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Date: 11/20/2009 Location: Washington DC Description: Deputy Secretary Dennis F. Hightower, U.S. Department of Commerce © Commerce Dept. Image

WHAT: Washington Foreign Press Center On-The-Record Briefing
BRIEFER: Deputy Secretary of Commerce Dennis Hightower
TOPIC: A New Beginning: President Obama’s Entrepreneurship Summit
WHEN: Monday November 23rd at 3:00 p.m.
WHERE: 800 National Press Building, 529 14th Street, NW

President Obama announced that the U.S. would host this Summit on Entrepreneurship during his speech in Cairo in June 2009. Deputy Secretary Hightower will discuss the nomination process for delegates focused on entrepreneurship in countries across North Africa, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia as well as in Muslim communities elsewhere. They will be invited to Washington next year to highlight the successes, challenges, and opportunities for entrepreneurship development – partnerships that can benefit both the United States and Muslim communities around the world. The Commerce Department’s Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship is now accepting nominations until the end of November. Delegate invitations will be issued on January 2010.

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Date: 11/20/2009 Location: Washington DC Description: Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health  © National Institutes of Health
WHAT: Washington Foreign Press Center On-The-Record Briefing
BRIEFERS: Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, Director, National Institute of Allergy and
Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health
Michele Moloney-Kitts, Assistant United States Global
AIDS Coordinator in the Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator (OGAC)
TOPIC: Making Progress in the Fight Against HIV/AIDS
WHEN: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at 2:00 p.m.
WHERE: National Press Building, 529 14th Street NW, Suite 800
RSVP: Jennifer Archibeque at jennifera@state.gov (202) 504-6319 or Patricia Neary at
NearyP2@state.gov (202) 504-6354.

December 1, 2009 marks the 21st World AIDS Day. Please join us for a discussion that will focus on where we are in the fight against HIV/AIDS with a special emphasis on research and how HIV/AIDS affects women.

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