Today At TRNS

Gulf Coast Correspondent Miles Tamboli will be covering the Presidential commission on the BP oil spill.

The Washington Bureau Will Be Covering:

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y. is hosting a legislative summit of African-American faith based leaders to address how faith leaders can utilize federal resources to confront current challenges facing African-American communities in New York. HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan and Rev. Al Sharpton will be participating.

The New America Foundation (NAF) is holding a discussion on “Dodd-Frank: Will Financial Services be Transformed for Wall Street and Main Street” with Travis Plunkett, legislative director at the Consumer Federation of America; Mike Konczal, fellow at the Roosevelt Institute; Heather McGhee, director of the Washington Office of Demos; Leslie Parrish, senior researcher at the Center for Responsible Lending; Tim Fernholz, writing fellow at the American Prospect; Devin Fergus, fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; and Reid Cramer, director of NAF’s Asset Building Program.

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

The International Tibet Independence Movement (ITIM) is holding a rally following the completion of the “March for Tibet’s Independence,” a nine-day march from Philadelphia to Washington.

The Congressional Health Care Caucus is holding a policy forum on “Looking at the Problems and Presenting Solutions for the Sustainable Growth Rate Formula.” John O’Shea of the Heritage Foundation; and Peter Lavine of the D.C. Medical Society will be participating.

HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius; White House Domestic Policy Council Director Melody Barnes; White House Director of the Office of National HIV/AIDS Policy Jeffrey Crowley; and Assistant HHS Secretary Howard Koh is holding a news conference to unveil the National HIV/AIDs strategy and discuss its goals and details.

President’s Special Envoy to Sudan Maj. Gen. Gration delivers remarks on the “Countdown to Sudan’s Referendum.”