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NPC Luncheon with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Joseph F. Dunford
The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S. Marine Corps General Joseph F. Dunford, will speak at a National Press Club Luncheon on Friday, April 21. General Dunford, the 19th Joint Chiefs chairman, will discuss a number of important issues facing the U.S. military including the latest strategy for defeating the Islamic State and other terrorist groups, cyber warfare, weapons acquisition, and recruiting and strengthening U.S. alliances. As the senior military officer in the United States, General Dunford is the principal military advisor to the president, secretary of defense, and…
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NPC Luncheon with Health & Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell
Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell will discuss consequences of potential Affordable Care Act repeal at a National Press Club luncheon on Monday, Jan. 9. Lunch will be served 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 $24 for Press Club members (NPC Members may purchase 2 tickets at this rate) and $38 for all other non-member tickets. For questions, please email [email protected] or call (202) 662–7501. Tickets must be paid for at the time of purchase. NPC Members who wish to attend the pre-…
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A Conversation with Frank Sesno about Asking Questions
Questions help us break down barriers, report the news and communicate effectively. But not all of us know how to question in a methodical way. In Ask More: The Power of Questions to Open Doors, Uncover Solutions and Spark Change, Frank Sesno, an Emmy Award-winning journalist and director of George Washington University’s School of Media and Public Affairs, shares the value of asking the right kinds of questions and what to expect as an outcome. The National Press Club’s Broadcast/Podcast Committee invites NPC members and guests to hear Sesno answer questions about asking questions by former…
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Food Biochemist Shirley Corriher
Salt or sugar meat? Douse tomatoes with vodka? Answers coming Oct. 5 Food expose biochemist Shirley Corriher is returning to the National Press Club on Wednesday, Oct. 5, from 6-7:30 p.m. The last time Corriher visited the Club, she explained how to make Starbucks coffee drinkable, how to un-glue and why garlic sometimes turns blue. This time, Corriher will join executive chef Susan Delbert to show whether one should sugar rather than salt meat before cooking, whether Parmiagiana Reggiano is the new Viagra and whether to douse tomatoes with vodka before eating. Corriher is a frequent TV guest…
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NPC Luncheon with Actor Michael York
Award-winning actor Michael York will discuss the challenges he faces with the rare disease of Amyloidosis and how he became a spokesperson for this little known ailment at August 12 luncheon at the National Press Club. Michael York’s stepson is Star Wars producer Rick McCallum. York appeared next to Liza Minnelli in cinema version of “Cabaret” musical and starred in the all-star “Murder on the Orient Express” and as d’Artagnan in The Three(and The Four) Musketeers. His most recent film is The Mill and the Cross. Lunch will be served at 12:30 pm with remarks beginning at 1:00 pm, followed by…
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NPC Press & PR Pub
The National Press Club's Young Members Committee is hosting their quarterly networking happy hour for reporters and communicators to get to know each other and to learn how the club can help strengthen relationships between hacks and flacks. Please join us for cocktails and light fare on Wednesday, April 6 from 6:30 to 8:30 in the Holeman Lounge. Tickets are $5 for members and $10 for non-members. There will be a cash bar. A free drink ticket and light appetizers are included in the price of the ticket.
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Vivian Awards
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Chris Brann: Fighting to Bring His Abducted Son Nico Home from Brazil
NPC Newsmaker ProgramMEDIA ADVISORY TO: Daybooks/Calendar/Correspondents/Assignment Editors/Press OfficesFROM: Herb Perone, NPC Newsmakers Chairman, 301-512-7636, [email protected] Chris Brann: Fighting to Bring His Abducted Son Nico Home From Brazil Washington, DC – Chris Brann, the father of five-year-old Nico Brann, of Houston, Texas, will tell his harrowing tale of his ongoing struggle to bring his abducted son home from Brazil publicly for the first time. Examining the case with Brann will be his international lawyer Jared Genser and Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ), author of the Sean…
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NPC Luncheon with Bob Bowlsby, Big 12 Commissioner
Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby will discuss whether substantive change is possible in the current environment of college athletics at a National Press Club luncheon on Monday, Sept. 21. The Big 12 has two of the top four teams in the 2015 preseason football bowl subdivision poll. Lunch will be served 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 $23 for Press Club members (NPC members may purchase two tickets at this rate) and $37 for all other non-member tickets. For questions, please email reservations @press.org…
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NPC Breakfast with Jane Chu, the chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts
Jane Chu, the chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, will outline her plans for the Arts Endowment’s 50th anniversary activities at a National Press Club Newsmaker Breakfast on Sep. 28. The eleventh chairman of the NEA, Chu will use her talk to launch a number of new initiatives, including “Creativity Connects.” The Press Club breakfast begins at 9:00 a.m. Chu’s talk will begin at 9:30 a.m., followed by a question-and-answer session that ends at 10:30 a.m. The cost of breakfast admission is $23 for NPC members and $37 for non-members. Tickets must be purchased at time of…
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