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NPC Newsmaker: NACCHO Official on Preparing for Coronavirus at the Local Level
George Roberts Jr., president of the National Association of County and City Health Officials, will discuss how county and city health officials across the country are preparing for the coronavirus at a National Press Club Newsmaker event on Friday, March 6 at 11 a.m. Roberts has served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Northeast Texas Public Health District since November 2006 and has 35 years of healthcare experience, mostly in hospital administration. Roberts will make brief remarks followed by a question-and-answer session. This news conference will take place in the Club's Zenger…
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NPC Headliners Newsmaker: CDC Update on Coronavirus Outbreak
As additional cases of a novel coronavirus (first identified in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China) are confirmed in the United States, Dr. Anne Schuchat, Principal Deputy Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will provide an update on the CDC’s ongoing response to the coronavirus outbreak at a National Press Club Headliners Newsmaker at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, February 11. Topic: "2019 Coronavirus: What We know, What We’re Doing" Speaker: CDC Principal Deputy Director Anne Schuchat, MD Date/Time: Tuesday, Feb. 11, 10:00 a.m. Location: National Press Club (529 14th…
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NPC Newsmaker: Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie to announce new initiatives
Following President Trump’s State of the Union Address Tuesday evening, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert Wilkie will speak at a National Press Club Newsmaker at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, February 5 to announce new initiatives designed to better serve America’s veterans and their families. Secretary Wilkie will discuss the Trump Administration’s plan to prevent veteran suicide, and will outline how the VA will implement the kinds of sweeping organizational changes needed to optimize new technologies and innovations and provide veterans with modern services. This news conference is open to…
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NPC Press Briefing: Debra Tice, mother of detained journalist Austin Tice
Debra Tice, the mother of detained journalist Austin Tice, will hold a news conference on Monday, Jan. 27 at 10:00 a.m. at the National Press Club to provide an update and to be part of the announcement of the second annual Night Out For Austin Tice, a national awareness campaign. Unjustly detained in Syria since August 2012, Austin Tice is a freelance journalist who worked for both McClatchy and The Washington Post. Debra Tice, who spent 83 days in Syria looking for her son, has been advocating for his release for more than 7 years. Austin is the only American journalist currently being held…
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NPC Members Monthly Happy Hour
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NPC Pub Quiz
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Lobster Night
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"Button, Button, Who's Got the Button?" Political Memorabilia with Collector Jerry Higgins
Collector Jerry Higgins will show off some of his buttons and other political memorabilia before the Democratic presidential candidates meet for their second debate on Wednesday, July 31. Higgins will speak at 6:30 p.m. in the Truman Lounge. The second night of the second debate will be shown on the televisions. The talk is sponsored by the National Press Club's Events Team. A senior executive with Sage/CQ Press Publishing - which publishes, among other things, political science textbooks - Higgins has been collecting presidential memorabilia since 1972. The first presidential campaign…
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NPC Members Monthly Happy Hour
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Lobster Night
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