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NPC Luncheon with Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack
Livestream will begin October 3 at 1:00pm EDT. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, the only original member of President Obama's cabinet still serving in the administration, will speak at a National Press Club Luncheon on Monday, October 3. Vilsack, a former governor of Iowa, briefly ran in the 2008 presidential race and was considered by Hillary Clinton as a potential running mate in 2016. Vilsack also leads the President's Rural Task Force, coordinating White House efforts to fight heroin use in rural communities. As head of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, he is working toward opening…
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NPC History & Heritage Committee
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NPC Luncheon with U.S. Senator Christopher Murphy
U.S. Sen. Christopher Murphy, the Connecticut Democrat who led a filibuster to force votes on gun control measures, will address the subject at a Club luncheon on Thursday, Sept. 8.Murphy spoke at the Democratic National Convention on the need for gun safety measures such as expanded background checks and a ban on gun sales to suspected terrorists.Both issues reached the Senate floor as part of a deal to end Murphy's filibuster, but were killed by Senate Republicans.Murphy's state is home to Newtown, where 20 Sandy Hook Elementary School students and six adults were gunned down in 2012. The…
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NPC Events Committee
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NPC Events Committee
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NPC Events Committee
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NPC Events Committee
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NPC Events Committee
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NPC Book & Author Committee
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NPC Book & Author Committee
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