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Has the U.S. Lost Latin America?
Has the U.S. lost Latin America? (Washington, DC) – With the Asian economies set to overtake the U.S. and the EU as Latin America’s top trading partner, is the U.S. set to lose its regional influence? How will this affect U.S. business prospects and the geopolitical balance of power in the region, at a time when its commodities are increasingly attractive? Daniel Linsker, Latin America subject matter expert residing in Colombia, will focus on the future of U.S. and Latin America relations, and its impact on trade, politics and regional security during a National Press Club Newsmaker news…
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NPC Luncheon: CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Gary Gensler to Address the National Press Club May 15 THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED
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NPC General Membership meeting
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NPC Board of Governors Meeting
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Press Freedom Survey Release
Freedom of the Press 2012: Breakthroughs and Pushback in the Middle East Join Freedom House and the National Press Club on World Press Freedom Day, May 3, for the launch ofFreedom House’s annual survey of press freedom around the globeFreedom of the Press 2012: Breakthroughs and Pushback in the Middle East Freedom House will release the findings of its annual survey at the event, and panelists from Egypt, Mexico and Hungary will discuss the changes underway in their countries.Panel:Introduction: National Press Club President Theresa Werner Opening remarks: Guido Westerwelle, German Foreign…
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Obama's War on Leaks
A panel of noted journalists and writers, plus a former spokesman for the Justice Department, will discuss the Obama administration's crusade against leaks of government secrets -- and against some of the journalists who report them-- at the National Press Club in Washington on May 1. The administration, which took office vowing to protect whistle-blowers, has repeatedly cracked down on leakers, invoking the Espionage Act in six cases. Several journalists have been threatened with prosecution for publishing what whistle-blowers have told them, and James Risen of The New York…
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Investigating Power - Then and Now
“Investigating Power – Then and Now”Panel Discussion and Preview of Online Multimedia Project HonoringIndependent Journalism in AmericaApril 25 6:30 p.m. in the Holeman Lounge For his newest book, The Future of Truth: Power, the News Media and the Public’s Right to Know (Public Affairs), bestselling author Charles Lewis has been researching the most mortally consequential deceptions by government and private industry, the origins and trajectories of public relations and propaganda, and the truth-telling capacity of journalists and their news organizations over the past century. In our new…
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State of the First Amendment
“State of the First Amendment” The First Amendment Center, in partnership with the National Press Club, Freedom Forum and the American Society of News Editors, will release results of its 2012 State of the First Amendment Survey at the National Press Club. The authoritative survey, which has examined public perspectives on First Amendment freedoms for the past 15 years, will explore contemporary free speech issues, including freedom of expression and the protection of intellectual property on the Internet. Presenters: Ken Paulson, chief executive officer, and Gene Policinski, senior vice…
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Panel to Discuss Global Nuclear Security and Preventing Nuclear Terrorism
Panel to Discuss Global Nuclear Security and Preventing Nuclear Terrorism Date and Time: April 6 at 10 a.m.Place: Zenger Room, National Press Club, 529 14th St. NW, 13th floor With the nuclear ambitions of North Korea and Iran a concern of many world leaders, particularly those in the United States and Israel, a panel of foreign policy practitioners will speak at a Press Club Newsmaker on global nuclear security and ways to prevent nuclear terrorism. Panel participants will be: • Robert Gallucci, president of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and former chief U.S. negotiator…
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Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. Chief Gotbaum
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. chief Gotbaum to discuss retirement crisis for baby boomers, need for better pensions Some 10,000 people will retire every day for nearly the next two decades. Most are not ready, and they know it. Josh Gotbaum, director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. (PBGC), will discuss the looming retirement crisis facing baby boomers who will outlive their savings in the absence of traditional pensions to sustain them. The event begins at 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 4, in the club’s Zenger Room. Reporters may participate by teleconference by dialing 800 407-3269.…
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