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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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Dr. Radwan Masmoudi, President, DC-Based Center for the Study of Islam
Dr. Radwan Masmoudi, President, DC-Based Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy, just returned from two months in the Middle East where he was in his native Tunisia and conducted workshops in Egypt, Jordan and Algeria. His topic: “Will Democracy Succeed in the Arab World – Tunisia As a Model?” Contacts: Robert Webb: 703-329-1960, [email protected]. Masmudi: [email protected]
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State Minister for Finance of Portugal, Mr. Vitor Gaspar
The State Minister for Finance of Portugal, Vitor Gaspar, will discuss "the truth about the Portuguese financial situation." Contacts: Minister Gaspar: ANTONIO CARNEIRO JACINTO (Embassy of Portugal)[email protected]
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