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Former Education Secretary Duncan says Trump authoritarian, doesn't want educated citizens
Arne Duncan, who served seven years as President Barack Obama's Secretary of Education, described President Donald Trump as an "authoritarian leader" who calls the press "the enemy of the people" and says he is the only source of truth. "It's a very, very scary thing," Duncan declared in response to a question at a Headliners Book Event Sept. 20 at the National Press Club. He said the president "doesn't want independent thinkers" and "only wants people to listen to him." The Trump administration has stopped talking about any of the education goals President Obama set to improve high school…
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EMILY’s List President predicts Kavanaugh allegations will motivate women voters
EMILY’s List President Stephanie Schriock predicted Tuesday that the sexual assault allegations facing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh could compel more women to head to the polls in the 2018 midterm elections. “Women voters are pretty riled up right now anyway. That being said, a little more gasoline on the fire is probably pretty good,” Schriock said at a National Press Club Headliners luncheon on Sept. 18. “There is a huge energy by women voters and they’re watching this.” Schriock, whose organization promotes pro-choice Democratic women candidates, appeared at the Club shortly after…
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Afghanistan War veteran writes ‘Man of War’ to honor his troops
As an Army officer in Afghanistan, Sean Parnell read Brad Thor's spy thriller Lions of Lucerne and thought, “if I can make it out of this country alive, I want to write a book just like this.” The book that resulted, Man of War: An Eric Steele Novel, was the subject of a National Press Club Headliner Book Rap on Sept. 13. Parnell was joined by Jake Tapper of CNN and Club President Andrea Edney. Tapper, author of a thriller himself, suggested that Parnell indeed succeeded in writing a book like Lions of Lucerne, describing the writing in Man of War as “quite clean and crisp, and it reminded me…
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National Guard public affairs chief discusses hurricane response, other challenges
The major issue of the moment for the National Guard Bureau, which oversees administration of Army and Air Force National Guard units nationwide, is the potential destructive impact of Hurricane Florence as it barrels toward the Southeast coast of the United States. Jon Anderson, acting director of Public Affairs for the National Guard Bureau, was guest speaker at the Sept. 11 meeting of American Legion Post 20, long associated with the National Press Club. He said Army and Air National Guard units in East Coast states are on alert to render assistance as needed during and after the storm…
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Another educational Civil War tour for Club members in the books
Forty-seven National Press Club members and guests enjoyed an educational and entertaining tour Saturday, Sept. 8, of Antietam National Battlefield, the Maryland site of the bloodiest one-day engagement in U.S. military history, in the 14th annual trip hosted for the Club by the Civil War/American Battlefield Trust. Garry Adelman, the Trust's Director of History and Education, joined the busload of visitors from Washington at the National Park Service's battlefield visitor's center near Sharpsburg, Md., for a colorful five-hour excursion through what on Sept. 17, 1862, was the site of a 12-…
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National Press Club recognizes Capital Gazette staff with President’s Award
The staff of the Capital Gazette became honorary members of the National Press Club and won the President’s Award last Thursday. Club President Andrea Edney said that the honor recognized the journalists at the Annapolis, Md., paper for “their extraordinary valor and their inspiring work” following a horrific newsroom shooting on June 28 that killed five of their colleagues. The staff published the newspaper the day after the tragedy and hasn't skipped a beat while coping with the loss of their friends. “Our goal tonight and for the ensuing years is for you to know that you are not alone,”…
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Sen. John McCain, 1936-2018, last appeared at Club on Veterans Day, 2014
U.S. Sen. John McCain, who died Saturday at 81, often visited the National Press Club. His final appearance at the Club was at a Book Rap on Veterans Day, Nov. 11, 2014. Here is the The Wire's article on his appearance:McCAIN RAPS ABOUT13 SOLDIERS FROM 13 WARS AT NATIONAL PRESS CLUB By Mark Krikorian "At least you were president of something," Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and 2008 Republican presidential nominee, joked with National Press Club President Myron Belkind at the start of a Veterans Day Book Rap Nov. 11 on Thirteen Soldiers: A Personal History of Americans at War, co-authored by…
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Sen. Warren pushes anti-corruption proposals, ducks question on Trump impeachment
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., laid out what she called “the most ambitious anti-corruption legislation proposed since Watergate" at the National Press Club Aug. 21, yet could not avoid reporters' questions about President Trump and her own plans for the 2020 presidential campaign. In the final question at the Headliners Newsmaker event, former Club President Angela Greiling Keane, who moderated, asked how Warren felt about any impeachment proceedings against Trump. "I take this very seriously," Warren said, not answering directly. "My No. 1 goal is to make sure [special counsel Richard]…
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Washington Post, McClatchy leaders call for journalist Austin Tice’s freedom
Fred Ryan, publisher of The Washington Post, called for the immediate and safe release of freelance journalist Austin Tice at an Aug. 14 event at the National Press Club marking the sixth year since he was detained in Syria. “The work of Austin Tice reminds us of the importance, impact and yes dangers of great reporting,” Ryan said at the event, which was cosponsored by the Club and Reporters Without Borders. Tice, while embedded with Syrian rebels, had reported how a peaceful uprising turned into a rebel movement, Ryan said. Tice was last seen five weeks after his disappearance in a video…
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Sean Spicer talks about the press at Club Headliners event
Former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer, conceding little in his criticism of the news media, told journalists that journalists need to look at themselves as critically as they look at the Trump administration. Spicer spoke Monday at a National Press Club Headliners Book Event about his new book, “Briefing: Politics, the Press Corps and the President.” He rejected his former boss's characterization of the press as the "enemy of the people." He said he doesn't like it when any group is characterized, "but it goes both ways." Spicer claimed 80 to 90 percent of the coverage of Trump…
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