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2001 National Travel Seminar
Class Diary |
March 11, 2001
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Chicago to
Washington D.C.
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Washington D.C.
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Clear skies and warmer than normal weather greeted the IALP Class of
2002 as they embarked on their National travel seminar. While
several members met at Phil Donahoe’s house to travel collectively
to the airport in two stretch limousines, others took connecting
flights from their more remote homes. Travel went smoothly with the
flight arriving at Reagan National Airport 15 minutes early.
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Two white stretch limos load up
a ton of lugguge at Cloonlara Farms in rural Elburn, Illinois.
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The Jefferson Memorial through
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With everyone’s new wheeled baggage collected at the carousel, the
class assembled for an hour-long motor coach tour of the sights and
highlights of Washington D.C. The animated driver provided lively
descriptions of Capitol Hill activities, including copious details
about President Lincoln’s assassination at Ford’s Theater. After
a quick drive by the FDR, Lincoln, Washington and other key
memorials, the group was whisked to the Wyndham City Center Hotel,
where the group will stay through Thursday evening.
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Dinner at Shula’s was sponsored by Case IH. Joseph Samora, Vice
President of Government Affairs at Case New
Holland, shared with the
group his office’s role in supporting agricultural policy that
increases profitability for the American farmer. Of particular
interest to Case New Holland was passage of permanent normal trade
relations for China in the 106th Congress. He also
emphasized the importance of fast-track authority and a free-trade
agreement of the Americas.
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Marty Ahrends introduces Joseph
Samora from Case New Holland and Matt Schlapp from the Bush-43
Administration.
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A key player in the "Bush 43" administration, Matt Schlapp, who is the Special Assistant to the
President and Deputy Director of Political Affairs, spoke about how
the White House team strategizes to achieve their legislative goals.
"We’ll determine our success by how we communicate to all
American workers to sell our (tax cut) plan," said Schlapp. "We know there will be rocks. We are confident, but not
jaded."
Sunday's Chairs: Marty Ahrends,
Steve Arnold & Jeff Austman
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