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Luncheons Newsmakers News Confs
8:00 AM  Johnson Institute Forum
Meeting Holeman Lounge
8:30 AM  WEC Annual Colloquium
Meeting Murrow Room
10:00 AM  Teens,Marijuana,Depre....
News Conf Zenger Room
11:00 AM  Web 2.0 Tools
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12:00 PM  General Membership
NPC Meeting First Amendment Lounge
12:00 PM  Taiwan's WHO Membership
Lunch 4th Estate Winners' Room
12:30 PM  Leonard Slatkin
NPC Luncheon Ballroom
1:00 PM  Prime Minister Sein Win
News Conf Zenger Room
5:30 PM  3-course Friday's
NPC Restaurant 4th Estate Restaurant
 
Events for May 10, 2008:
1:00 PM  Bernard Shinkman
Memorial Service First Amendment Lounge
 
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Rajmohan Gandhi Discusses His Grandfather's Life, Legacy
New Book Represents Fully Balanced Account of the Mahatma's Life

The NPC's Book & Author Committee welcomed Rajmohan Gandhi to the Club on May 7 to discuss his newly penned study about his grandfather entitled, Gandhi -- The Man, His People, and the Empire.


Also at the Press Club:
American Security Project Board of Directors Unveils Bipartisan Approach to National Security
Newseum CEO Charles Overby at an NPC Luncheon

Leonard Slatkin
NPC Luncheon
May 9, 12:30 PM
Leonard Slatkin, music Director of the National Symphony Orchestra will discuss "Reflections and Forethought - 12 Years in DC and Beyond".
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Alexandra Cousteau
NPC Luncheon
May 12, 12:30 PM
Granddaughter of Captain Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Co-Founder, EarthEcho International
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Robert Mueller
NPC Luncheon
May 16, 12:30 PM
Robert Mueller, Director, FBI will address a Luncheon on May 16.
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Douglas Feith
NPC Luncheon
May 19, 12:30 PM
Feith will talk about the Administration's rationale for toppling Saddam Hussein, the planning and conduct of the war in Iraq, and mistakes made in a
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Secretary James Peake
NPC Luncheon
May 20, 12:30 PM
"The VA, honoring our commitment and meeting the needs of 21st Century Veterans"
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Senator Robert Dole
NPC Luncheon
May 23, 12:30 PM
Making the System Work for Today's Veterans.
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Richard Cheney
NPC Luncheon
June 2, 12:30 PM
The Gerald R. Ford Journalism Awards
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Sharon Percy Rockefeller
NPC Luncheon
June 5, 12:30 PM
Sharon Percy Rockefeller, president and chief executive officer of WETA will discuss "The Role of Public Media in Our Democracy."
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Brian Montgomery
NPC Luncheon
June 9, 12:30 PM
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Mary Tyler Moore
NPC Luncheon
June 13, 12:30 PM
Mary Tyler Moore will discuss the future of diabetes research in a speech entitled "Forever Moore" on June 13
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Whitewater Rafting Trip
NPC Trip
Jun. 7, 2008
Get ready to tame the East Coast’s own River Wild on a trip down the Shenandoah and Potomac this spring! Join your fellow club members for a day of whitewater rafting ($89) or whitewater tubing ($59) in Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia.
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Writing Tools
NPC Professional Development
May 12, 2008 6:30 PM
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Margaret Bourke-White
NPC Reception
May 13, 2008 6:30 PM
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Crisis in American Educ..
News Conference
May 14, 2008 8:30 AM
Crisis in American Education
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American Library Assoc.
NPC Newsmaker
May 14, 2008 9:00 AM
ALA to discuss vital role Libraries play in protecting the public interest
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Covering China, Religion
Meeting
May 14, 2008 9:00 AM
Covering China, Religion
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Caroline Preston
NPC Book Event
May 14, 2008 6:30 PM
Caroline Preston will lead a discussion on F. Scott Fitzgerald with her book Gatsby's Girl, as part of the NEA program, The Big Read
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RIDC, Russian Think Tank
NPC Newsmaker
May 16, 2008 3:00 PM
The President of the Russian Institute for Democracy and Cooperation
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Kimberly Dozier
NPC Professional Development
May 19, 2008 6:30 PM
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2008 US Presidential Race
NPC Newsmaker
May 21, 2008 10:00 AM
Press Coverage of the 2008 U.S. Presidential Race
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Senator Jim Webb
NPC Book Event
June 2, 2008 12:00 PM
Senator Webb will present his new book, A Time to Fight: Reclaiming a Fair and Just America
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