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NPC Luncheon with Patrick Donahoe
April 19, 2013
U.S. taxpayers may have to pay $58 billion through 2017 to bail out the U.S. Postal Service but the financially troubled agency would much prefer postal-reform legislation that gives it the ability to right its own ship, Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe said at an April 19, 2013 National Press…
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NPC Luncheon with Gil Kerlikowske
April 17, 2013
Gil Kerlikowske, director of National Drug Control Policy and President Obama's top advisor on drug policy, addressed drug policy reform and the Obama administration's response to substance use at a National Press Club luncheon on April 17, 2013.
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NPC Luncheon with Ólafur Grímsson
April 15, 2013
Icelandic President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson announced at a National Press Club Luncheon April 15, 2013 the creation of an international assembly named "Arctic Circle" to alert the world to glacial melting and other climate threats and what can be done about them.
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NPC Luncheon with Ken Burns
April 12, 2013
Award-winning documentary filmmaker Ken Burns, whose films include The Civil War and Jazz, discussed his film, The Central Park Five, at a National Press Club luncheon on April 12, 2013. The movie tells the story of five Harlem teenagers wrongly convicted of raping a white woman in New York City's…
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NPC Luncheon with John H. Noseworthy, M.D.
April 9, 2013
Dr. John H. Noseworthy, president and chief executive officer of the Mayo Clinic, called for scrapping the current federal reimbursement system for Medicare and Medicaid patients and replacing it with one that rewards health care providers who use the most effective and cost-efficent treatments at a April 9, 2013 National…
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NPC Luncheon with Robert L. Johnson
March 26, 2013
Robert L. Johnson, Founder and Chairman of The RLJ Companies, addressed a March 26, 2013 National Press Club luncheon, sharing with attendees his findings from a recent Zogby poll, "Black Opinions in the Age of Obama."
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NPC Luncheon with Kathy Calvin
March 20, 2013
Investing in adolescent girls is the key to alleviating global poverty, United Nations Foundation President and chief executive Kathy Calvin told a National Press Club luncheon on March 20, 2013.
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NPC Speakers Breakfast with Reince Priebus
March 18, 2013
Republican National Committee Chair Reince Priebus addressed a National Press Club Speakers Breakfast on March 18, 2013. Priebus, who was re-elected as RNC Chair in January following a challenging 2012 election, discussed the forward strategy of the Republican Party.
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NPC Luncheon with Thomas Drake
March 15, 2013
Thomas Drake, a former Senior Executive at NSA who was charged under the espionage act after he blew the whistle on waste and fraud and illegal activity at the intelligence agency, spoke at a March 15, 2013 National Press Club luncheon. Drake's event was part of the club's celebration of…
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NPC Luncheon with Mariska Hargitay
March 13, 2013
Emmy Award-winner Mariska Hargitay, who stars as Olivia Benson on television's "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," spoke at a March 13, 2013 National Press Club Speakers Luncheon. Hargitay is also the founder of Joyful Heart Foundation, whose mission is of healing, educating and empowering survivors of sexual assault, domestic…
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