President Obama will meet Wednesday morning with Canadian PrimeMinister Stephen Harper, and later with Defense Secretary RobertGates and former secretary of state Colin Powell. In between, in aWhite House ceremony, the president will stump for Chicago's bid tohost the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Economic data out Wednesday: The Labor Department issues theConsumer Price Index and Real Earnings figures for August. And theNational Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo issues theSeptember housing market index.
The Atlantic holds a morning 'Green Intelligence Forum' at theNewseum with Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P.Jackson; Todd Stern, the State Department's special envoy on climatechange; and others from the business, nonprofit and academic worlds.
The Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute continues its 2009Latinos Leading summit, which concludes in the evening at the WalterE. Washington Convention Center with the 32nd annual awards gala andreception. Singer Marc Anthony will receive the CHCI Chair'sLifetime Achievement Award, and President Obama will deliverremarks. Anthony's wife, actress Jennifer Lopez, and first ladyMichelle Obama are expected to attend.
America's Health Insurance Plans continues its 2009 Medicare andMedicaid Conference, which runs through Thursday, at the CapitalHilton. Medicaid Health Plans of America holds a briefing at theCapitol on 'Medicaid Health Plans in Health-Care Reform.'
-- Garance Franke-Ruta
federalcity@washpost.com
