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Gen. Norton Schwartz, Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force
A little over two years after assuming his role as the senior uniformed officer in the U.S. Air Force, Gen. Norton A. Schwartz will address a National Press Club luncheon on Oct. 12. Schwartz will discuss the service's ongoing efforts to organize, train, and equip itself amid two wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, a worsening fiscal crisis that is pressing on the Pentagon's budget and an increased emphasis on the service's stewardship of nuclear weapons. Schwartz has served as Commander of the Special Operations Command-Pacific, as well as Alaskan Command, Alaskan North American Aerospace Defense…
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Mayor Mitch Landrieu
Five Years after Katrina: New Orleans Mayor to Speak Aug. 19 Five years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast and nearly sunk New Orleans, newly-elected New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu will report on the city's progress and potential at a National Press Club luncheon on Aug. 19. Landrieu, two-time lieutenant governor of Louisiana, brother of Sen. Mary Landrieu, and son of former New Orleans Mayor Moon Landrieu, won the mayor's office in a landslide election in February. The hurricane that flooded New Orleans in 2005 drove many residents and businesses from the city. Now the city…
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INDOOR Screen on the Green : EASY RIDER
NPC EVENTS & Young Members Committees present INDOOR Screen on the Green EASY RIDEREasy Rider is a 1969 American road movie written by Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, and Terry Southern, produced by Fonda and directed by Hopper. It tells the story of two bikers (played by Fonda and Hopper) who travel through the American Southwest and South with the aim of achieving freedom. August 12 @ 7PM National Press Club Ballroom529 14th St. NW, 13th FloorWashington, DC 20045 Bring blankets and friends. A cash bar will be available and popcorn will be served.For more information: Abeer Abdalla —…
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Reforming Our Democracy
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Living-Donor Liver Transplant
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AI and Human Rights: The Future of AI Policy in the US
2019 EPIC Champions of Freedom Awards Dinner
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"We know you": The Nipsey Hussle story and how the L.A. Times got it right
In her speech at the Free Expression Awards at the Newseum in April, filmmaker Ava DuVernay said she “gasped” when she saw the way the L.A. Times had covered the life and death of South Los Angeles rap artist Nipsey Hussle--”the way that they had honored him on the page.” The National Press Club Journalism Institute invites you to a community conversation with the team behind that coverage, to discuss what it takes to represent underrepresented communities and their major figures in a way that feels right to residents. “Sometimes people would talk for hours," said L.A. Times Staff Reporter…
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Invisible ways reporters signal they can be trusted with high-stakes stories (or can't)
What makes a whistleblower or someone who’s been a victim of a crime or major misdeed willing to come forward to a particular journalist or outlet? On June 18, come hear from the subject of the Washington Post story "'The man who attacked me works in your kitchen’: Victim of serial groper took justice into her own hands," as well as her advocate and the Washington Post journalists they trusted. Lauren Clark, who was attacked after a jog by a man who was then hired by a restaurant a block away from her apartment, and her advocate Kristin Eliason will talk about what factors they considered…
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NPC Headliners Newsmaker: House Intelligence Chair Adam Schiff
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, will discuss the Committee’s updated priorities and investigations at a National Press Club Headliners event on June 19 at 10 a.m. Schiff recently made headlines for suggesting an impeachment of President Trump could serve as a tool to gain information his committee seeks, but has yet to obtain, about the president’s behavior. He also announced plans to take enforcement action against the Justice Department for failing to comply with a subpoena for counterintelligence information unearthed from the Mueller investigation.…
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NPC Headliners Luncheon: Secretary of the Army Dr. Mark T. Esper
Livestream will begin 6/24 at 1:00pm ET. Secretary of the Army Dr. Mark T. Esper will deliver an address at a National Press Club Headliners Luncheon on Monday, June 24, concerning the current state of the United States Army and how the Army is adapting to the challenges of the 21st Century. Lunch will be served in the club’s Holeman Lounge at 12:30 p.m., with remarks beginning at 1 p.m., followed by a question-and-answer session ending at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $25 for National Press Club members (members may purchase two tickets at this rate) and $39 for all other non-member tickets.…
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