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NPC Newsmaker with Mexican Presidential Contender Lopez Obrador
Mexico is gearing up for a presidential election in June 2018 and the leading contender in a crowded field, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the founder of Mexico´s new leftist Morena Party (Movimiento de Regeneración Nacional-National Regeneration Party) will speak at a National Press Club Newsmaker on Wed., March 15, at 1 p.m. He will address a number of timely topics including his opposition to President Trump’s immigration policies and plans to build a border wall. The press conference will take place in the club’s Lisagor Room. López Obrador, also popularly known as AMLO, served as mayor of…
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NPC Newsmaker with Actors' Equity President Kate Shindle
President Donald Trump has called for deep cuts in domestic programs to fund a proposed $54 billion increase in defense spending and $10 billion for a border wall with Mexico. Some in the Congress and the administration have said that those cuts should include defunding the National Endowment for the Arts and its $149 million annual budget. Kate Shindle, President of the Actors’ Equity Association, representing 50,000 stage actors and stage managers across the nation, says NEA grants not only create jobs in the theatre but foster jobs in restaurants and hospitality, retail and transportation…
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National Commander of the American Legion Charles E. Schmidt
Charles E. Schmidt, the National Commander of The American Legion, the nation’s largest Veterans organization, will discuss ways that the Trump Administration and Congress can improve the delivery of benefits to the country’s more than 20 million veterans at a National Press Club Newsmaker news conference, 10 a.m., Wed., Feb. 22 in the club’s Bloomberg Room. On March 1 Schmidt will testify before a joint session of the House and Senate Committees on Veterans’ Affairs. He also is expected to meet with the new Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin during his visit to Washington. Schmidt,…
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Senate Judiciary Chair Chuck Grassley to discuss Committee Agenda and Actions
NPC Broadcast Committee
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Geng He, Wife of Renowned Chinese Human Rights Lawyer Gao Zhisheng
Book Rap: Jessica Fellowes "A Year in the Life of Downton Abbey: Seasonal Celebrations, Traditions, and Recipes"
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Intro to Sunlight Foundation's Politwoops
Follow the Money from the Airwaves to the Source
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Book Rap: Louisa Lim "The People's Republic of Amnesia: Tiananmen Revisited"
Book Rap: Louisa Lim "The People's Republic of Amnesia: Tiananmen Revisited"
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Learn how to use the best little lobbying database in town
NPC Luncheon with Jacob Zuma, President of the Republic of South Africa
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Campaign Boot Camp: Targeted Web Ads
Eyes in the Skies: Drone Newsgathering & The Law
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Future Budget Priorities: Senator Rob Portman and Rep. Chris Van Hollen
Future Budget Priorities: Senator Rob Portman and Rep. Chris Van Hollen
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