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NPC Headliners: Heather Cox Richardson
Rescheduled from Janurary 7th due to weather conditions. Registration to this event is essential in gaining access to the club.
Historian and popular commentator Heather Cox Richardson will join us for Cocktails & Conversation on Jan. 16 at the National Press Club. Heather Cox Richardson is a professor of history at Boston College. Her award-winning books have covered the Civil War, the Gilded Age, the American West, the history of the Republican Party, and other topics. Her most recent book, “Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America,” was a New York Times bestseller. The Washington Post called it “magisterial.” Her nightly newsletter, Letters from an American, reaches more than three million readers.…
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NPC Headliners: Baltic Delegation
Foreign ministers from Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia will speak at a National Press Club Newsmaker on the latest news and events happening in the Baltic region including its recent actions to disconnect from the Russian electricity grid, a major move in achieving energy independence. The foreign ministers will discuss the role of Baltic and US leadership in supporting Ukraine, containing Russia and strengthening NATO defense and deterrence. Opening remarks will be followed by a moderated question-and-answer period. Speakers will include: Margus Tsahkna, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Estonia…
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NPC Headliners: Mayor Muriel Bowser
A Conversation with DC Mayor Muriel Bowser on "DC's Bright Future"
DC Mayor Muriel Bowser will speak at a National Press Club Headliners Coffee and Conversation on Friday, February 21 at 11 a.m. Bowser will deliver an update on the future of the city. Bowser is serving her third term as mayor of Washington, DC. She began her political career as an elected official in 2004 as an Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner and was elected to the DC Council in 2007. She is the first African American woman to be elected to three, four-year terms as mayor of an American city. Her administration has focused on DC's economic competitiveness and diversification, affordable…
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NPC Headliners Screening: "David Frost Vs" with Wilfred Frost
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Join us at 6:00 p.m. Thursday, April 10 for a screening of the Muhammad Ali episode of the new documentary series David Frost Vs followed by a discussion with Executive Producer of the series and Frost’s son, broadcaster Wilfred Frost, on his father’s career and interviews’ impact on journalism. The discussion will also feature clips from episodes on President Nixon, Jane Fonda, and Elton John. Drawing from an archive of over 10,000 era-defining interviews, many of which have been lost for a generation, David Frost Vs presents a fresh perspective on the battles of yesterday, which have…
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NPC Headliners: Marvin Kalb
Former CBS News correspondent Marvin Kalb will discuss his new book, "A Different Russia: Khrushchev and Kennedy on a Collision Course," at a virtual Headliners Book Event on Friday, Jan. 24, at 2:30 p.m. The event will be broadcast via livestream on the Club's website. "A Different Russia" is the third in the series of Kalb's memoirs. This one focuses on his time as the Moscow correspondent for CBS News. Kalb, who speaks Russian, kept a daily record of his broadcasts on the building confrontation between Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev and President John F. Kennedy. Kalb, 94, hosted "The…
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NPC Headliners: Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough
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Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough will speak at a National Press Club Headliners Breakfast on Tuesday, October 29. McDonough will deliver an update on the state of America’s veterans and their families. McDonough was sworn in as the 11th Secretary of Veterans Affairs on February 9, 2021, during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic and has worked to reduce homelessness and enhance medical care for America's veterans. During his confirmation hearing, Secretary McDonough testified to Congress, “I will work tirelessly to build and restore VA's trust as the premier agency for ensuring the…
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NPC Headliners: Anamaria Baralt & Robert Rand
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As the resentencing hearing for brothers Lyle and Erik Menendez approaches, journalist Robert Rand, whose book, "The Menendez Murders," revealed new evidence in the case, and Anamaria Baralt, the Menendez brothers' cousin who has advocated on their behalf, will discuss the prospects for the brothers' release at a Headliners Coffee and Conversation event on Thursday, Jan. 23 at 2 p.m. Lyle Menendez, turns 57 on Jan. 10, and Erik Menendez, turned 54 on Nov. 27, have been serving life sentences without parole since their conviction in 1996 for the 1989 murders of their parents, José and Kitty…
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NPC Headliners Screening: "Religion, Racism, and Reconciliation"
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Join us at 6:00 p.m. on Friday, March 7 for a screening of the documentary Religion, Racism & Reconciliation. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion on the role religion plays in perpetuating and dismantling systemic racism in America with the Canon Theologian at the Washington National Cathedral Rev. Kelly Brown Douglas, Ph.D and the founding Director of the Georgetown University Center on Faith and Justice Jim Wallis. The film explores how racism has intertwined with American religion, focusing on individuals and communities of faith working to address issues such as…
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