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NPC Book Event featuring Jay Solomon and The Iran Wars
Jay Solomon, Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent for The Wall Street Journal will discuss his latest book, The Iran Wars: Spy Games, Bank Battles, and the Secret Deals That Reshaped the Middle East, at the National Press Club on Wednesday, December 14 at 6:30PM in the NPC’s Conference Rooms. Since 9/11, the United States has been engaged in a war with Iran as Momentous as any other in the Middle East – a war that has largely been hidden from public view. In The Iran Wars, Solomon offers a deeply reported primer on this decades-long power struggle and a sharp critique of how the Obama…
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NPC Luncheon with EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy
EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy will speak at a National Press Club luncheon on Nov. 21. She plans to focus on the environmental and public health legacy of the Obama Administration, with an emphasis on efforts to combat the global effects of climate change. Under McCarthy's leadership, the EPA helped penalize Volkswagen for cheating on diesel emissions, advocated for regulations to reduce methane emissions from the oil and gas sector, promoted a sweeping federal rule to cut carbon dioxide emission from power plants and worked to expand federal authority under the Clean Water Act. McCarthy…
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Merriman Smith and UPI’s Glory Days
In the 1960s UPI and AP fought head to head for every second of every story. No one epitomized that competition more than Merriman Smith, who served as UPI’s White House correspondent from the Franklin Roosevelt administration through Richard Nixon. He won a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of John Kennedy’s assassination. He and the AP correspondent fought over the telephone in the press pool car just four car’s back from the presidential limousine. Known to all by his nickname Smitty, Merriman Smith also was at Warm Springs, Ga., filing the first dispatches when Roosevelt died. President…
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NPC Luncheon with Basketball Legend & Author Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the NBA’s all-time leading scorer and the author of more than a dozen books, will speak at a National Press Club luncheon on Monday, Oct. 17. Abdul-Jabbar was the NBA’s MVP six times over during the 20 seasons he played for the Milwaukee Bucks and the Los Angeles Lakers. He was a member of six championship teams and was named an All-Star a record 19 times. After he retired from his playing career, Abdul-Jabbar became a successful author, publishing graphic novels and books on African-American history. His latest work, “Writings on the Wall: Searching for a New Equality…
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NPC Luncheon with WTO Director-General Roberto Azevêdo
World Trade Organization Director-General Roberto Azevêdo will speak at a National Press Club Speakers luncheon on Friday, Oct. 7. Azevêdo became the sixth Director-General of the WTO in September 2013. In a statement earlier this week, the WTO said that world trade will grow more slowly than expected in 2016. Azevêdo said the forecast is “serious and should serve as a wake-up call.” He called it “particularly concerning in the context of growing anti-globalization sentiment.” Lunch will be served at 12:30 p.m., with remarks beginning at 1 p.m., followed by a question-and-answer session…
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John Cosgrove Can't Wait To Be 100
He is part of the legend of the National Press Club, our oldest living president and on Monday evening, September 26, you are invited to help him party like its 2018! The Ballroom will be in full swing that night to celebrate our own John Cosgrove as he turns 98 with the "Can’t Wait To Be 100" Birthday Party. The event is not to be missed and will be a fundraiser for the National Press Club Journalism Institute. Tickets are $50 per person. The party will include an open bar, wonderful appetizers and an entertaining program! Doors open at 5:30 pm. Program begins at 6:15 pm with a color guard…
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NPC Luncheon with US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter
Secretary of Defense Ash Carter will discuss the ongoing debate in Congress over the House and Senate defense bills at a National Press Club luncheon on Thursday, September 15. In his speech entitled "Dulling the Edge: How Congress Risks Undermining the Finest Fighting Force the World Has Ever Known,” Carter will elaborate on his concerns over some of the proposals under consideration. Lunch will be served at 12:30 p.m., with remarks beginning at 1 p.m., followed by a Q&A session ending at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $24 for National Press Club members (NPC Members may purchase 2 tickets at…
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“Politicians vs. Press” Spelling Bee
Livestream will begin at 7:15pm EDT. Sponsored by The relationship between members of Congress and the journalists who cover them can be testy at times, but on September 21, 2016 it will be all fun and games as lawmakers and reporters square off in the Politicians vs. Press Spelling Bee at the legendary National Press Club in downtown Washington. 2013 champion Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) leveraged his Press Club Spelling Bee victory into a 2016 vice presidential nomination. 2015 victor Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) will be back to defend his title this year against fellow lawmakers and a rejuvenated…
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Candidates for Teamsters Union Top Offices to Face-Off in a one time only Debate
A week prior to the Labor Day weekend, candidates for the top offices of the Teamsters Union will debate each other at a special National Press Club Newsmaker. Fred Zuckerman, candidate for General President on the Teamsters United Slate, will face Ken Hall, candidate for General Secretary-Treasurer on the Hoffa-Hall 2016 Slate, in the club’s Ballroom, at 6:30 pm, Aug 25. This will be the only election debate between the candidates. The 1.4 million-member International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) has been required to have direct election of its top officers since it came under federal…
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NPC Book Rap featuring Gary Vikan of Baltimore’s Walters Art Museum
The National Press Club’s Book & Author Committee plans to present a Book Rap on Tuesday, Sept. 27 at 6:30 p.m. in the Conference Rooms featuring Gary Vikan, who led Baltimore’s Walters Art Museum for nearly two decades, as he reveals the shocking truth behind the world’s great museums with his memoir, Sacred and Stolen: Confessions of a Museum Director. Tickets are $5 for Press Club members; $10 for the public. This event is a fundraiser for the nonprofit National Press Club Journalism Institute. No outside books or memorabilia are permitted. According to Vikan, many of the glittering…
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