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NPC Luncheon with Sally Jewell
Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, in the aftermath of the federal government shutdown, discusses the economic value of our nation's national parks and other public lands at a National Press Club luncheon on October 31, 2013.
Type: Media
George Takei speaks at NPC Luncheon - Oct. 18, 2013
Actor and gay rights advocate George Takei spoke about LGBT issues at a National Press Club luncheon on October 18th, 2013. Takei, who became famous playing Lieutenant Hikaru Sulu on the Star Trek TV series and in the franchise's films, has become and outspoken advocate for the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people and has also been an advocate for the rights of Japanese-Americans.
Type: Media
Mayors Mitch Landrieu and Michael Nutter address National Press Club luncheon - Sept. 26, 2013
New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu and Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter addressed the National Press Club at a September 26, 2013 luncheon. The big city leaders discussed their campaign to cut the nation's murder rates, reduce gun violence and address other issues affecting the urban community.
Type: Media
NPC Speakers Breakfast with EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy
Gina McCarthy, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, addressed a National Press Club breakfast on Sept. 20, 2013.
Type: Media
NPC Luncheon with NAACP Chief Benjamin Jealous
If history is any guide, racial profiling is ineffective, inhumane and indefensible, Benjamin Jealous, president and CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), told an Aug. 29, 2013 National Press Club luncheon. The United States is a young country, so “we have no excuse not to know our own history,” Jealous said. “When we forget our history, we repeat it. And we do so at a great price.”
Type: Media
NPC Luncheon with Gov. Mary Fallin of Oklahoma - Sept. 17, 2013
Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin, Chair of the National Governors Association, laid out her 2013/14 Chair’s Initiative, "America Works: Education and Training for Tomorrow’s Jobs" at a National Press Club Luncheon on Sept. 17, 2013. The yearlong initiative is set to spotlight improving education and workforce training systems and aligning those systems with the needs of individual state economies.
Type: Media
NPC Luncheon with Thomas Frieden
Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is worried about coughs. In his Sept. 10, 2013 talk at the National Press Club, Frieden cataloged the many types of health threats posed by the many new, deadly, sometimes drug-resistant pathogens loose in today's interconnected global environment. "A virus anywhere is just a plane ride away," Frieden said, and "most of our seafood, fruits and vegetables, and our medication supply comes from other countries."
Type: Media
Wendy Davis Speaks at Aug. 5, 2013 National Press Club Luncheon
"Texas isn’t listening to families,” said Texas State Senator Wendy Davis, at a National Press Club luncheon on August 5, 2013. Explaining her recent 13-hour filibuster in the Texas Senate, Davis emphasized that the filibuster was not just about a bill challenging reproductive rights. “It is about the failure of our [currently empowered] state leaders . . . to really be connected to our Texas families,” Davis said, describing how families are struggling with lack of health insurance and defunded public education.
Type: Media
NPC Luncheon with Carly Fiorina
Rules and regulations emanating from Washington are choking America's potential entrepreneurs, Carly Fiorina, former chairman of Hewlett Packard, said at a July 1, 2013 National Press Club luncheon.
Type: Media
NPC Luncheon with AP CEO Gary Pruitt
The Department of Justice's seizure of Associated Press phone records has made it tougher for reporters to do their jobs, AP President and CEO Gary Pruitt said June 19, 2013 at a National Press Club luncheon.
Type: Media