Other Washington VIPs on the will-call list include CIA Director Porter J. Goss, former FBI Director William Sessions, assistant FBI Director Cassandra M. Chandler, U.S. National Reconnaissance Office Director Don Kerr, former CIA and State Department counterterrorism coordinator Ambassador Cofer Black, former U.N. Ambassador Jeanne Kirkpatrick, retired Marine Corps Commandant Gen. P.X. Kelly, 13-term Republican Rep. Michael G. Oxley of Ohio, former Reagan White House Chief of Staff Ken Duberstein and White House protocol veteran Selwa "Lucky" Roosevelt.
REAGAN ROUNDUP
President Bush and wife Laura were to join former first lady Nancy Reagan at Friday's invitation-only grand opening of the Air Force One Pavilion at the Reagan library in California, which, along with the company of former Air Force One pilots, will feature a flyover by the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds.
The pavilion, which houses the entire Air Force One jet that served as the "Flying White House" for President Reagan and six other U.S. presidents through 2001, will open to the public Monday.
Former Reagan Chief of Staff Fred Ryan tells The Beltway Beat that a virtual "who's who" of Reagan alumni will be on hand for the ribbon cutting and reunion activities lasting through the weekend.
"We're calling it the 'Reagan Roundup,' and it's our way of saying 'thank you,'" Mrs. Reagan writes in her invitation to the events.
LEAHY'S 'LIGHT'
The Rev. Claude Pomerleau, this week's guest chaplain for the U.S. Senate, is no ordinary Catholic priest.
"He is probably not used to hearing me call him Father Pomerleau; it has always been Claude," noted Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, Vermont Democrat. "Allow me . . . to introduce my brother-in-law, Father Claude Pomerleau."
Leahy says Father Pomerleau, his wife Marcelle's brother - whom he considers to be his "spiritual light" - was on the altar as a young seminarian when the senator and his wife were married more than 43 years ago.
A FEW GOOD CHEFS
Marines at Quantico are excited to be participating this weekend in "Command the Grill," a grilling competition being held at 12 Marine bases across the country between now and mid-December.
These grilling Marines create original recipes for the competition, with the top recipes winning a place in a cookbook to be published in 2006 that directly benefits U.S. Marines, their families and those of us who like to eat barbecue.