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Press Club Rewind - 6.24.2013
Press Club Rewind is a weekly review of events at The National Press Club. In this week's edition: supporters advocate for the Marketplace Fairness Act; Mariel Hemingway speaks on challenges healthcare providers face in preventing suicide; activists launch social media campaign to oppose the Keystone XL pipeline; Goodwill Industries launches new program to help female veterans find jobs; and scientists outline plans for building the largest radio telescope in history.
Type: Media
NPC Luncheon with AP CEO Gary Pruitt
The Department of Justice's seizure of Associated Press phone records has made it tougher for reporters to do their jobs, AP President and CEO Gary Pruitt said June 19, 2013 at a National Press Club luncheon.
Type: Media
Press Club Rewind - 6.17.2013
Press Club Rewind is a weekly review of events at The National Press Club. In this week's edition: Latino American business owners push for immigration reform; The Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs discusses the implications of a nuclear Iran; The Lumina Foundation decries the nation's student finance system; retired military leaders discuss how America's failing education system affects military readiness; and constitutional lawyer Floyd Abrams discusses his new book.
Type: Media
Press Club Rewind - 6.10.2013
Press Club Rewind is a weekly review of events at The National Press Club. In this week's edition: Former White House aide David Gergen speaks on the importance of good reporting; Chilean President Sebastián Piñera talks about the challenges his country faces on the international stage; Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack sounds the alarm on climate change; Bill Nye "The Science Guy" honors young scientists; and Jazz Night combines great music and food at the club's Fourth Estate Restaurant.
Type: Media
NPC Luncheon with Tom Vilsack, Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack described the effects of climate change on agriculture and detailed three new steps his department is taking to mitigate them at a National Press Club luncheon June 5, 2013.
Type: Media
NPC Luncheon with President Sebastián Piñera of Chile
Once the poorest of Spain's colonies, Chile aims to be "the first Latin American developed country without poverty," declared Chilean President Sebastián Piñera at a June 4, 2013 National Press Club luncheon.
Type: Media
NPC Newsmaker: Closing the Opportunity Gap
At a National Press Club Newsmakers news conference on April 25, 2013, the authors of a new book and education reform campaign called Closing the Opportunity Gap argued that the current intense emphasis on standardized test scores and other educational outcomes is counter-productive – as demonstrated by the recent cheating scandals in Atlanta, Washington, DC and elsewhere. They explained why a real improvement in learning depends on a balanced new direction – one with less emphasis on measuring outcomes and more focus on addressing inputs, thereby closing the opportunity gap. Along with these…
Type: Media
Press Club Rewind - 6.3.2013
Press Club Rewind is a weekly review of events at The National Press Club. In this week's edition: The International Committee for the Freedom of the Cuban Five speaks advocates for the release of the remaining four prisoners and the U.S. Surgeon General launches "Talk, They Hear You," a new campaign to prevent underage drinking.
Type: Media
NPC Luncheon - 2013 Gerald Ford Journalism Awards
Congressman Fred Upton, a Michigan Republican, and David Gergen, senior political analyst for CNN, were the featured speakers at the 26th annual Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation journalism awards luncheon hosted at the National Press Club on June 3, 2013. Honored at the awards were John Dickerson, chief political correspondent for Slate and political director for CBS News and winner of the 2013 prize for distinguished reporting on the presidency; and Hal Bernton, reporter for the Seattle Times and winner of the 2013 prize for coverage of national defense issues.
Type: Media
Press Club Rewind - 5.27.2013
Press Club Rewind is a weekly review of events at The National Press Club. In this week's edition: Tea Party activists recount their harassment by the IRS; Jessica Buchanan describes her kidnapping by Somali pirates and rescue in a heroic SEAL Team operation; Jon Huntsman expresses concern about foreign theft of U.S. intellectual property; former smokers urge the public to quit themselves; a new report makes recommendations for educational databases; and state officials outline their goals and measures to get people off welfare and into jobs.
Type: Media