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NPC Newsmaker: Sen. Bob Graham on 9/11 report's 'missing pages'
Former U.S. Sen. Bob Graham, D-Fla., who led the intelligence committee that investigated the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks in New York and Washington, discussed the significance of the newly released 28-pages of classified document that show a strong link between the terrorists and the government of Saudi Arabia at a National Press Club Newsmaker event at on Aug. 31, 2016.
Type: Media
NPC Luncheon with Michael York
Award-winning actor Michael York discussed the challenges he faces with the rare disease of Amyloidosis and how he became a spokesperson for this little known ailment at an August 12, 2016 luncheon at the National Press Club. Michael York’s stepson is Star Wars producer Rick McCallum. York appeared next to Liza Minnelli in cinema version of “Cabaret” musical and starred in the all-star “Murder on the Orient Express” and as d’Artagnan in The Three(and The Four) Musketeers. His most recent film is The Mill and the Cross.
Type: Media
Yegi Rezaian on the Importance of NPC Membership
Yeganeh Rezaian speaks on the true value of membership in the National Press Club. Rezain, who was arrested and imprisoned in Iran along with her husband, Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian, was given an honorary membership following Jason's release in January 2016 after spending 543 days detained in Iran's notorious Evin prison.
Type: Media
Yegi Rezaian on the Importance of NPC Membership (FULL VERSION)
Yeganeh Rezaian speaks on the true value of membership in the National Press Club. Rezain, who was arrested and imprisoned in Iran along with her husband, Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian, was given an honorary membership following Jason's release in January 2016 after spending 543 days detained in Iran's notorious Evin prison.
Type: Media
2016 National Press Club Journalism Awards Ceremony
The Baltimore Sun, The Wall Street Journal and a freelance columnist who now works for USA Today were honored with top awards at the 2016 National Press Club Journalism Awards ceremony on August 4. The Sun won the Breaking News Award for its coverage of the riots following the death of Freddie Gray, while Adam Entous won the Edwin Hood Diplomatic Award for the Journal for his stories on the erosion of relations between the United States and Israel. Jill Lawrence, now with USA Today, won the Lee Walczak Award for her freelance columns on the 2016 presidential candidates. The Associated Press…
Type: Media
NPC Luncheon with Jonathan Jarvis
National Park Service Director Jonathan Jarvis spoke at a National Press Club luncheon August 1, 2016. He discussed the 100th anniversary of the nation's system of national parks and the agency’s focus on creating the next generation of park visitors, supporters and advocates. He also outlined the challenges in trying to operate and maintain expanding park system during an era of fiscal restraint.
Type: Media
NPC Luncheon with Michael S. Rogers
NSA Chief Michael S. Rogers discussed the continuing cyber security challenges facing the U.S. and the world at a National Press Club Luncheon on July 14, 2016. Rogers has said encryption makes it more difficult to intercept terrorist groups' communication and warned that vital U.S. computer networks such as power grid have been infiltrated by hackers and public should expect attacks of significant consequence.
Type: Media
NPC Luncheon with Gary Johnson & William Weld
The Libertarian Party presidential ticket – former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson and former Massachusetts Gov. William Weld – outlined why they think a third-party effort may be more likely to succeed than in past elections at a July 7, 2016 National Press Club luncheon. Johnson and Weld were nominated at the Libertarian convention in late May and are promoting an agenda of fiscal conservatism and social liberalism. Voter discontent with the two presumptive major party choices – Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump – gives them a chance to break through, they argued.
Type: Media
The Kalb Report - A Conversation with Elie Wiesel: The Bible, The War, and The Media
Drawing the largest crowd ever for The Kalb Report, the standing-room-only forum at the National Press Club focused on the Bible, the Iraq war, and the media as well as intense international situations, such as the Palestinian homeland issue and anti-Semitic rhetoric by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Type: Media
NPC Luncheon with Christopher Hart
National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Christopher Hart addressed the role of automation in preventing transportation accidents and will apply lessons learned in aviation to the development of self-driving cars at a National Press Club luncheon June 30, 2016. Hart talked about new technology in transportation with special emphasis on self-driving cars and how lessons from past investigation experience can help to prevent accidents. Hart has served as NTSB chairman since April 2014. Before a long career at NTSB, Hart was a deputy director for air traffic safety oversight at the Federal…
Type: Media