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Women in Politics Too Easily Stereotyped, Author Says
“Let’s have a conversation about the adventures of women in politics, how they are seen, portrayed and objectified in the media, and the legacy that we are leaving to our daughters,” said Leslie Sanchez, political pundit and television commentator at the Club Jan. 25. Her latest book, “You’ve Come a Long Way, Maybe: Sarah, Michelle, Hillary, and the Shaping of the New American Woman,” examines how far women have come in American politics, and how far they still need to go. Sanchez said that unlike men, women in politics easily fall into stereotypes. For instance,the 2008 election saw “the…
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Filmmaker Discusses Soviet Atrocities
Edvins Snore, the Latvian author-producer of the documentary, "The Soviet Story," showed clips from his film at a Jan. 25 Newsmaker and gave a behind-the-scenes look at the archival research in several European countries that went into his work. The film compares atrocities committed by the Soviet Union during its 74 years with those of the 12-year Nazi regime in Germany. Snore said the USSR's crimes had been whitewashed because, among other reasons, Moscow was a wartime ally of the West. He said his film tells "the first complete story of Europe's most murderous regime." The Soviets "had…
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Leader of Liberal Party in Iraq Lays Out Party Platform
The Ahrar (Liberal) Party of Iraq supports a secular Iraqi government that views all sects, tribal affiliations and religious preferences equally, the party head said at a Newsmaker Jan. 28. In discussing the country's March general elections for the Council of Representatives, Imam Ayad Jamal Aldin also said his party supports freedom of press, information and speech, women's rights and "heavy concentration" on job creation and strengthening of the economy. Aldin said the Ahrar Party favors creation of a secular state "not to reduce the role of God in our lives, but to liberate religion…
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Club Members Welcome New President at Bjerga Inaugural
NEW & NOTEWORTHYPosted by Sylvia Smith - 02/01/2010 | Email the editorClub Members Welcome New President at Bjerga Inaugural NPC President Alan Bjerga and Sen. Amy Klobuchar during the inaugural dinnerPhoto: Noel St. John With snow flurries blanketing the streets of Washington in white and bison on the menu, Alan Bjerga of Bloomberg News joined hundreds of guests to celebrate his inauguration as the National Press Club’s 103rd president Jan. 30. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., swore in Bjerga, a fellow Minnesotan, with Bjerga's hand on a Minnesota Vikings Brett Favre jersey, Bjerga took a (…
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NASA Explains Private Partnership Deals for Transportation Needs
The U.S. will rely on the nation's aerospace contractors to fill the gap when NASA's shuttle program ends later this year, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden announced at a Newsmaker Feb. 2. "We may soon have the prospect of multiple providers of space transportation,” he said. "This would ensure that we have safe reliable redundant domestic capability. We do not have this today, which is the crux of our dependence on our Russian partners and the Soyuz space craft,” Bolden said. Bolden announced NASA is distributing $50 million in grant money to five companies to design the rockets, the…
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Death of US Troops in Pakistan Reflects on Zardari, Court Official Says
On a day that three American troops were killed in northwest Pakistan, Farooq Hassan, senior advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan , called it "highly embarassing" to the government of President Asif Ali Zardari. At a Feb. 3 Newsmaker, he said the government "is acutely aware of the unpopularity of (its) close ties to Washington." The three men were military trainers in a convoy headed to Lower Dir in the Northwest. Hassan said critics accuse the government of "turning a blind eye to repeated American drone attacks in the Northwest, which have killed more than 1,200 civilians during the…
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Commerce Sec'y Announces Details of Obama's Export Initiative
Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, speaking at a Luncheon Feb. 4, announced a three-point plan to implement President Obama’s goal of doubling the nation’s exports over five years to $3 trillion a year. Calling the United States one of the few developed nations that does not have a “focused, comprehensive and agile” strategy to boost oversales sales, Locke said the new National Export Initiative marks the first time the nation “will have a government-wide export-promotion strategy with focused attention from the president and his cabinet.” Prior to the initiative, he said, export promotion "may…
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Schieffer Wins NPC's Coveted Fourth Estate Award
Bob Schieffer, the longtime host of “Face the Nation” on CBS, has been named the 38th winner of the National Press Club’s highest honor, the Fourth Estate Award. The Club’s Board of Governors unanimously voted to give the award to Schieffer for his exemplary career at CBS as well as his extraordinary contributions to journalism and the Club over the years, said NPC President Alan Bjerga. Schieffer has served as CBS' chief Washington correspondent since 1982. In addition, he hosted the CBS Evening News before Katie Couric took over the anchor's chair, handled every major beat in the CBS…
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Snow Closes Club at 1 pm Friday, All Day Saturday; Monday Follows Fed Gov't
Due to weather conditions, the Club will close at 1 p.m. today (Friday). Taco night is canceled, and the Fourth Estate Restaurant will be closed. The Club will be closed Saturday, including restaurant operations. If the federal government is closed on Monday, the Club will also closed.
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NPC Open Tuesday; Kalb Report Postponed
The National Press Club will operate limited services on Tuesday, Feb. 9, regardless of the operating status of the federal government. Please check the web site daybook for the latest information on what events are being executed, as this will be changing over the course of Monday as clients make decisions about whether to hold or postpone their events. The Fourth Estate and Reliable Source restaurants will be open. The Kalb Report, scheduled for Tuesday evening and featuring an interview of Rupert Murdoch by Marvin Kalb, will be rescheduled. Watch the web and your email for any effect on…
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