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LegiStorm Pro founder to demonstrate how reporters can use new features of congressional site, Oct. 20
Join us at 1 p.m. on Oct. 20 for an hour-long demonstration of LegiStorm Pro, “the professional's answer to the question of who and what runs Congress.” The founder of LegiStorm, Jock Friedly, will demonstrate the many features of the site’s new version for professional users, including real-time staff lists, contact information, biographical data, advanced people searching, searchable congressional reports (including CRS reports), searchable House and Senate disbursements, revolving door information, and more. The session will be held in the Bloomberg Room. Register by contacting Beth…
Type: News
Space exploration critical for human survival, SpaceX entrepreneur Elon Musk says
Human exploration of space is essential to ensure the survival of the human species, said Elon Musk, chief executive and chief technical officer of Space Exploration Technologies, known as SpaceX, at a Sept. 29 National Press Club luncheon. Calling multi-planetary life an insurance policy “for life as we know it,” the 40-year-old physicist/entrepreneur/inventor warned that catastrophic natural or man-made disasters -- such as the planetoid collision that wiped out the dinosaurs eons ago or nuclear holocaust or climate change -- could someday wipe out humankind. Space exploration “is the next…
Type: News
Oom Pa Pa the night away at Oktoberfest buffet, Oct. 20
Celebrate crisp autumn weather and dazzling fall foliage at the annual Reliable Source Oktoberfest buffet on Thursday, Oct. 20 at the Reliable Source. The buffet opens at 5:30 p.m. Stay tuned for details of the themed buffet menu. Accordion player Roy Byer will play music. The buffet will be $17. Reservations are required in advance. For more information about this event, please contact: Mesfin Mekonen 202-662-7443 [email protected]
Type: News
Meet Jefferson Master Distiller at Bourbon Dinner, Oct. 18: Reserve now!
This popular event event returns for a second year! Jefferson's Bourbon Master Distiller Trey Zoeller will guide you through a tasting featuring three bourbons, including the Presidential, and a rye during a multi-course bourbon dinner at the Fourth Estate Restaurant at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 18. The evening begins with a reception featuring a bourbon cocktail and includes a signed bottle of Jefferson Small Batch Bourbon signed by Zoeller (a $42 retail value). Malt Advocate calls Jefferson's "superbly balanced, sophisticated and very drinkable. An outstanding whiskey." Chef Susan Delbert…
Type: News
TMZ.com celeb news founder Harvey Levin to address NPC luncheon, Oct. 24
Harvey Levin, the creator of the celebrity news website TMZ.com and executive producer of the entertainment television news magazine TMZ-TV will discuss how the show and website changed how people get entertainment and political news at a National Press Club Speakers Luncheon Monday, October 24. Founded in 2005, TMZ.com is one of the most-cited entertainment news sources and was named “one of the coolest websites” by Time magazine and the “Breakout Blog of 2007” by Newsweek. The letters TMZ stand for the "thirty-mile zone,” referencing the studio zone within a 30-mile radius of downtown…
Type: News
Environmental activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Maathai, 2005 NPC luncheon speaker, dies of cancer
Kenyan environmental activist Wangari Muta Maathai, the first African woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, died of cancer Sunday in a hospital Nairobi. She was 71. Maathai, who founded the Green Belt Movement in 1977 to protect and revitalize Kenya's forests, spoke at the National Press Club on May 14, 2005, shortly after winning the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize. Maathai's Greenbelt Movement employed many of Africa's poorest people to plant more than 40 million trees and shrubs. Maathai, also an advocate of good governance in Africa, served as a member of the Kenyan parliament and as an…
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Family Research Council director predicts "any Republican with a pulse" will defeat Obama in 2012
The race for the Republican Presidential nomination won't come down to Rick Perry and Mitt Romney, but any Republican nominee "with a pulse" will defeat President Obama in 2012, Tony Perkins, executive director of the Washington-based Family Research Council, said at a Sept. 27 Newsmaker. "We have a good field of candidates now," for the Republican nomination, Perkins said. He rejected New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie as a potential contender. Perkins, who once served in the Louisiana legislature, said voters will choose a president who addresses "big government" issues such as health care, tax…
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Nation must encourage growth, Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels tells Club audience
Government programs should be limited, but excellent, Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels said a National Press Club Book and Author event Monday. Skepticism of big government should not mean contempt for all government, Daniels said during a discussion of his new book, "Keeping the Republic: Saving America by Trusting Americans." The federal government should spend less on non-essential government programs to save money and eliminate the need for new taxes. "In Indiana, we adopted a belief in a limited sphere of government, but tried to make sure that what we attempted within that limited sphere was…
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Want to lead the Club? Don't miss the deadlines
Here is the schedule for this year's election for officers and members of the National Press Club Board of Governors: Oct. 3 Nominations open Nov. 11 Nominations close Nov. 14 Candidate bios & photos to the Wire editor and campaign mailing materials due Nov. 16 Ballot, bios and photos appear in Wire. Copy of ballot posted on web and bulletin board Nov. 18 Absentee ballots available.Campaign materials mailed Nov. 21 Board appoints Election Committee and Chairman Dec. 8 In-person absentee ballots picked up by 6 p.m. Dec. 9 Elections – polls open 8 a.m. – 7 p.m. -- Joel Whitaker…
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Mrs. Sadat Speech
Type: Media