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Richard McClary Retirement Party
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Tom Friedman To Lead Panel On Impact of Paris Accords On Electric Utilities
Tom Friedman To Lead Panel On Impact of Paris Accords On Electric Utilities Join us at the National Press Club with Pulitzer Prize winner and best selling author Thomas Friedman of the New York Times. Event will be in the First Amendment Lounge at 2:30 p.m. Attendance is free of charge but registration is required. Mr. Friedman will lead a panel discussion on the impact of the recent UN Climate Conference in Paris and what it will mean for the U.S. Electric Utility industry and their customers. This program is sponsored by the Club’s Events Committee. Mr. Friedman has written about the Paris…
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BOG Appreciation Dinner
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NSO at the NPC
Learn How to Cover Sexual Assault
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NPC Book Rap: Rod Nordland - "The Lovers: Afghanistan's Romeo and Juliet, the True Story of How They Defied Their Families and Escaped an Honor Killing"
Rod Nordland will discuss his new book, The Lovers: Afghanistan's Romeo and Juliet, the True Story of How They Defied Their Families and Escaped an Honor Killing, on February 10 at 6:30 p.m. in the Holeman Lounge. A riveting, real-life equivalent of The Kite Runner—an astonishingly powerful and profoundly moving story of a young couple willing to risk everything for love that puts a human face on the ongoing debate about women’s rights in the Muslim world. Zakia and Ali were from different tribes, but they grew up on neighboring farms in the hinterlands of Afghanistan. By the time they were…
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NPC Luncheon with Anastasia Lin, Miss World Canada
Livestream will begin at 1pm ET. Denied a visa to compete in the Miss World finals in China this Saturday, Miss Canada – outspoken human rights activist Anastasia Lin – will speak at a National Press Club luncheon a day earlier, Friday, Dec. 18. China denied Lin’s visa application, telling the New York Times in a statement: “China welcomes all lawful activities organized in China by international organizations or agencies, including the Miss World pageant. But China does not allow any persona non grata to come to China.” Lin, who emigrated to China as an adolescent, has testified before…
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Mexico's Minister of Foreign Affairs Claudia Ruiz Massieu
39th Annual Book Fair & Authors' Night, in partnership with Politics & Prose
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NPC Luncheon with Alejandro García Padilla, Governor of Puerto Rico
Governor Alejandro García Padilla of Puerto Rico, will speak at a National Press Club luncheon on Wednesday, December 16. 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 $23 for National Press Club members and one guest, and $37 for non-members. Tickets may be purchased online by going to the following LINK. For questions, please email [email protected] or call (202) 662-7501. NPC members who wish to attend the pre-luncheon reception must RSVP separately to [email protected] at least 48 hours in…
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Speakers News Conference with Gov. John Kasich, R - Ohio
Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a Republican presidential candidate, will outline a national security strategy that involves rebuilding the U.S. military, "reinvigorating" diplomatic alliances and renewing a commitment to "fundamental Western values" in a speech at the National Press Club at noon on Tuesday, Nov. 17. The event, sponsored by the Club’s Speakers Committee, is slated to follow the format of a Club luncheon, but lunch will not be served. Held in the First Amendment Lounge, the speech will begin promptly at noon. Kasich’s remarks will be followed by a question-and-answer session, and the…
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Republican Debate Watch Party
Join us at the next Republican Debate Watch Party of Campaign ’16 on November 10th in the First Amendment Lounge. Doors will open at 8:00 p.m. The debate will start at 9:00 p.m. Tickets are $15 for non-members and $10 for members. You may make an evening of it by making a dinner reservation at the Reliable Source or Fourth Estate restaurants before the event begins. The Reliable Source will also be showing the debates but will only be open to members. Both locations will be serving our drinks specials for $6 each. This time they include the following new offerings: The Rand – Bourbon and…
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