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Hamas Can't be Rearmed, Israeli Foreign Minister Says at Newsmaker
Halting the rearmament of Hamas, the militant government that controls Gaza, is crucial to a cease fire, Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said at a Newsmaker Friday at the Club. She was in Washington to meetd with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to sign an accord with the U.S. aimed at halting weapons smuggling across Egypt's border with Gaza. "The last thing that we want to see is rearmament of Hamas after the military operation," Livni said at the Newsmaker. "The right of Israel to self-defense includes not only the moment in which Israel is being targeted, but also when there is a…
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Initiation Waiver Extended; 84 New Members Welcomed into Club
The waiver of the initiation fee for new Club members will continue through 2009. The Board of Governors approved continuing the waiver, which was originally implemented during the Club’s Centennial year, at its first meeting of 2009 on Friday following the membership meeting. Membership Secretary Mark Hamrick said the waiver had proved to be “a very successful recruitment tool.” The Board also approved the applications of 84 new members: ActiveDonghui Yu - The China Press, Chief Correspondent; Glenn Marcus – Freelance, Producer/Writer; Jane Hautanen - Salem Communications, Station Services…
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McConnell Pledges Cooperation, Predicts Prompt Stimulus Passage
Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky, Senate Republican leader, echoed President Barack Obama’s inaugural pledge of bipartisanship at a Jan. 23 Club Luncheon but didn’t hesitate to make his own points as well. He expressed disapproval of the plan to close the Guantanamo prison and advocated loans, not grants, to states in the stimulus package. McConnell reminded the audience why the president needs Congressional cooperation: He can’t sign a bill until Congress passes it or spend money unless Congress appropriates it. Of the issues on which Republicans can cooperate with Congressional Democrats and the…
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Newspaper Plight on NPR
The state of (financial) affairs in the news biz was the subject of an NPR Marketplace story on Wednesday. Gil Klein, former Club president who spent last year conducting panel discussions nationwide on behalf of the Club to assess the changes in the industry and how they affect the First Amendment, was interviewed. Here's a link: http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/01/28/pm_dc_newslet…
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Leinwand Sworn in as 102nd President; Club Celebrates at "Hurricane Donna"
More than 300 people attended "Hurricane Donna" Saturday night to celebrate Donna Leinwand's swearing-in as the Club's 102nd president. Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz administered the oath of office, which Leinwand took with her hand on a military helmet (reflecting her many reporting assignments in Iraq and other war zones). Guests dined on sirloin steak, drank copious amounts and roared with laughter at the witty barbs of poliical satarist Mark Russell. Ken Paulson, in his last moments at the editor of USA Today (Donna's employer), delighted the audience with his cheerleading of…
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It's Buy a Newspaper Day Today
About a month ago, a member of Facebook was feeling discouraged about the state of the newspaper industry. He came up with an idea: Buy a Newspaper Day. As things do on Facebook, the idea took off, and Buy a Newspaper Day got 5,437 "yes" RSVPs. You don't have to be a Facebook member or have replie "yes" to join this show of support for on-paper newspapers. Buy one today. (Better yet: Subscribe!) If you'd like to read how this all came about, here it is: ORIGINAL POST As the economy continues to deteriorate, one of the industries that is going to be most severely affected is the American…
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Rep. Barbara Lee: "Second Name is Courage," Helen Thomas Says
A Book Event happened on the way to the White House. Rep. Barbara Lee, chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus, was called to the White House by President Obama for a meeting shortly before her scheduled C;ub appearance on Wednesday to discuss her new book, “Renegade for Peace and Justice: Congresswoman Barbara Lee Speaks for Me”. In a gracious gesture, she said she would be a little late to the meeting in order to keep her Press Club commitment. Veteran White House Correspondent Helen Thomas introduced her longtime friend with the explanation, “Courage is her second name.” Thomas spoke…
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Newspapers are Fact-Checked, Hand-Delivered, No Pop-up Ads. What's Not to Love? Paulson Says
In his last moments as editor of USA Today before moving to the No. 2 spot at the Newseum, Ken Paulson offered his insights at the inauguration of the NPC's new president. Paulson congragulated the Club for choosing Donna Leinwand as its leader for 2009 and discussed the situation of the newspaper industry: I do think there's room for some perspective. Yes, it's true that there have been significant layoffs at America's newspapers, but there have also been huge layoffs at Home Depot, and no one is predicting the demise of hammers. You have to separate the troubled economy from the special…
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A Little Something to Start the Week Right
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
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Economic Crisis: Journalists Warned, But Who was Listening?
Story from Kalb Report Business and economics reporters warned about the looming economic crisis long before it happened, but the public did not want to hear about it, four leading business journalists told host Marvin Kalb at The Kalb Report int eh NPC Ballroom Monday evening. The information was out there, said Steve Pearlstein, Washington Post business columnist. But it required people to focus on it. Yet the economy had such momentum that people could not see the danger. The problem is that journalists were compelled to quote someone from the other side – in the finance industry or…
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