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NPC Luncheon with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Joseph F. Dunford
The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S. Marine Corps General Joseph F. Dunford, will speak at a National Press Club Luncheon on Monday, June 19. General Dunford, the 19th Joint Chiefs chairman, will discuss a number of important issues facing the U.S. military including the latest strategy for defeating the Islamic State and other terrorist groups, challenges from North Korea, cyber warfare, weapons acquisition, and recruiting and strengthening U.S. alliances. As the senior military officer in the United States, General Dunford is the principal military advisor to the president,…
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NPC Headliners Luncheon with New NAACP President Derrick Johnson
Livestream will begin Aug. 29 at 1:00pm EDT. New NAACP President Derrick Johnson will address the future of the NAACP at a National Press Club Headliners Luncheon on Tuesday, Aug. 29. Johnson, a longstanding leader of the NAACP, assumed the interim presidency in July and is tasked with leading the organization through a period of "re-envisioning and reinvigoration," the organization said in its announcement of Johnson's new post. The NAACP recently drew national attention when it issued a travel advisory for Missouri, calling for African American travelers to "exercise extreme caution…
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NPC Luncheon with AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka
Just beyond the halfway-mark in President Donald Trump's first 100 days in office, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka will give a major address at a National Press Club Luncheon on April 4, assessing opportunities around trade and infrastructure that could create jobs, as well as possible threats to workers' rights. President Trumka will talk about the labor movement's strategy to create a unifying agenda for working families, and the importance of ensuring that all workers - union and non-union - have the right to bargain collectively for better wages and working conditions. Since 2009,…
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NPC Luncheon with IRS Commissioner John Koskinen
IRS Commissioner John Koskinen will speak at a National Press Club Luncheon on April 5, less than two weeks before the tax filing deadline. Koskinen is also expected to talk about how budget cuts to federal agencies like the IRS, will affect the agency's ability to operate effectively. It is also anticipated that he will receive questions related to the proposed changes to the tax code. Koskinen has led the IRS since Dec. 2013. The agency, with an $11.2 billion budget, collects $3.3 trillion in tax revenue each year, and employs 80,000 workers. Lunch will be served at 12:30 p.m., with…
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NPC Luncheon with Nikki Haley, Governor of South Carolina
South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley will deliver a major speech entitled “Lessons from the New South” at a National Press Club Luncheon on Weds., Sept. 2.Haley is the youngest governor in the country and the first female and first minority governor in South Carolina history. Last year she was re-elected by the largest margin of victory for a South Carolina gubernatorial candidate in 24 years.Lunch will be served at 12:30 p.m., with remarks beginning at 1 p.m., followed by a question-and-answer session ending at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $23 for Press Club members (NPC Members may purchase two…
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NPC Breakfast with NASA Astronauts Mark Kelly and Terry Virts
NASA Astronauts Mark Kelly and Terry Virts will discuss their mission work aboard the International Space Station at a National Press Club newsmaker breakfast on Monday, Sept. 14. Terry Virts is the most recent U.S. astronaut to return from the station.The astronauts will discuss their work, which includes a nearly year-long twins study with astronauts Mark and Scott Kelly, ongoing cooperation with other countries and the road to a possible 2030 mission to Mars. The event will be, in part, a “breakfast from outer space,” as the Club has arranged for a videolink with astronaut Scott Kelly –-…
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NPC Luncheon with Deborah Lee James, Secretary of the Air Force
Deborah Lee James, the 23rd secretary of the Air Force, will speak at a National Press Club luncheon on Dec. 2. James will speak about budget cuts, sexual assaults and other issues facing the Air Force The Press Cub luncheon begins at 12:30 p.m. James’ talk will begin at 1 p.m.., followed by a question-and-answer session that ends at 2 p.m. The cost of luncheon admission is $23 for NPC members and $37 for non-members. Tickets must be purchased at time of reservation and are available here . NPC members who wish to attend the pre-luncheon reception must RSVP separately to VIPreception@press.…
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NPC Luncheon with Rev. John Richard Bryant, Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church
The Right Rev. John Richard Bryant, senior bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, will discuss the Charleston, S.C., church shootings at a National Press Club luncheon on Aug. 12.At a prayer vigil after the shootings, Bryant invoked the African-American legacy of resilience, saying the shooting suspect, Dylann Roof, had ‘picked the wrong place and the wrong crowd.’ He then railed against gun violence in American society.In addition to serving as senior bishop, Bryant is the presiding prelate of the AME church’s Fourth Episcopal District.Lunch will be served at 12:30 p.m., with…
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NPC Luncheon with Mitch Landrieu, Mayor of New Orleans
Ten years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast and nearly wiped out New Orleans, Mayor Mitch Landrieu will report on New Orleans’ emergence as a model of urban renewal and economic recovery at a National Press Club luncheon on August 18. Hurricane Katrina, which made landfall on August 29, 2005, is the costliest disaster in United States history. When the levees failed, 80 percent of the city was flooded and hundreds of thousands of people lost their homes and more than 1,800 persons died. Today, New Orleans is one of the fastest growing major cities in the nation. “We are…
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NPC Luncheon with Martin O'Malley
Former two-term governor of Maryland and 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Martin O’Malley will deliver a policy speech at a National Press Club Speakers Luncheon on July 23. The event will follow an altered schedule, with lunch beginning at 11:00 a.m. and remarks at 11:30 a.m. Since announcing his candidacy in Baltimore’s Federal Hill Park on May 30, O’Malley has issued a jobs agenda focused on renewable energy, a higher education proposal for high-quality, debt-free college education for students attending in-state public colleges or universities, and earlier this month, an open letter…
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