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Press Club Rewind - 9.24.2012
Press Club Rewind is a weekly review of events at the National Press Club. In this weeks' edition: Bob Woodward is given the National Press Club's highest honor, the Fourth Estate Award; Denzel Washington and Michael Phelps champion the Boys & Girls Clubs of America; Newt Gingrich argues for oil production on federal lands; Juan Gonzalez promotes his new book; and the United Nations attempts to end child marriage.
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Press Club Rewind - 9.17.2012
Press Club Rewind is a weekly review of events at the National Press Club. In this weeks' edition: Libyan Ambassador Ali Aujal expresses regret over the slaying of U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens; Newt Gingrich demands a debate on national security; Family Research Council chief Tony Perkins endorses Mitt Romney and Teamsters head James Hoffa does likewise for Barack Obama; a panel analyzes the role of Latino voters; and the Surgeon General reports on an alarming uptick in U.S. suicide rates.
Type: Media
NPC Luncheon with Tony Perkins
Value issues will be salient at the polls in the November election, Family Research Council President Tony Perkins told a National Press Club audience Sept. 12, 2012. “The sanctity of life, the sacredness of marriage, the boundaries of sexual expression and the exercise of religious freedom” are issues that matter and “rank as fundamental,” Perkins said.
Type: Media
Press Club Rewind - 9.10.2012
Press Club Rewind is a weekly review of events at the National Press Club. In this week's edition: Actress Kathleen Turner advocates for women's rights and Redskins GM Bruce Allen promises Washington fans that they'll love new QB Robert Griffin III.
Type: Media
NPC Luncheon with Bruce Allen
Forty-eight hours before the Washington Redskins' 2012 season kickoff in New Orleans, general manager Bruce Allen declined to predict how many games the team would win this year at a National Press Club luncheon. But he was quick to promise that Redskin fans would be captivated by the team's heralded new quarterback, Robert Griffin III.
Type: Media
NPC Luncheon with Kathleen Turner
If Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is elected, it would spell disaster for Planned Parenthood, actress-activist Kathleen Turner told a predominantly female National Press Club luncheon audience Sept. 6, 2012.
Type: Media
Press Club Rewind - 9.3.2012
Press Club Rewind is a weekly review of events at the National Press Club. In this week's edition: Marine Commandant Gen. James Amos praises the training and readiness of the Afghan National Army and The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation announces a $8.9 million grant to Johns Hopkins’ Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality as part of a $500 million, 10-year program aimed at eliminating preventable harms patients may experience in hospitals.
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Rewind Recap - Summer 2012
Ross Kirby hosts as Ryan Greene reports on NPC's "Political Bootcamp," Colin Smith examines Sen. Dianne Feinstein's statements, Ayan Sheikh covers Syria's security outlook, Kai Damabach looks back at the 2012 season for the club's softball team and Pat Kropkowski profiles NPC executive chef Susan Delbert. Produced by the National Press Club's Broadcast Operations Center interns, Rewind Recap is a more in-depth look at some of the stories covered in our weekly "Rewind" Series.
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Andrew Price Retirement Party
The First Amendment Lounge at The National Press Club erupted in cheers and clapping when Andrew Price walked in on August 3, 2012, for his retirement party after 45 years. Fellow Club staff, more than a dozen past-presidents, relatives and multitudes of well-wishers crowded around Price to shake hands, give a hug, a kiss and shoulder slap. Price also received an honorary Club membership.
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NPC Luncheon with Gen. James F. Amos
General James Amos, commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps, discussed the role of the Marines as America's crisis response force at a National Press Club luncheon on August 28, 2012. Since being confirmed in October 2010 as the first career aviator to lead the Marines, Gen. Amos has overseen a force exhausted by a decade of war. He recently embarked on a worldwide tour to warn Marines to clean up their act after a series of embarrassing incidents pointed to a breakdown in the storied discipline of the Corps.
Type: Media