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Press Club Rewind - 5.14.2012
May 14, 2012
Press Club Rewind is a weekly video review of events at the National Press Club. In this week's edition: Billie Jean King serves advice on fighting childhood obesity; Daniel Linsker explains why the U.S. is losing ground in Latin America; empowering young women in politics; Paul Gigot addresses…
Read MoreNPC Luncheon with Billie Jean King
May 9, 2012
Tennis legend Billie Jean King urged more tennis to combat American children's obesity at a May 9, 2012 club luncheon. King won 12 grand slam singles titles and 16 grand slam doubles titles. She once was ranked the number one tennis player in the world, after defeating tennis great Bobby Riggs in "…
Read MorePress Club Rewind - 5.7.2012
May 7, 2012
Press Club Rewind is a weekly video review of events at the National Press Club. In this week's edition: a new Quinnipiac University poll shows Obama and Romney are neck and neck in two key states; The White House's war on leaks; the club celebrates World Press Freedom Day; Moms unite to put an end…
Read MoreNPC Luncheon with Mike Rizzo
May 4, 2012
Washington Nationals General Manager Mike Rizzo offered this tip during a speakers' luncheon on May 4, 2012: Buy your tickets now. Nationals Park, he said, is "going to be the place to be and the ticket to have."
Read MoreFreedom of the Press 2012: Breakthroughs and Pushback in the Middle East
May 3, 2012
The National Press Club and Freedom House launched Freedom House’s annual survey of press freedom around the globe on World Press Freedom Day, May 3, 2012. The survey, entitled "Freedom of the Press 2012: Breakthroughs and Pushback in the Middle East," was discussed by panelists from Egypt, Mexico…
Read MoreObama's War on Leaks
May 1, 2012
James Risen of The New York Times, James Bamford, author of "The Puzzle Palace," and Matthew Miller, a former spokesman for the Justice Department discussed the Obama administration's crusade against leaks of government secrets - and against some of the journalists who report them - at the National…
Read MorePress Club Rewind - 4.30.2012
April 30, 2012
Press Club Rewind is a weekly video review of events at the National Press Club. In this week's edition: one of Louis Armstrong's final recordings is finally released to the public; an archaeologist reveals how an Egyptian mummy can inform research on cancer; Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar…
Read MorePress Club Rewind - 4.23.2012
April 23, 2012
Press Club Rewind is a weekly video review of events at the National Press Club. In this week's edition: Actor-activist Alec Baldwin calls for more federal arts funding and praises D.C.; Bob Deans chastises Republicans for "eviscerating" the environmental protections they once championed; MADD…
Read MorePress Club Rewind - 4.16.2012
April 16, 2012
Press Club Rewind is a weekly video review of events at the National Press Club. In this week's edition: MLBPA chief Michael Weiner praises the quality of players - and of play - in Major League Baseball; New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg condemns "shoot first" laws; Pulitzer Prize-winning…
Read MoreNPC Luncheon with Alec Baldwin
April 16, 2012
Actor-activist Alec Baldwin, famously candid and notoriously outspoken, was relatively serious and subdued at his National Press Club luncheon appearance April 16, 2012, as he discussed his own cultural growth and stressed the importance of more federal funding for the an arts — even in the current…
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