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Lawrence G. Romo, Director, Selective Service System, Registering Women and Immigrants
Lawrence G. Romo, Director, Selective Service System, Registering Women and Immigrants Washington – Selective Service System Director Lawrence G. Romo will discuss timely topics such as the prospect of women being required to register for any future draft now that they have been approved to serve in all combat roles at a National Press Club Newsmaker on Jan. 29. Director Romo also will discuss rules requiring undocumented male immigrants ages 18-25 to register with SSS, the agency's outreach and compliance programs and the status of voluntary civilian SSS boards on stand-by if a draft is…
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s 'Lost' Speech at The National Press Club
Excerpts of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s National Press Club speech will be aired for the first time since they were delivered 53 years ago at a special 7:30 pm event on Tuesday, Jan. 12, in the Club's ballroom. In July 1962 Dr. King became the first African American to speak at the Club. An audio recording was made of the speech and filed away in the Club’s Archives and later transferred to the Library of Congress. No television footage of the speech in its entirety exists. The Club's History and Heritage Committee recently retrieved the recording and found it is of significant historical…
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39th Annual Book Fair & Authors' Night, in partnership with Politics & Prose
The Capitol region’s premiere holiday book event is back for the 39th year! The National Press Club Journalism Institute is once again partnering with landmark local book seller Politics & Prose for a night of pols, pundits and prose. Authors will be on hand to talk to their fans and sign books at this most exciting literary event. Patrons can browse for books at the Club's headquarters from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $5 for NPC and Politics & Prose members; $10 public. Tickets can be purchased at the door. The Book Fair is a fundraiser for The National Press Club Journalism…
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NPC Luncheon with Robert A. McDonald, Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert A. McDonald will address the state of the VA and the continuing efforts to improve services to millions of America’s veterans and their families at a National Press Club luncheon on Friday, Nov. 6. McDonald took office on July 29, 2014 amid controversy over reports that dozens of veterans had died while waiting for care from the VA’s hospital system. Internal investigations at the VA identified 35 veterans who died while waiting for care in the Phoenix VHA system.The Press Club luncheon begins promptly at 12:30 p.m. Remarks will begin at 1p.m., followed by a…
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Chinese President Ji's Visit to the U.S. and Human Rights
Chinese President Ji’s Visit to the U.S. and Human Rights:Will President Obama Act? Washington, DC – Amnesty International (AI) is pushing the Obama Administration to use the President’s meeting with Chinese President Ji September 24-25 is of great importance to advance of human rights in China. M.T. Kumar, International Advocacy Director of Amnesty International, will discuss the potential for that meeting – and wha Kumar sees as the deteriorating state of human rights in China – at a National Press Club newsmakers news conference on Tuesday, September 22. Kumar points to the recent arrests…
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The Kalb Report - Inside Baseball: A Conversation with MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred
On January 25, 2015, Rob Manfred became just the tenth person in history to hold the office of Commissioner of Baseball. In the 22nd season opener of The Kalb Report, legendary journalist and lifetime baseball fan Marvin Kalb will explore the beauty, simplicity, complexity, humor and historical significance of Our National Pastime with the man now charged with overseeing the sport and maintaining its integrity. The Kalb Report series is produced jointly by The National Press Club Journalism Institute, the George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs, Harvard University's…
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Will NSA Surveillance Reform Protect Public?
Will NSA Surveillance Reform Protect Public? Washington, DC – Joseph P. Nacchio, the former chairman/CEO of Qwest Communications International and of two national commissions on security and infrastructure, will speak at a National Press Club Newsmaker news conference on Wednesday, July 29 – to explain why he believes the USA Freedom Act signed into law last month provides inadequate protection against National Security Agency’s (NSA) bulk data collection of the public’s electronic communications. Nacchio, the leader of the regional Bell provider for 14 Western states, plans to argue that…
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IOSCO Chairman: Global Regulators Were Wrong
IOSCO Chairman: Global Regulators Were Wrong, Should ReconsiderSystemic Importance of Large Funds, Asset Managers Washington, DC – Greg Medcraft, Chairman of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO), will speak at a National Press Club Newsmakers news conference on Monday, June 22 – to explain why his organization now believes that global policy makers have taken the wrong approach to overseeing large funds and asset managers in an effort ensure financial stability and prevent another global financial crisis. The news conference will be webcast live and that webcast…
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Bringing Ike Home: What's Next for the National Eisenhower Memorial
Bringing Ike Home:What’s Next for the National Eisenhower Memorial Washington, DC – Architect Frank Gehry’s conroversial design for the National Eisenhower Memorial has been the target of criticism and has been attacked by classical design proponents. Yet late last year, the design received preliminary approvals from both of the federal agencies charged with reviewing and approving the design. What is the true story behind building Ike’s memorial? At this National Press Club Newsmakers news conference, learn how a national memorial honoring one of America’s greatest military and political…
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NPC Luncheon with Airline CEOs
The leaders of the nation's three largest airlines will explore what they call unfair international competition at a National Press Club luncheon on Friday, May 15. Richard Anderson, Delta Air Lines chief executive, W. Douglas Parker, chairman and chief executive of American Airlines Group, and Jeff Smisek, chairman, president and chief executive of United Airlines, will make a joint appearance at the Club entitled “Restoring Fair Competition to the Skies.” They will argue that billions of dollars of subsidies from the governments of Qatar and the United Arab Emirates to their domestic…
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