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NPC Luncheon with Anson Chan

April 25, 1994

Anson Chan spoke at a National Press Club Luncheon on April 25, 1994 about former British colony Hong Kong. She was the first Chinese and first female to hold the position of Chief Secretary. Chan was responsible for many government policies and reforms in Hong Kong.

NPC Luncheon with Sen. Max Baucus and Rep. Nancy Pelosi

April 19, 1994

Senator Baucus and Representative Pelosi debated the China Most Favored Nation question and the possibility of revoking the MFN status. The two members of Congress discussed their opposing positions, China's increasing commercialization, and human rights violations in China. Senator Baucus, chair…

NPC Luncheon with Margaret Richardson

April 15, 1994

On April 15th, 1994, former insurance tax lawyer Margaret Richardson, then Commissioner of the IRS, discussed the changes she made to the IRS and the way in which it processed taxes.

Gen. Colin Powell speaks at The National Press Club

October 2, 1993

General Powell spoke about post-Cold War U.S. foreign policy objectives. He discussed his service during Vietnam, in the Reagan, Bush, and Clinton administrations. General Powell was a national security adviser under President Reagan and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under Presidents Bush…

NPC Luncheon with Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

May 18, 1990

The queen's husband discussed the moral dimensions of ecology and religion. Prince Philip was in Washington, DC to address the Festival of Creation, an environmental celebration. He is the international president of the World Wildlife Fund. The World Wildlife Fund is a non-profit, publicly…

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Becomes an NPC Member

March 29, 1933: President Franklin D. Roosevelt became a National Press Club member and was assigned to cover the White House. In the above newsreel video from British Pathé, he accepts his membership card from NPC president Raymond P. Brandt of the St. Louis Post Dispatch and makes a joke about…