Al Gore to Deliver Economic Policy Speech at Brookings Oct 2

9/30/2002

From: Brookings Institution Office of Communications, 202-797-6105

News Advisory:

What: Al Gore to deliver an economic policy speech at the Brookings Institution

When: Wednesday, Oct. 2 from 10-11 a.m.

Where: Falk Auditorium, The Brookings Institution, 1775 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C.

Details: Former Vice President Al Gore will deliver a speech on economic policy issues at the Brookings Institution five weeks before the mid-term congressional and gubernatorial elections.

With this economic policy speech and a recent speech in San Francisco criticizing the Bush administration's policies on the war against terrorism, a possible invasion of Iraq, and other foreign policy issues, Gore will have addressed the principal issues facing voters.

Since the end of the contested 2000 presidential election, Al Gore has taught at Columbia University, Fisk University, and Middle Tennessee State University. He was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1976, and in 1984 was elected to U.S. Senate. Before earning the Democratic nomination for president in 2000, he was a candidate for the nomination in 1988.

The Brookings Institution is an independent, nonpartisan research organization that seeks to improve the performance and quality of U.S. public policies. The Institution's activities are carried out through three research programs (Economic Studies, Foreign Policy Studies, and Governance Studies) as well as through the Center for Public Policy Education and the Brookings Institution Press.

RSVP: Please contact the Brookings Office of Communications by calling 202/797-6105, emailing to communications@brookings.edu, or visiting online at https://www.brookings.edu/comm/transcripts/20021002.htm.