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NPC Luncheon with Herman Cain
Herman Cain, candidate for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, addressed a National Press Club luncheon on Monday, Oct. 31. Cain, the former chief executive of Godfather's Pizza, discussed why he thinks his skills as a businessman would make him the best choice for president.
Type: Media
NPC Luncheon with Harvey Levin
Harvey Levin, the creator of the celebrity news website TMZ.com and executive producer of the entertainment television news magazine TMZ-TV discussed the changing landscape in entertainment news coverage at a National Press Club Speakers Luncheon Monday, October 24.
Type: Media
NPC Luncheon with Natalie Cole
Grammy Award-winning entertainer Natalie Cole, daughter of singing legend Nat King Cole, addressed a Press Club Speakers luncheon on Wednesday, Oct. 19. Ms. Cole, diagnosed with chronic hepatitis C in 2008, lends her voice to the American Liver Foundation's national public health initiative, "Tune In to Hep C."
Type: Media
NPC Luncheon with Ray LaHood
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said passage of President Barack Obama's jobs bill is a "no brainer" in his Oct. 13, 2011 luncheon speech at the National Press Club. The jobs bill would create thousands of new jobs and allocate $50 billion for roads, bridges and transportation and $10 billion for an infrastructure bank, LaHood said.
Type: Media
NPC Luncheon with Ron Paul
Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX), candidate for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination, discussed his strategies to deal with many of the nation's problems at a National Press Club luncheon on Oct. 5, 2011.
Type: Media
NPC Luncheon with Ken Burns
Prohibition sent American progress reeling backward and led to new social ills, including bootlegging and organized crime, documentary film maker Ken Burns told a National Press Club on October 3, 2011. Burns' visit coincided with the airing of his exhaustive three-part series "Prohibition" on PBS.
Type: Media
NPC Luncheon with Elon Musk
Elon Musk, chief executive officer of SpaceX and founder of PayPal, addressed a National Press Club luncheon on September 29, 2011. He spoke about the future of human spaceflight in advance of his company's planned Nov. 30 flight to the International Space Station, the first private mission to ISS for NASA.
Type: Media
NPC Luncheon with Dolly Parton
Singer, songwriter and actress Dolly Parton appeared at the Press Club on February 10, 2009 to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, for which she is the ambassador. She discussed her life and career and even sang for the audience.
Type: Media
NPC Luncheon with Dennis Quiad
Dennis Quaid, actor and patient safety advocate, came to the Press Club on April 12, 2010 to speak about the prevention of nearly fatal medical errors. Quaid's newborn twins received a potentially deadly overdose of Heparin in 2007. He also promoted the launch of new National Alert Network for Serious Medication Errors (NAN) with the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. Quaid and his wife also started "The Quaid Foundation" to raise public awareness about medical errors.
Type: Media
NPC Luncheon with Rudy Giuliani
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani left the door open for a possible run for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination after a hard-hitting speech to a sold-out National Press Club luncheon on Sept. 6, 2011. In analyzing the state of U.S. security in the decade following the 9/11 attacks, he praised President Barack Obama for capturing and killing Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, he attacked Obama's policy of setting dates for troop withdrawals from Afghanistan and Iraq.
Type: Media