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TODAY'S HEADLINERS Northern Ireland -- 3 p.m. -- National Press Club Newsmaker Program holds a press conference, "The Situation in Northern Ireland." Gerry Adams, president of Sinn Fein and member of the British Parliament, participates. Location: National Press Club, 14th and F streets NW. Contact: 301/530-1210, 202/662-7540 or 917/710-3700.
PRESIDENT BUSH Participates in the Shamrock Ceremony in the Roosevelt Room of the White House; attends a St. Patrick's Day luncheon at the U.S. Capitol.
9:30 a.m. -- Armed Services Committee holds a hearing on worldwide threats to the security of the United States. CIA Director Porter J. Goss and Defense Intelligence Agency Director Lowell Jacoby testify. Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 106.
9 a.m. -- Armed Services Committee holds hearing on the training of Iraqi security forces. Location: Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2118.
10 a.m. -- Government Reform Committee holds a hearing on steroids in Major League Baseball. Witnesses include Sen. Jim Bunning, Kentucky Republican, former players Jose Canseco and Mark McGwire, current players Rafael Palmeiro, Curt Schilling, Sammy Sosa and Frank Thomas, and Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig. Location: Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2154.
1:30 p.m. -- International Relations international terrorism and nonproliferation subcommittee holds an oversight hearing, "The United Nations and the Fight Against Terrorism." Location: Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2255.
Cuba discussion -- 10:30 a.m. -- American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research holds a discussion, "Regime Change in Cuba: The European Perspective." Participants include Luxembourgian Ambassador Arlett Conzemius, Mark Falcoff of AEI, and Maria Werlau of Orbis International Consulting and Free Society Project. Location: AEI, 1150 17th St. NW, Wohlstetter Conference Center, 12th floor.