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Jerry Brown defends National Guard decision amid presidential criticism
California Gov. Jerry Brown at a Newsmakers event Tuesday defended his decision to restrict members of his state’s National Guard from directly participating in immigration enforcement, pushing back against criticism levied earlier that morning from President Donald Trump. “Trying to stop drug smuggling, human trafficking and guns going to Mexico to the cartels, that to me sounds like fighting crime,” Brown said. “Trying to catch some desperate mothers and children or unaccompanied minors coming from Central America, that sounds like something else.” In a letter sent to federal officials last…
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Kalb Report: A bleak future for U.S.-Russian Relations
Try as he might, moderator Marvin Kalb could not get any one of his four guests on Monday’s “Kalb Report” to give an optimistic prediction on the future of U.S. relations with Russia. With President Trump in the crosshairs of an investigation into Russian interference in the presidential election, and with American and Russian interests increasingly at odds in wars hot and cold, the panelists questioned how the situation can turn around. In the early days of Putin’s presidency, the price of oil was skyrocketing, and he maintained power through the economic growth that brought to the country…
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Senator Brown pushes pension rescue at Headliners Luncheon
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, made a strong appeal for federal help to prop up industry-wide pension plans for 1.5 million workers and retirees. He said the plans, most established under labor union contracts, are facing insolvency. Speaking April 12 at a National Press Club Headilners Luncheon, Brown said failure of the plans to pay promised benefits would not only harm those expecting them but would probably trigger a massive taxpayer bailout of the federal agency that insures worker pensions. The agency, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., already is confronting major deficits. Brown…
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Trauma surgeons make pitch for gun control at Headliners Newsmaker
Three trauma surgeons made their case for a ban on assault-style weapons at the National Press Club on Wednesday. The doctors, all former presidents of the Western Trauma Association, discussed why the physicians group unanimously passed a resolution calling for a ban last year. They cited the level of injury caused by high-velocity bullets fired from a semi-automatic rifle such as the popular AR-15, the gun used by the Parkland, Florida, shooter. Unlike the "straight pathway" of a bullet from a common 9 millimeter handgun, a bullet from an AR-15 rolls and tumbles and causes more…
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Nancy Reagan’s press secretary shares inside look at first lady’s life
Walking away from her job as press secretary to First Lady Nancy Reagan was one of the hardest things that Sheila Tate ever did, she told a National Press Club Headliners Book Rap on April 4. “She was a much more interesting person than most people knew,” Tate said as she discussed her new book, “Lady in Red: An Intimate Portrait of Nancy Reagan.” Tate was with Reagan for some of the most pivotal moments as first lady. She consoled her at George Washington University Hospital following the assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan, and was by her side at major events in Washington and…
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Centennial of World War I sparks interest in the Great War, museum director says at Newsmaker
The World War I centennial has spurred a “deep vein of interest” in the United States, with visits to the National World War I Museum and Memorial up by 63 percent, Matthew Naylor, the Kansas City landmark’s president and chief executive, told a National Press Club Headliners Newmaker event on March 29. Many historians consider the Great War as the defining event of the 20th century and beyond. By the end of the war in 1918, more than 16 million soldiers and civilians had died, and dramatic geopolitical and social upheaval that can still be seen and felt one hundred years later had begun.…
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Marine archaeologist addresses NPC American Legion Post 20
Marine Archaeologist Tane Casserley of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration's Office of National Maritime Sanctuaries (ONMS) dove into the history of World War II German U-boat operations off the Atlantic Coast at a luncheon meeting of the National Press Club's American Legion Post 20 on March 28 at the Club. Casserley, whose explorations have taken him to wrecks as deep as 260 feet, focused on the 90 merchant ships, anti-submarine trawlers and four German submarines sunk during World War II along the wreck-rich North Carolina coast. Many wrecks are being discovered and…
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'60 Minutes' team discusses 50 years of tradition, groundbreaking journalism at NPC
In the words of Don Hewitt, the founding producer of “60 Minutes,” the secret to the news magazine’s success can be found in four words: “Tell me a story.” That simple formula has been followed by the venerable CBS News program since its launch in 1968 and still guides its correspondents and producers 50 years later. "60 Minutes" Executive Producer Jeff Fager and "60 Minutes" Correspondent Bill Whitaker spent much of March 27 at the National Press Club, discussing their craft first at a master class with Young Members before an evening program in the Ballroom celebrating a half-century of “60…
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Swimmer Ledecky tells National Press Club Headliners Luncheon she's going pro
Olympic gold-medal swimmer Katie Ledecky is giving up her last two years of college-team eligibility to turn pro so she can enhance her focus on preparing for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games, she told a National Press Club Headliners Luncheon on March 26. A native of Bethesda, Maryland, Ledecky said turning pro will allow her to accept paid endorsements and sponsorships, and relieve her of competing in NCAA events. Ledecky waited for her spring break from Stanford University to make the announcement so she could return home and do it at the Club, she said. She credited her parents, who were at…
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Air Force public-affairs restrictions could hinder press coverage
New training requirements for U.S. Air Force public-affairs officials and their commanders could have a chilling effect not just on investigative journalism, but on more benign coverage as well, Jill Aitoro, executive editor of Defense News, told Adam Konowe in the latest edition of Update-1, the National Press Club's podcast. Konowe, a member of the Club's Broadcast/Podcast Committee, interviews Aitoro about the Air Force's policy changes, one in a series undertaken by the Defense Department in the last 18 months. Aitoro also addresses the potential development of a stand-alone military…
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