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His Excellency John Dramani Mahama, Vice President of the Republic of Ghana - "My First Coup d'Etat: And Other True Stories from the Lost Decades of Africa"
His Excellency John Dramani Mahama, Vice President of the Republic of Ghana, will discuss his memoir, My First Coup d'Etat, in the Ballroom at 6:30 p.m. on July 12. This event is free for NPC members, $5.00 for all guests and non-members. My First Coup d’Etat chronicles the coming-of-age of John Dramani Mahama in Ghana during the dismal post-independence "lost decades" of Africa. He was seven years old when rumors of a coup reached his boarding school in Accra. His father, a minister of state, was suddenly missing, then imprisoned for more than a year. My First Coup d’Etat offers a look at…
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Beat The Deadline P90X Workout with Tony Horton
Tony Horton, celebrity trainer and creator of the P90X® Extreme Home Fitness System, will lead an Washington, D.C. audience in a workout session at the National Press Club on Thursday, June 7 at 6:30 p.m. The event is part of a week of activities leading up to the 15th annual National Press Club BEAT THE DEADLINE 5K for which Horton will serve as honorary race marshal on Saturday June 9. All proceeds from workout, book event, and 5K will go to the scholarship and educational efforts of the National Press Club Journalism Institute and its commitment to education of future journalists and…
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NPC Luncheon with Michael Rizzo, General Manager/Vice President of The Washington Nationals
Nationals General Manager/Vice President Michael Rizzo will discuss the baseball season at a National Press Club luncheon on Friday, May 4. A former player, scout and assistant general manager, Rizzo stepped up to head the team following the sudden resignation of Jim Bowden in 2009. Rizzo will provide a team update and then look ahead to how see the 2012 season may play out. The Press Club luncheon will begin promptly at 12:30 p.m. Remarks will begin at 1:00 p.m., followed by a question-and-answer session, ending at 2 p.m. Advance reservations can be made below, or by contacting the NPC…
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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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Gary Gensler, chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission - POSTPONED
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONEDGary Gensler, chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission
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NPC Luncheon with Anna Maria Chávez, chief executive officer of Girl Scouts of the USA
Anna Maria Chávez, chief executive officer of Girl Scouts of the USA, will speak at a National Press Club Luncheon, May 30. Ms. Chávez will be in the nation’s capital to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Girl Scouting. The Girl Scouts of the USA was founded by Juliette Gordon Low in Savannah, Georgia in 1912. After she met the founder of the Boy Scouts, Gordon Low was determined to develop a movement that would teach girls self-reliance, resourcefulness and help prepare them for a role beyond that of traditional homemaking. A century later, the Girl Scouts of the USA is the largest…
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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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