LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Volume 17, No. 40 A Weekly Newspaper for the Library Staff October 6, 2006 caption tk. Michaela McNichol National Book Festival Presents All Viewpoints to give “60 Minutes” an Readers came early and By AUDREY FISCHER exclusive interview — and stayed late. A half hour not the Bush Administra- before the festival opened he Library’s sixth annual National tion — that prevented Bob at 10 a.m., they began col- Book Festival demonstrated once Woodward from discussing lecting blue CSPAN2 book Tagain that the National Mall in his new book at the National bags and circulating among the nation’s capital is the place where Book Festival (see story on state tables in the Pavilion all voices and points of view can be page 5). News that the New of the States. At 5 p.m., heard. York Times revealed details they were standing three- Last year, the book festival shared about the book in its Sept. 29 to-five deep around the the Mall with antiwar protestors. This issue — two days before its History and Biography year, the festival, which is organized by scheduled release on Oct. 2 — Pavilion, straining to hear the Library of Congress and hosted by sent festival organizers scram- Woodward’s remarks in first lady Laura Bush, presented Pulitzer bling to make sure the book hopes he would talk Prize-winning author and Washington would be on sale at the event. about his book released Post editor Bob Woodward, whose new It joined hundreds of books by earlier that day. book “State of Denial” offers a harsh the 70 participating authors on sale at the Attendance topped last year’s record critique of the Bush Administration’s festival. At day’s end, Barnes & Noble as more than 100,000 people of all ages handling of the war in Iraq. reported that book sales were 40 percent dodged the intermittent raindrops to hear In the end, it was an agreement higher than at last year’s festival. 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In 2002 he became the first House Domestic Policy Council, will Madison Building lobby throughout the general counsel and director of programs deliver the 2006 Disability Employment month. for the 81,000-member American Associa- Awareness keynote address at 10 a.m. on Blind since birth, Cantos earned a law tion of People with Disabilities. Based in Wednesday, Oct. 11, in the West Dining degree from Loyola Law School in 1997. Washington, D.C., the organization is the Room, LM 621. He served as staff attorney and director largest cross-disability national member- This year’s national theme is “Amer- of outreach and education at the Western ship organization in the country. icans with Disabilities: Ready for the In 2004 Cantos joined the U.S. Depart- Hispanic Heritage Month ment of Justice, serving as special assis- Native American (Sept. 15 - Oct. 15) tant to the assistant attorney general, com- Heritage Month “Hispanic Americans: Our missioned by former Attorney General Keynote address, Rich Culture Contributing to John Ashcroft, and as special counsel Mr. Ron His Horse Is Thunder America’s Future” to the assistant attorney general for civil Wednesday, Nov. 8, 11 a.m. - rights, under Attorney General Alberto Noon, Mumford Room, LM 649 Tuesday, Oct. 10 Gonzales. Mr. Ron His Horse Is Thunder is a A cultural music and dance program, In July 2006, he was appointed associ- member of the Hunkpapa-Lakota noon to 1 p.m. in the Mumford Room, ate director of the White House Domestic LM 649. Oyate tribe and the tribal chairman Policy Council — the highest position for the Standing Rock Reservation. In For additional information please contact 2002, he was appointed by President Anthony Ybarra at 7.8313 or [email protected].