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NPC Luncheon with Raimonds Vējonis, President of Latvia
Raimonds Vējonis, who became Latvia president in July, will discuss the geopolitical situation in the Eastern Europe, plans for increased defense spending in his country and migrant crisis in Europe -- at a National Press Club luncheon on Oct. 1. Vējonis, a member of the Green Party, part of the Union of Greens and Farmers, previously served as a minister of defense and minister of environment. Latvia joined NATO and the European Union in 2004. Besides Latvia’s attention to the EU Eastern Partnership policy, one of the Baltic nation's main targets is also to strengthen the transatlantic…
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Right to Photograph & Record: On the Ground and in the Air panel
Right to Photograph & Record: On the Ground and in the Air panel
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NPC Board of Governors
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Algirdas Paleckis
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Rajat M. Nag, Asian Development Bank
Rajat M. Nag of ADB to address: The Asian Century: Will Growing Social and Economic Inequality Threaten Asia's Dynamism? Rajat M. Nag, Managing Director General, Asian Development Bank (ADB) will speak at a National Press Club Newsmaker press conference at 12:00 p.m. (noon), Tuesday, May 22, in the Zenger Room of the National Press Building, 529 14th St., N.W., Washington, DC. Nag will address the challenges the developing Asian nations face and the threats posed by the current global situation and chances of Arab Spring-like scenarios in the region with potential social and…
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Has the U.S. Lost Latin America?
Has the U.S. lost Latin America? (Washington, DC) – With the Asian economies set to overtake the U.S. and the EU as Latin America’s top trading partner, is the U.S. set to lose its regional influence? How will this affect U.S. business prospects and the geopolitical balance of power in the region, at a time when its commodities are increasingly attractive? Daniel Linsker, Latin America subject matter expert residing in Colombia, will focus on the future of U.S. and Latin America relations, and its impact on trade, politics and regional security during a National Press Club Newsmaker news…
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NPC Board of Governors Meeting
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Panel to Discuss Global Nuclear Security and Preventing Nuclear Terrorism
Panel to Discuss Global Nuclear Security and Preventing Nuclear Terrorism Date and Time: April 6 at 10 a.m.Place: Zenger Room, National Press Club, 529 14th St. NW, 13th floor With the nuclear ambitions of North Korea and Iran a concern of many world leaders, particularly those in the United States and Israel, a panel of foreign policy practitioners will speak at a Press Club Newsmaker on global nuclear security and ways to prevent nuclear terrorism. Panel participants will be: • Robert Gallucci, president of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and former chief U.S. negotiator…
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Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. Chief Gotbaum
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. chief Gotbaum to discuss retirement crisis for baby boomers, need for better pensions Some 10,000 people will retire every day for nearly the next two decades. Most are not ready, and they know it. Josh Gotbaum, director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. (PBGC), will discuss the looming retirement crisis facing baby boomers who will outlive their savings in the absence of traditional pensions to sustain them. The event begins at 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 4, in the club’s Zenger Room. Reporters may participate by teleconference by dialing 800 407-3269.…
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Reps. Rohrabacher and Gohmert to speak on Baluchistan
Reps. Rohrabacher and Gohmert to Speak on Baluchistan U.S. Reps. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) and Louie Gohmert (R-TX) will speak at a National Press Club Newsmaker press conference at 12:00 p.m. (noon), Tuesday, March 27, in the Zenger Room of the National Press Building, 529 14th St., N.W., Washington, DC. Reps. Rohrabacher, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, in February introduced a House Concurrent Resolution that the Baluchi nation has a historic right to self-determination. Reps. Gohmert and Steve King (R-IA) also signed on as original…
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