Past Speakers
NPC Luncheon with Mac Thornberry (R-TX), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee
January 13, 2016
Livestream will begin at 1pm ET. The Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, Mac Thornberry, will speak at a National Press Club Newsmaker Luncheon on January 13, 2016. Lunch will be served at 12:30 p.m., with remarks beginning at 1 p.m., followed by a Q&A session ending at 2 p.m.…
Read MoreNPC Luncheon with Admiral John Richardson, Chief of Naval Operations, USN
January 11, 2016
Livestream will begin at 1pm ET. The Chief of Naval Operations Admiral John Richardson, USN, will speak at a National Press Club Newsmaker Luncheon on January 11, 2016. Admiral John Richardson graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1982 and began serving as the 31st Chief of Naval Operations…
Read MoreNPC Luncheon with Anastasia Lin, Miss World Canada
December 18, 2015
Livestream will begin at 1pm ET. Denied a visa to compete in the Miss World finals in China this Saturday, Miss Canada – outspoken human rights activist Anastasia Lin – will speak at a National Press Club luncheon a day earlier, Friday, Dec. 18. China denied Lin’s visa application, telling the New…
Read MoreEstonia's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Marina Kaljurand
December 17, 2015
NPC History and Heritage Committee
Read MoreNPC Luncheon with Alejandro García Padilla, Governor of Puerto Rico
December 16, 2015
Governor Alejandro García Padilla of Puerto Rico, will speak at a National Press Club luncheon on Wednesday, December 16. Lunch will be served at 12:30 p.m., with remarks beginning at 1 p.m., followed by a Q&A session ending at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $23 for National Press Club members and one…
Read MoreMexico's Minister of Foreign Affairs Claudia Ruiz Massieu
December 15, 2015
39th Annual Book Fair & Authors' Night, in partnership with Politics & Prose
Read MoreNPC Luncheon with Dr. David J. Skorton, Secretary, Smithsonian Institution
December 8, 2015
David Skorton, new secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, will outline his plans for the institution at a National Press Club Luncheon on Dec. 8. A board-certified cardiologist, and the first physician to lead the Smithsonian Institution, Skorton previously was the president of Cornell…
Read MoreNPC Luncheon with Deborah Lee James, Secretary of the Air Force
December 2, 2015
Deborah Lee James, the 23rd secretary of the Air Force, will speak at a National Press Club luncheon on Dec. 2. James will speak about budget cuts, sexual assaults and other issues facing the Air Force The Press Cub luncheon begins at 12:30 p.m. James’ talk will begin at 1 p.m.., followed by a…
Read MoreNPC Speakers Press Conference with Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
November 18, 2015
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., will speak about corporate international tax reform at the National Press Club on Wednesday, Nov. 18. Senator Warren’s speech, sponsored by the National Press Club Speakers Committee, will follow the format of an NPC lunch, but lunch will not be served. The…
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