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U.S. Chamber president calls for quick action to create jobs
Congress and the administration should act quickly to approve free-trade agreements with Colombia, Panama and South Korea, U.S. Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Thomas J. Donohue said at a Press Club Luncheon May 14. He spoke on the eve of his trip to China where he said he would have frank discussions with leaders in Beijing and Shanghai. With a tone of urgency, Donahue summoned the nation's leaders to act quickly to approve the three FTAs that he said are essential to create more trade and help reduce unemployment. "The unemployment rate is 9.9%," he said. "It soars to beyond 17% when…
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NPC welcomes 23 new members
The Board of Governors approved 23 member applications Monday. ActiveMichael Bolden - The Washington Post, Development & Transportation Editor; Leonard Doyle - Unfreemedia.org, Editor, Writer, Admin; Ron Mokwena - Misha & Friends Media Inc., Executive Producer Active ReinstateRichard Eisendorf - Freelance Consultant, Advising Producer, Advisor to TV Productions Active Non-ResidentLeslie Theresa Bono - York Daily Record, Freelance Writer/Sports; Karen Fawcett - Paris New Media/ConsumerTraveler.com, President/Writer/Head of Content; John W. Flores - Self Employed, Freelance Writer/…
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NPC hails signing of press freedom law
The National Press Club hailed the signing of the Daniel Pearl Freedom of the Press Act, which will bring greater scrutiny to the treatment of the news media around the world. The law, which was approved by the House in December and the Senate in April, expands the State Department's annual report on countries to include the status of press freedoms. Where there are severe violations of those freedoms, the report will examine whether countries participate in, or condone, the restrictions. "The signing of the Daniel Pearl Freedom of the Press Act is an important step toward advancing a free…
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Panel: FOIAs can pay off, but they take persistence
When President Obama took office, he and Attorney General Eric Holder promised a more transparent government. That promise has not entirely been fulfilled, a three-person panel discussing the Freedom of Information Act said at a May 11 professional development event. The panel - Lucy Dalglish, Reporters Committee for the Freedom of the Press executive director; Matt Winkler, Bloomberg News editor in chief; and James Grimaldi, a Washington Post investigative reporter - told of their frustrations and successes in using FOIA. "While the policy at the top has changed, you end up with the same…
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Drug Czar: Youth exposed to pro-drug messages
“Kids today are exposed to huge, huge amounts of media-directed programs that are pro-growth messages,” National Drug Control Policy Director R. Gil Kerlikowske said at a Speakers press conference May 12. He outlined Obama administration's new drug control strategy designed to align the strength of local, state, tribal and federal agencies, community-based organizations and non-governmental partners. Tasked with overseeing the federal approach to major efforts that attempt to reduce the inflow of illicit substances and the abuse of easily-obtained prescription drugs, Kerlikowske pointed to “…
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Seyfarth & Shaw, Giant Food join 5K donors helping with journalism training, scholarships
The law firm Seyfarth & Shaw has become a sponsor of the Beat the Deadline 5K. Giant Food will supply fruit for the July 17 event. The race raises money for the operations of the Club's non-profit arm, the Eric Friedheim National Journalism Library, as well as its training and scholarship programs. If you're interested in joining the growing list of sponsors, email committee chairwoman Jessica Brady at [email protected]
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Iranian writer describes Tehran oppression
Iranian dissident Akbar Ganji, who went from anti-Shah activist and Revolutionary Guard member to investigative journalist and government critic, told a May 10 Newsmaker press conference of oppressive measures the regime of President Mahmoud Ahmadenijad takes against those who disagree with it. "Anyone merely accused officially of acting against state interests is barred from working a journalist forever," Ganji said. Discrimination against women, he added, "is far more intense than against any other group" in Iran. But despite this, Ganji said, there is a strong feminist movement in…
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Menendez, Cornyn Discuss Upcoming Election
Republicans have a huge edge in enthusiasm heading toward Election Day, but Democrats' poll numbers are rising as more voters focus on who will fight for them, leaders of the two parties' Senate campaign committees said at a Club luncheon Sept. 29. Sens. John Cornyn of Texas, chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, and Bob Menendez of New Jersey, chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, parsed the upcoming Senate elections in 34 states. Menendez said that after two consecutive election cycles of gains, the "historical headwinds" are against Democrats. But…
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Fight Against World Hunger Making Progress, UN Exec Says
“The solution to hunger is not quite rocket science,” the head of the world’s largest humanitarian organization leading the fight against world hunger said at a Sept. 29 luncheon. “Many nations have defeated hunger, and it doesn’t require some great new scientific breakthrough like discovering a cure for cancer. It is, on one level, quite simple: People need access to an adequate amount of nutritious food,” said Josette Sheeran, executive director of the World Food Program. Sheeran, leader of the United Nations program since 2007, runs an agency that annually feeds more than 90 million…
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'C Street' Author Discusses Sex, Religion, Politics
“I have been reporting religion and politics for 10 years, but what brings me to the Press Club tonight is sex,” said Jeff Sharlet, author of "C Street: The Fundamentalist Threat to American Democracy," which he discussed on Sept. 27. Sharlet said there was little interest in his book until sex scandals broke about three politicians who lived at the C Street house: then-Rep. Mark Sanford, Sen. John Ensign and Rep. Chip Pickering, all religious Republican politicians who were revealed to be having extramarital affairs. The C Street House is run by The Fellowship, also known as the Family, a…
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