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NPC Luncheon with Tom Vilsack, Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack described the effects of climate change on agriculture and detailed three new steps his department is taking to mitigate them at a National Press Club luncheon June 5, 2013.
Type: Media
NPC Luncheon with President Sebastián Piñera of Chile
Once the poorest of Spain's colonies, Chile aims to be "the first Latin American developed country without poverty," declared Chilean President Sebastián Piñera at a June 4, 2013 National Press Club luncheon.
Type: Media
NPC Luncheon - 2013 Gerald Ford Journalism Awards
Congressman Fred Upton, a Michigan Republican, and David Gergen, senior political analyst for CNN, were the featured speakers at the 26th annual Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation journalism awards luncheon hosted at the National Press Club on June 3, 2013. Honored at the awards were John Dickerson, chief political correspondent for Slate and political director for CBS News and winner of the 2013 prize for distinguished reporting on the presidency; and Hal Bernton, reporter for the Seattle Times and winner of the 2013 prize for coverage of national defense issues.
Type: Media
NPC Luncheon with Ólafur Grímsson
Icelandic President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson announced at a National Press Club Luncheon April 15, 2013 the creation of an international assembly named "Arctic Circle" to alert the world to glacial melting and other climate threats and what can be done about them.
Type: Media
NPC Luncheon with Gil Kerlikowske
Gil Kerlikowske, director of National Drug Control Policy and President Obama's top advisor on drug policy, addressed drug policy reform and the Obama administration's response to substance use at a National Press Club luncheon on April 17, 2013.
Type: Media
NPC Luncheon with John H. Noseworthy, M.D.
Dr. John H. Noseworthy, president and chief executive officer of the Mayo Clinic, called for scrapping the current federal reimbursement system for Medicare and Medicaid patients and replacing it with one that rewards health care providers who use the most effective and cost-efficent treatments at a April 9, 2013 National Press Club Luncheon address.
Type: Media
NPC Luncheon with Robert L. Johnson
Robert L. Johnson, Founder and Chairman of The RLJ Companies, addressed a March 26, 2013 National Press Club luncheon, sharing with attendees his findings from a recent Zogby poll, "Black Opinions in the Age of Obama."
Type: Media
NPC Luncheon with Kathy Calvin
Investing in adolescent girls is the key to alleviating global poverty, United Nations Foundation President and chief executive Kathy Calvin told a National Press Club luncheon on March 20, 2013.
Type: Media
NPC Speakers Breakfast with Reince Priebus
Republican National Committee Chair Reince Priebus addressed a National Press Club Speakers Breakfast on March 18, 2013. Priebus, who was re-elected as RNC Chair in January following a challenging 2012 election, discussed the forward strategy of the Republican Party.
Type: Media
NPC Luncheon with Thomas Drake
Thomas Drake, a former Senior Executive at NSA who was charged under the espionage act after he blew the whistle on waste and fraud and illegal activity at the intelligence agency, spoke at a March 15, 2013 National Press Club luncheon. Drake's event was part of the club's celebration of Sunshine Week, a national initiative to underscore the importance of open government and freedom of information.
Type: Media