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Postmaster General: Post Office needs to cut $20 billion to survive
The survival of the U.S. Postal Service depends on Congress giving it the latitude to cut its costs by $20 billion, Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe said at a Nov. 21 National Press Club luncheon. Donahoe said the system "lost more than $5 billion" in the most recent fiscal year and could go broke without congressional action. He said the organization needs to achieve $20 billion in savings by 2015, a move that would require closing as many as 3,500 low-perfoming post offices and possibly ending Saturday delivery. Although he expressed gratitude for what he calls strong congressional…
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Club secretary emphasizes guidelines about Club election events, endorsements
One of the National Press Club’s proudest traditions is that all members, in their personal and private capacity, may endorse any candidate for Club office, including sponsoring “meet the candidate” events. There are some guidelines, however, that must be followed: Committee chairs are appointed by the president and serve at his or her pleasure. They have no authority to speak for the Club in any matter unless designated by the president to do so, nor to speak for their committee in any matter that is not included in the committee’s charter. Committees are not campaign committees and,…
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FDR addresses Club dinner in 1932, leading to luncheon program
This Week In National Press Club History November 22, 1932: President-elect Franklin Delano Roosevelt is the first VIP formally invited to address the National Press Club at dinner. The event is so well received that the Club decides to hold formal luncheons in the auditorium, which leads to the formation of the Speakers Program and the advent of the Club as an international forum. November 22, 1957: The first President’s Ball features entertainment by comedian Sam Levenson, country music singer Eddy Arnold and husband and wife musical team Les Paul and Mary Ford. This Week in National Press…
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Economic ties build foundation to address security concerns, Russians tell Nov. 18 Newsmaker
The United States and Russia must develop a strong economic relationship in order to address nuclear and terrorism issues, according to two Russian businessmen and a retired general who spoke at a Nov. 18 Newsmaker. Retired Gen. Victor Yesin, former chief of staff of the Strategic Nuclear Missiles Department of the Soviet Ministry of Defense, said the United States and Russia "must have strong economic ties, because without that, we cannot have strong political ties." Yesin and the Russian business officials came to Washington as part of a larger group to meet with their U.S. counterparts and…
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Former Mexican governor upbeat for July presidential elections
The former governor of the State of Mexico Enrique Peña Nieto said Tuesday he was ready to compete "with anyone," in the upcoming Mexican presidential elections. Peña Nieto said as president he would push for the country's economic growth. Calling it a mutually dependent equation, Peña Nieto said security comes with economic growth and in turn, secure environs promote more economic prosperity. “If we really want to pay attention to security, education and health, we need to grow first," he said. Peña Nieto, the candidate for the Institutional Revolutionary Party, known by its Spanish acronym…
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Club event spotlights dangerous assignments
Among the many perilous countries where journalists work, Mexico and Pakistan stand out as particularly daunting, a panel of experts said Thursday at the National Press Club. Although different in many ways, the two countries both struggle to assert the rule of law and to foster democracy, including a free press. But in both countries, progress toward those ends has been fitful at best, as reporters have been intimidated, injured and killed in great numbers, two journalists and a State Department representative said a "The Danger of Knowing," a forum co-sponsored by the Club's Press…
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Saudi prince criticizes Obama over Palestinian UN bid
Saudi Arabian Prince Turki al-Faisal al-Saudi criticized President Obama for not backing the Palestinian bid for UN recognition and said it would lead to frustration in the Middle East. Obama contradicted his support for a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians when he threatened to thwart any move by the Palestinians to have full voting rights at the UN, Al-Faisal said at a Nov 10 Newsmaker event at the National Press Club. Obama's position will not only "cause disappointment" in the Arab world, but will provoke anger and frustration by people who feel they "have been let…
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Media and the President
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Communities must help returning veterans and their families, Camp Better America founders say
Communities should make an organized effort to connect with military veterans returning from Iraq or Afghanistan, Kathleen Gagg, co-founder of Camp Better America, said at a Press Club Newsmaker Nov. 15. Col. David Sutherland, special assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Warrior and Family Support at the Department of Defense, said that a holistic, partner-centric approach is needed to provide veterans and their families with education, adequate employment, and access to health care. Sutherland added that resources for veterans should be synchronized at the local level.…
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'Ink on paper' sells to hundreds at wildly successful 34th NPC Book Fair
Move over Kindle. The turnout for Tuesday’s 34th annual Book & Authors Night proved that ink on paper is alive and well in Washington, D.C. Hundreds of people carrying green and white shopping bags filled with cookbooks, children’s picture books, political works and biographies worked their way through the tables, stopping to talk to the authors who signed their books. What America needs more of besides authors are “readers and purchasers of books,’’ Jim Lehrer, honorary chairman of the evening said at a reception for authors and sponsors before the three-hour event. “We are all here…
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