Secretary of the Navy to speak at Luncheon April 30

Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus will speak at a National Press Club luncheon on Thursday, April 30. He will discuss the state of America’s sea services and the maritime, budgetary and resource challenges facing the force in the 21st century.

Lunch will be served at 12:30 p.m., with remarks beginning at 1 p.m., followed by a question-and-answer session ending at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $23 for Press Club members ( NPC members may purchase two tickets at this rate) and $37 for all other non-member tickets.

Tickets may be purchased online by clicking here. For questions, please email [email protected] or call 202-662-7501. Tickets must be paid for at the time of purchase.

National Press Club members who wish to attend the pre-luncheon reception must RSVP separately to [email protected] 48 hours before the event. Space may be limited. You must have a paid reservation to the luncheon to attend the VIP reception.

To submit a question in advance, put MABUS in the subject line and email to [email protected] before 10 a.m. on the day of the luncheon.

Upcoming luncheon speakers:
March 27: Margaret Hamburg, commissioner, Food and Drug Administration.
March 31: John Koskinen, commissioner, Internal Revenue Service.
April 7: Ayaan Hirsi Ali, author and critic of radical Islam.
May 4: Vint Cerf, Internet “evangelist” at Google.