

The Washington Bureau will be covering the following:
-Committee hearing held by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on foreclosure prevention.
-Committee hearing held by the House Energy and Commerce Committee on oversight of the Federal Communications Commission
-Committee hearing held by the House Homeland Security Committee on visa overstays
-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) weekly news conference
-House Minority Leader John Boehner’s (R-Ohio) weekly on-camera session with reporters
-Sens. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.), Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), Jay Rockefeller (D-W.V.) and Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) hold a press conference to discuss health reform.
-Committee hearing held by the Senate Appropriations Committee on the FY2011 war supplemental request.

White House Correspondent Victoria Jones will be covering the White house press briefing with Press Secretary Robert Gibbs.
The Washington bureau will also be covering the following:
-Quinnipiac Polling Institute releases poll profiling those who identify with the Tea Party movement.
-House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee hearing on the defense budget overview, Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mike Mullen and Under Secretary of Defense Robert Hales testify.
-House Appropriations Energy and Water Subcommittee hearing on the FY 2011 energy budget, Secretary of Energy Steven Chu will testify.
-Senate Subcommittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearing on contracting oversight to examine the defense department and state department contracts for police training in Afghanistan.

White House correspondent Victoria Jones will be covering the White House press briefing with press secretary Robert Gibbs.
The Washington bureau will also be covering the following:
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) launch of an inter-agency program aimed at generating predictions of climate change.
- Doctors for America march and rally of health professionals to support health care reform.
- Human Rights Activists in Iran (HRA) news conference to respond to the Iranian government’s “media blitz and cyber attack” that shut down HRA’s main portal for reporting human rights abuses in Iran.

The Washington Bureau will also be covering the following:
-The American Grassroots Coalition and The Tea Party
-Majority Leader Steny Hoyer’s (D-Md.) weekly pen and pad session.
-Senate Armed Services committee hearing on “U.S. Special Operations Command and U.S. Central Command in review of the Defense Authorization Request for FY2011 and the Future Years Defense Program.”
-Rep. John Kline (R-Minn.) and Sen.Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) news conference on student loan provision in Reconciliation.
-House Appropriations committee hearing on “FY2011 Budget and Economic Outlook.”
-Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee hearing on “Department of Justice FY2011 Budget Overview.”
-Peace activist Cindy Sheehan’s anti-war protest at the Washington monument.

White House correspondent Victoria Jones will be covering the White House press briefing with Press Secretary Robert Gibbs.
The Washington Bureau will be covering the following:
-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s weekly press briefing.
-House Budget Committee ranking Republican Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) and vice ranking Republican Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas) hold a pen and pad briefing on next week’s markup of the reconciliation bill in the Budget Committee.
-The Center for American Progress (CAP) holds a discussion entitled, “Evaluating the Modern U.S. Senate and its Contribution to American Governance.”
-The U.S. Agency for International Development Administrator Raj Shah delivers remarks at the launch of “Helping Shelter Haiti,” an interactive exhibit that illustrates the agency’s immediate and long-term plans for sheltering those displaced.

The Washington Bureau Will Be Covering:
Health Affairs holds a media breakfast to discuss the “Outlook for Healthcare Reform and Reconciliation.”
A news conference to launch the newly formed bipartisan Congressional Caucus to pass the “Balanced Budget Amendment”.
Full committee hearing on “Consumers, Competition, and the Proposed Comcast-NBC Merger.”

The Washington Bureau will be covering the following:
- A Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on entitled, “Building on Success: New Directions in Global Health.” Former President Bill Clinton and Bill Gates will be among those who testify.
- Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius meets with executives from America’s Health Insurance Plans at the Ritz Carlton in Washington, D.C.. A news briefing is expected to follow the meeting.
- House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (R-S.C.), Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and others hold a news conference to introduce legislation that would create a rural energy savings program.
- Reps. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) hold a news conference to discuss legislation involving paid sick days for employees.
- Sen. John Kyl (R-Ariz.) and House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) hold a pen and pad briefing to discuss the Senate using reconciliation to pass health care reform.
- Sens. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Ben Cardin (D-Md.) hold a news conference to discuss efforts to help workers and small businesses.
- Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.), Tom Coburn (R-Okla.), Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) hold a news briefing to discuss health care reform.

The Washington Bureau will be covering the following:
-Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano makes remarks to the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
-The Center for Community Change holds a news conference to express discontent with the escalation of deportations by the Obama administration.
-Health Care for America Now (HCAN) holds a briefing on the urgent need for health insurance reform.

White House correspondent Victoria Jones will be covering the White House press briefing with Press Secretary Robert Gibbs.
The Washington Bureau will also be covering the following:
-Joint Economic Committee hearing on the employment situation for February 2010.
-Labor Department, Bureau of Labor releases statistics on employment situation for February 2010.
-Former Gov. Mitt Romney (R-Mass.) makes remarks on “The Case for American Greatness.”
-Senators Carl Levin, Jay Rockefeller and Jack Reed will join Governor Jennifer Granholm of Michigan on a conference call to discuss the additional support for state health programs in the American Workers, State and Business Relief Act.
-HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Assistant HHS Secretary for Health Howard Koh hold a conference call briefing to discuss Recovery Act funding for prevention and wellness.