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NPC Luncheon with Cheryl LaFleur, chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Cheryl LaFleur, chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, will discuss her agency’s role in the Obama administration’s plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from power plants at a National Press Club luncheon Tuesday, Jan. 27. LaFleur, chairman of the commission since July 2014, will also address the nation’s increasing dependence on natural gas as a fuel for generating electricity, the integration of renewable energy into the nation’s grid and emerging physical and cybersecurity challenges. Lunch will be served at 12:30 p.m., with remarks beginning at 1 p.m., followed by a…
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NPC Board Appreciation Dinner
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Vivian Awards
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Governing the Internet: Myths, Rhetoric and Reality
iPhone Reporting: How to do it all with just one small device
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The Washington Ballet's Swan Lake
The Washington Ballet's Swan Lake
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NPC Luncheon with Teresa Sullivan, President , University of Virginia
NPC Books and Brunch: Discussion of "The Goldfinch" by Donna Tartt
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NPC Luncheon with Secretary Robert A. McDonald, U.S. Veterans Affairs
Livestream starts at 1:00pm ET. U.S. Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert A. McDonald will discuss his efforts to improve services to America’s millions of veterans at a National Press Club luncheon on Friday, Nov. 7, just four days before Veterans Day. Nominated by President Barack Obama earlier this year, McDonald was confirmed by the United States Senate on July 29, 2014 as the eight Secretary Veterans Affairs. A former chairman of Proctor and Gamble, McDonald took over management of the VA amid a series of scandals involving treatment delays at the government’s veterans hospitals. Lunch…
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NPC Silver Owl Fall Hoot
The National Press Club’s Silver Owls return for their Fall Hoot at noon Saturday, Nov. 15, with an insider’s account of a book in progress by author and reporter John Aloysius (“Jack”) Farrell. He is at work on a new biography of President Richard M. Nixon. Farrell, formerly a reporter, correspondent and editor for the Boston Globe, is the author of two critically acclaimed previous biographies of House Speaker Thomas P. (“Tip”) O’Neill and famed defense attorney Clarence Darrow. The Hoot is open to all NPC members and their guests--not just the Owls--and is one of the true entertainment…
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2nd Annual Communicators Summit to discuss Brand Storytelling: Enhancing Communicator Strategies for the Digital Age
2nd Annual Communicators Summit to discuss Brand Storytelling: Enhancing Communicator Strategies for the Digital Age
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NPC Luncheon with Senator Creigh Deeds, Virginia State Senate
Livestream starts at 1pm EST Virginia State Senator Creigh Deeds, who is pushing in the Virginia legislature for mental health-care reform, will speak about mental health at a National Press Club luncheon on Monday March 31. Deeds, a Democrat, began his work on mental health after his son, who had a serious mental illness, died last year after being denied inpatient treatment. Sen. Deeds is a former county prosecutor who authored a law allowing public access to the Virginia sex offender registry. He was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 1991 and left the House in 2001 to join the…
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