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Education Issues in a Trump White House and a Republican-Controlled Congress
NPC House Committee
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VFW National Commander Brian Duffy
The Trump Victory and 2016 Election - What the Media Got Right & Wrong
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Peter Thiel
Livestream will begin October 31 at 11:00am EDT. Billionaire venture capitalist and entrepreneur Peter Thiel has rocked Silicon Valley with his support for Republican presidential nominee Donald J. Trump. Thiel will discuss that political endorsement and the 2016 election at a National Press Club speakers newsmaker event on Monday Oct. 31. Thiel, who co-founded PayPal and Palantir Technologies Inc., endorsed Trump at the Republican National Convention in July and pledged a $1.25 million campaign donation in support of the candidate. Remarks begin at 11 a.m. in the Holeman Lounge, followed…
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Sen. Joe Manchin, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito and Rep. David McKinley will discuss Retired Coal Miners Healthcare
Congress returns to Washington after Labor Day and among other issues, it will turn its attention to bills in both chambers designed to stabilize the pensions and retiree health benefits of retired coal miners. Communities across coal country are suffering through a depression as more than 50 coal companies have declared bankruptcy, payrolls have plummeted, and the price of coal has collapsed. If Congress doesn’t act quickly, more than 22,000 retired miners or their widows will lose health care benefits early next year; and the pensions of more than 120,000 current and future retirees will…
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Panels look at Education issues in White House Race and other Fall Campaigns
Panels look at Education issues in White House Race and other Fall Campaigns
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Candidates for Teamsters Union Top Offices to Face-Off in a one time only Debate
A week prior to the Labor Day weekend, candidates for the top offices of the Teamsters Union will debate each other at a special National Press Club Newsmaker. Fred Zuckerman, candidate for General President on the Teamsters United Slate, will face Ken Hall, candidate for General Secretary-Treasurer on the Hoffa-Hall 2016 Slate, in the club’s Ballroom, at 6:30 pm, Aug 25. This will be the only election debate between the candidates. The 1.4 million-member International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) has been required to have direct election of its top officers since it came under federal…
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United Methodist Church Leader who survived terrorist attack at the Istanbul Airport
Thomas Kemper, the general secretary of the General Board of Global Ministries, who was in Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport when terrorists attacked, killing 40, will share his deeply emotional experience of that event and the aftermath at a National Press Club Newsmaker news conference at 10 a.m. Fri., Aug. 19, in the club’s Murrow Room. Kemper leads Global Ministries, the international mission agency of the United Methodist Church, which has operations and partners in more than 125 countries. As a result of witnessing this terrorist event, he has been inspired to bring together people and bridge…
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NPC Headliners Newsmaker: U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)
Livestream will begin at 12:30pm ET on March 13 As the nation approaches the 16th anniversary of the war in Iraq, combat Veteran and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) will speak at a National Press Club Headliners Newsmaker on Wednesday, March 13 at 12:30 p.m. about what she believes our nation owes its service members and Veterans, and how she feels Congress is failing in its duty to provide our troops with the moral and legal backing they need and deserve to most effectively wage war. In her remarks, Duckworth will lay out her vision for how we can ensure our military remains the…
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NPC Headliners Newsmaker: Review of the 2018 Hurricane Season
With another challenging Hurricane Season in the books, NOAA hurricane forecasting expert Dr. Gerry Bell and MIT disaster resilience expert Jeremy Gregory will discuss the impacts of the 2018 season and the status of the 2017 season rebuilding effort at a National Press Club Newsmaker on Tuesday, March 5, 10 a.m. in the Club’s Bloomberg Room. Bell, a hurricane climate specialist and research meteorologist at NOAA's Climate Prediction Center (CPC) in College Park, Maryland, will focus on the 2018 season impacts, climate drivers for hurricanes and what people can do to prepare for the 2019…
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NPC Headliners Newsmaker: Review of the 2018 Hurricane Season & Forecast for the Future
This event has been postponed due to the ongoing government shutdown. With another challenging Hurricane Season in the books, NOAA hurricane forecasting expert Dr. Gerry Bell and MIT disaster resilience expert Jeremy Gregory will discuss the impacts of the 2018 season and the status of the 2017 season rebuilding effort at a National Press Club Newsmaker on Tuesday, January 15th, 10 a.m. in the Club’s Zenger Room. Bell, a hurricane climate specialist and research meteorologist at NOAA's Climate Prediction Center (CPC) in College Park, Maryland, will focus on the 2018 season impacts, climate…
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