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NPC Speaker News Conference with Secretary Hilda Solis
U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis will sit down with NPC President Mark Hamrick for an hour-long interview to discuss the employment situation and job creation in the U.S. ahead of Labor Day and the election season on Tuesday, Aug. 30. Sec. Solis was confirmed as Secretary of Labor in February 2009 and has helped implement major facets of the Obama administration’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, such as increasing and extending unemployment benefits, providing training for workers in need of new skills and helping to create jobs in clean energy and health IT. While the administration…
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World Trade Center Redevelopment
World Trade Center Redevelopment 10 Years Later: An insider’s account of the challenges, progress and status of the historic rebuilding effort. With less than six weeks until the 10th anniversary of the September 11th attacks, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Executive Director Chris Ward will discuss the rebuilding of the World Trade Center site and preview what the future holds for the new symbol of national resilience. In a National Press Club Newsmakers news conference, 10 a.m., Tuesday, July 26, 2011 in the Murrow Room in the National Press Building, 529 14th St., NW,…
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Dr. Lisa Anderson
The President of the American University in Cairo, Dr. Lisa Anderson, will discuss the view from Tahrir. Transitions to democracy in the Middle East and North Africa, and why the West needs to understand the particular historical, political and cultural motivations behind each uprising; and Libya--what led to the current situation there and the likely outcome. Contacts:National Press Club: PETER HICKMAN301/530-1210 (H&O/T&F), 301/367-7711 (CELL), 202/662-7540 (NPC), [email protected]. Anderson: MORGAN ROTH646/341-7436. [email protected] (30)
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U.S. - Iraq Business Relations
An Hour-long Discussion on U.S.-Iraq Business Relations & Untapped BusinessPotential in Iraq A unique panel discussion will be held on 12:00 - 01:00 p.m. on Wednesday July 13 in the Zenger Room, of National Press Club, 13th Floor, 529, 14th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. Representatives from Eng. Abdullah A. Jiburi General Contracting Company and 360 Architecture, partners in the Basrah Sports Complex, will share lessons learned and future investment opportunities in two new commercial ventures in Iraq. In addition, Ambassador Patricia Haslach Iraq Transition Coordinator, U.S. Department…
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Dr. Philip Y.M. Yang
Government Information Minister to Discuss Taiwan as Asia-Pacific Peacemaker Time and date: 10 a.m. July 15 Place: Zenger Room, National Press Club, 529 14th St. NW, 13th floor Dr. Philip Y.M. Yang will discuss the role of Taiwan as Asia-Pacific peacemaker. Yang, who became minister of the Taiwan Government Information Office this year, serves as spokesman for Taiwan overseas and for the cabinet domestically.Yang will discuss Taiwan’s engagement with mainland China and its approach to international participation, as well as the achievements of Taipei’s policy of “flexible diplomacy,” which…
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Maziar Bahari, Iranian-born Newsweek Reporter
MAZIAR BAHAR, Iranian-born Newsweek reporter and author of THEN THEY CAME FOR ME: A Family's Story of Love, Captivity and Survival, will discuss HIS 118 DAYS IN 2009 IN A SIX-BY-TWELVE FOOT PRISON CELL IN TEHRAN'S EVIN PRISON, WRONGLY ACCUSED OF ESPIONAGE Then They Came for Me describes the days leading up to the fiercely contested election and the clashes between Iranian citizens and police. In the epilogue, Mr. Bahari also writes about the recent turmoil in the Middle East and the possibility of a democratic Iranian government. Contacts:National Press Club: PETER HICKMAN301/530-1210 (H…
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Natural Gas Drilling
Energy Challenges Surrounding Natural Gas Drilling Environmental Experts to Discuss Need, Impacts For Natural Gas Drilling at National Press Club The National Press Club Newsmakers Committee will host a panel to discuss the challenges, impacts and need for natural gas drilling at a Newsmaker forum in the club's Lisagor Room at 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 24, in the National Press Building, 529 14th St. NW, Washington, D.C. Experts to discuss this issue will be anti-drilling activist Adrian Kuzminski and Resources for the Future (RFF) official Alan Krupnick. Kuzminski argues that the cumulative…
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FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate
FEMA Administrator Fugate to Discuss Planning for Catastrophic Disasters; Hurricane Season (Washington, DC) – Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Craig Fugate will speak at a National Press Club Newsmakers press conference at 1:00 p.m. EDT., Wednesday, May 4, 2011 in the National Press Building, 529 14th St., NW, Washington, D.C. As the United States faces significant flooding, tornado and wildfire events and the upcoming hurricane season, Fugate will focus on how FEMA and the federal government have been planning for catastrophic disasters and applying those plans to the…
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Lorenzo Vidino, Author of Book on the Muslim Brotherhood
Author of Book on the Muslim Brotherhood Will Discuss “The Global Muslim Brotherhood: Myth or Reality?” Lorenzo Vidino, author of “The New Muslim Brotherhood in the West,” will discuss whether the possibility of a global Muslim Brotherhood organization is real or imagined. Vidino, an academic and security expert, specializes in Islam and political violence in Europe and North America. A visiting fellow at the RAND Corp. in Washington, D.C., he held fellowships at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, the U.S.…
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Debbie Smith
Operation Exceptional Child/Afghanistan Founder Will Talk About Helping Children With Disabilities and the U.S. War Effort Date and Time: April 11 at NoonPlace: Zenger Room, National Press Club (529 14th St. NW, 13th floor) Debbie Smith, founder of Operation Exceptional Child/Afghanistan, will discuss how her efforts to build a school to help disabled children in that country will also benefit the U.S. war effort.Smith launched Operation Exceptional Child/Afghanistan as the executive director of PATHS (Parents and Teachers Helping Students), a 501(c)(3) organization she created in 2004 that…
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