Daybook

PRESIDENT BUSH

Morning: Meets with Danish Prime Minister Anders Rasmussen

Noon: Attends a luncheon hosted by Queen Margethe II and Crown Prince Henrik

Afternoon: Departs for the G-8 Summit, Gleneagles, Scotland

Evening: Participates in an arrival ceremony, Glasgow airport, Scotland; participates in a dinner hosted by Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip

ECONOMIC REPORTS

10:30 a.m. — Energy Information Administration releases weekly petroleum-status report. Location: 1000 Independence Ave. SW. Contact: 202/586-8800.

FEDERAL AGENCIES

4 p.m. — Employee Benefits Security Administration holds a meeting of the advisory council on employee welfare and pension-benefit plans. Location: Labor Department, Room N 4437 A-C, 200 Constitution Ave. NW. Contact: 202/693-8668.

SUPREME COURT

No oral arguments scheduled. Contact: 202/479-3211.

SENATE

Not in session: Independence Day recess. Contact: Republican Cloakroom, 202/224-8601, or Democratic Cloakroom, 202/224-8541.

SENATE COMMITTEES

No committee meetings scheduled.

HOUSE

Not in session: Independence Day recess. Contact: Republican Cloakroom, 202/225-2020, or Democratic Cloakroom, 202/225-1600.

HOUSE COMMITTEES

No committee meetings are scheduled.

GENERAL AGENDA

High school reform — all day — The Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) holds a forum on high school reform and schools’ civic mission. Bill Galston, director of CIRCLE, and Bob Wise, president of the Alliance for Excellent Education and former governor of West Virginia, participate. Events begin at 9:15 a.m. Location: First Amendment Room, National Press Club, 14th and F streets NW. Contact: 202/667-0901.

Medication errors — all day — The National Academies’ Board on Health Care Services holds a meeting, “Identifying and Preventing Medication Errors.” Events begin at 7:55 a.m.

Highlight — 11:05 a.m. — Legal issues panel discussion

Location: Keck Building, National Academies, 500 Fifth St. NW. Contact: 202/334-1603.

Drug industry lobbying — 9:30 a.m. — The Center for Public Integrity holds a press breakfast briefing to discuss the findings of a new report, “Pushing Prescriptions: How the Drug Industry Sells Its Agenda at Your Expense.” Location: Suite 700, 910 17th St. NW. Contact: 202/481-1234.

UDC briefing — 11 a.m. — The District holds its weekly briefing by Mayor Anthony A. Williams to announce the reaffirmation of accreditation of the University of the District of Columbia by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. Location: Ground-floor briefing room, John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. Contact: 202/727-9811.

Nuclear-agenda briefing — 11:45 a.m. — The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace holds a briefing, “Nuclear Agenda Item: Gaining From Russian G-8 Leadership.” Location: 1779 Massachusetts Ave. NW. Contact: 202/483-7600.

Warner speech — noon — The National Press Club Speakers Committee holds a speech by Gov. Mark Warner, Virginia Democrat. Location: National Press Club, 14th and F streets NW. Contact: 202/662-7595.

Syrian National Council — noon — The Syrian National Council holds a press conference on the formation of the council and the start of its Reformers Movement. Location: Lisagor Room, National Press Club, 14th and F streets NW. Contact: 703/243-4320.

First Amendment rally — 12:30 p.m. — The Newspaper Guild-CWA holds a rally to support reporters and First Amendment rights. Location: Federal District Courthouse, 333 Constitution Ave. NW. Contact: 202/434-1168.

Hong Kong discussion — 3:30 p.m. — The Woodrow Wilson Center holds a discussion, “Hong Kong as China’s Test Bed for Economic and Political Development: A Failed Experiment?” The speaker is Michael DeGolyer of Hong Kong Baptist University. Location: Woodrow Wilson Center, Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. Contact: 202/691-4000.

Film screening — 6:30 p.m. — The Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, and the Jerusalem Fund for Education and Community Development hold a film screening of “Ticket to Jerusalem,” as part of the Voices of Palestine Summer 2005 film series. Location: The Palestine Center, 2425 Virginia Ave. NW. Contact: 202/338-1958.

Kick-off ceremony — 7 p.m. — The George Washington University Medical Center and Pro-Cultura hold a ceremony to kick off their conference, “African Healing Wisdom: From Tradition to Current Applications and Research.” Location: Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill, 400 New Jersey Ave. NW. Contact: www.africanmedicine.info.

Book discussion — 7 p.m. — Politics and Prose Bookstore holds a book discussion with Martin Moran, author of “The Tricky Part,” which examines the sexual abuse he suffered as a child, speaking both for the vulnerable Catholic boy he was and for the successful actor he has become. Location: Politics and Prose Bookstore, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. Contact: 202/364-1919.

• Compiled by FIND/AFP and The Washington Times