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An Evening with Doctor Leal Spengler, Director of Old Havana, Cuba Restoration Program
Join Cuban Officials and Doctor Leal Spengler, Director of Old Havana, Cuban restoration on September 12th at 6:00 p.m.. Doctor Spengler will provide slides of the transformation in this old city and the work he has done to preserve it. Havana City historian. President of the National Commission of Monuments, President of the Cuban ICOM Committee and Honorary President of the Cuban ICOMOS Committee and of the civil society (NGO) “Heritage, Community and Environment”; Dean of the faculty of the San Jerónimo de La Habana University College, Title of Emeritus Professor at the University of…
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Guns, Congress and the Press
NPC Luncheon with President Sebastián Piñera of Chile
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Richard Fenning, CEO of Control Risks
Richard Fenning, CEO of Control Risks, will discuss “The Arab Spring: The challenge for business in North Africa and the Middle East 2012” DATE: Tuesday, Feb. 7TIME: 10 a.m.Place: Lisagor Room, National Press Club529 14th St. NW, Washington, D.C. Fenning will discuss how the civil unrest of the Arab Spring has affected the way people do business in North Africa and the Middle East. “Planning for low-probability but high-impact events must be part of any sensible strategic forecast,” he said. The impact of the Arab Spring will continue to reverberate strongly across the region. Tunisia,…
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Renewable Transmission Developers
Newsmaker: Renewable Transmission Developers will Discuss "Infrastructure Needs to Expand Offshore Wind Development" The National Press Club Newsmakers Committee will host a Newsmaker forum on the growing importance of offshore wind and the tools and infrastructure necessary to get it to consumers, in the club's Zenger Room at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 30, in the National Press Building, 529 14th St. NW, Washington, D.C. With vast untapped wind potential off the Eastern Seaboard, a number of companies are moving to build America’s first offshore wind farms. While developers have experienced…
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Former Mexican State Governor Enrique Pena Nieto
Former Mexican State Governor Enrique Pena Nieto to Speak on U.S. - Mexico Relations Enrique Pena Nieto, 45, who completed his term as Governor of the State of Mexico in September 2011, will speak at a National Press Club Newsmaker press conference at 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, November 15, in the Zenger Room of the National Press Building, 529 14th St., N.W., Washington, DC. Pena Nieto will be discussing important issues of mutual interest including trade, security, immigration and economic relations. Peno Nieto has expressed an interest in being a candidate for the 2012 Mexican…
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Kicked Out and Then a Dropout
Kicked Out and Then a DropoutNew National Report Shows that Unnecessarily Harsh Discipline Policies Are being Applied Unfairly and Disproportionately to Minority Students,Dragging Down Academic Achievement Panel to Include: Daniel Losen, (the report’s author) Civil Rights Project at UCLARep. Bobby Scott (D-VA)Jonathan Brice, School Support Network Officer, Baltimore City SchoolsHon. Steven Teske, Juvenile Court Judge, Clayton County, GAProf. Kevin Welner, U. of Colo., National Education Policy Center (Washington, DC) – Daniel Losen, a lawyer and teacher, formerly of Harvard University and…
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Dr. Alexander Janda
The Director of the Austrian Integration Fund, Dr. Alexander Janda, will discuss Integration/Islam/Security: Challenges of Multiculturalism in Europe. The Austrian Integration Fund was founded by the Austrian Ministry of the Interior and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and is responsible for the integration of refugees and migrants in Austria. The Fund is not only the main institution for the integration of migrants in Austria, but also provides expertise on all relevant issues regarding integration and migration. Dr. Janda will discuss and exchange views on recent…
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Dr. Kemal Kerkuki
Speaker of the Kurdistan Parliament Strongly Opposes U.S. Withdrawal from Iraq; Says Violence is Likely to Escalate, Calls on U.S. & Iraqi Leadership to Reconsider (Washington, DC) – Speaker of the Kurdistan Parliament Dr. Kemal Kerkuki calls on the U.S. and the Iraqi leadership to carefully reconsider proposed withdrawal of U.S. forces arguing that violence will likely increase, jeopardizing hard fought gains toward democracy and human rights. Kerkuki will discuss U.S.-Iraqi relations at a National Press Club Newsmakers news conference, 10 a.m. Friday, September 23, 2011, National Press…
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