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The Kalb Report - Putin’s Trump Card
Russia's meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election may be just the tip of the iceberg for a former world power that is dealing with a crumbling economy and diminished reputation on the world stage. With Vladimir Putin’s reelection to another six-year term as president, what is the Russian leader's end game? Is Moscow trying to destabilize democracies around the world, including the mid-term elections in the U.S., in order to bolster its own self-importance? And what role is the Trump administration wittingly or unwittingly playing in Putin's plans. On April 16, 2018, at the National…
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NPC Luncheon with Sen. Sherrod Brown
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), who has been sounding the alarm on a pending pension crisis and was named as the co-chair of the newly-formed Joint Select Committee on the Solvency of Multiemployer Pension Plans spoke at a National Press Club Headliners Luncheon on April 12, 2018.
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Sunshine Week 2018: How Public Information Officers Limit Media Access
In honor of Sunshine Week, the National Press Club's Press Freedom Committee hosted an evening panel discussion on March 14, 2018 to examine how the Trump administration uses public information officers to limit and shape reporters' access to government information. More than a year into the Donald Trump administration, PIOs are still heavily relied on to act as buffers between reporters and the career officials and political appointees they cover. But some things have changed. At key agencies like the State and Defense departments, the number of press conferences has sharply declined as…
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NPC Luncheon with Katie Ledecky
As the 2018 Winter Olympics concluded, all eyes turned to the 2020 Summer games in Tokyo. Katie Ledecky, one of the best female swimmers in the history of the sport, shared what life is like as a student at Stanford University and discuss her plans for future competition at a National Press Club Headliners Luncheon on March 26, 2018.
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NPC Luncheon with Senator Jeff Flake
Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., told a National Press Club audience March 15, 2018 that his resistance to President Trump's behavior helped persuade him not to seek a second term. Flake, speaking to a luncheon audience in the Holeman Lounge, read a prepared speech that was highly critical of Trump. But first out of the box during the question and answer period was Club President Andrea Edney's question: "Are you running for president?"
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Sunshine Week 2018: Dispelling the gathering clouds
Sunshine Week celebrates the public’s right to know, but this year it is being marked as forces of darkness continue to gather across the globe. From Latin America to Russia, from the Middle East to the Midwest of the United States, government officials are actively challenging the rights of the media to cover what they do. Why is this disturbing trend emerging in so many places simultaneously? What can we do to combat it? The National Press Club’s nonprofit Journalism Institute presented an evening discussion to examine this important topic. Panelists: Nazanin Ashkan, senior program officer…
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Donald Trump's 2014 promise to run for President in 2016
Donald Trump, chairman and president of the Trump Organization, spoke at a National Press Club luncheon on May 27, 2014. In his first answer during the Q&A session, he promised to run in 2016 if "[he] didn't see the right person."
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William McCarren speaks about Emilio Gutierrez on Democracy Now!
Amy Goodman interviews National Press Club Executive Director William McCarren about the case of Emilio Gutierrez, a Mexican journalist currently under threat of deportation despite threats to his life as a result of his reporting. Thanks to Democracy Now! (https://www.democracynow.org/) for use of this video.
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Emilio Gutierrez News Conference - 12/22/17
Mexican journalist Emilio Gutierrez fled to the United States in 2008 after his reporting on abuses by Mexico's military made him and his son the target of death threats. Gutierrez, denied asylum by U.S. courts, voluntarily turned himself in to immigration authorities on Dec. 7. His fate is now in the hands of the U.S. Board of Immigration Appeals. Sign the petition at https://goo.gl/6Jfv4m now to demand he be granted asylum.
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