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UN Correspondent Tala Dowlatshahi will be covering the Climate Summit with President Barack Obama

The Washington, D.C. Bureau will be covering the following:

-The Foreign Policy Initiative holds a forum on "Advancing and Defending Democracy," Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., delivers remarks.

-The Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee holds a staff lead roundtable discussion on "Small Business contracting: Ensuring Opportunities for America's Small Businesses."

-Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I. holds a news conference on health information technology.

-Christian and Muslim leaders hold a news conference to discuss an Islamic prayer vigil at the U.S. Capitol.

-The American Cancer Society's Cancer Action Network and the National Association of Basketball Coaches hold a Coaches vs. Cancer rally to "urge Congress to pass health care reform."

-House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md. holds his weekly pen and pad only news briefing.

-The Senate Democratic Policy Committee and the Senate Republican Policy Committee hold their weekly policy committee.

-Federal Communications Chairman Julius Genachowski and FCC Commissioner Michael Copps deliver remarks at a Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies Media & Technology Institute to release the Broadband Imperatives Report.

-House Judiciary Committee Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties Subcommittee hearing on the USA PATRIOT Act.

-House Veterans Affairs Committee Health Subcommittee hearing on "Is the VA (Veterans Affairs Department) Meeting the Pharmaceutical Needs of Veterans? An Examination of the VA National Formulary, Issues of Patient Safety, and Management of the Pharmacy Benefits Program."