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Press Club Rewind - 6.4.2012
Press Club Rewind is a weekly review of events at the National Press Club. In this week's edition: Girl Scout CEO Anna Maria Chávez shows how scouting leads to success in later life; Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.) introduces anti-hazing legislation; two organizations file suit in the Supreme Court claiming an anti-Asian bias in college admissions; Cisco VP Doug Webster gives a preview of internet traffic in 2016; and Bill Nye "The Science Guy" champions childhood science education.
Type: Media
NPC Luncheon with Anna Maria Chávez
The chief executive officer of the Girl Scouts of America, Anna Maria Chávez, said at a May 30, 2012 NPC luncheon that the century-old organization is working with the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops to address any concerns. "We’re working with the Conference of Bishops to answer some questions they have," Chávez said during a luncheon Wednesday. "We do not take positions on some of these issues that we’re being alleged to take positions on."
Type: Media
Press Club Rewind - 5.28.2012
Press Club Rewind is a weekly video review of events at the National Press Club. In this week's edition: Author Timothy Gay analyzes the role of Cronkite, Rooney and other reporters during World War II in his book, "Assignment to Hell"; former NPC president Rick Dunham leads a seminar about Twitter; banker Rajat M. Nag outlines future challenges for export-dependent Asian countries; plus the national debt, health care costs and more.
Type: Media
Press Club Rewind - 5.21.2012
Press Club Rewind is a weekly video review of events at the National Press Club. In this week's edition: Former Senator Byron Dorgan insists the Keystone oil pipeline will be built, despite opposition; D.C. Mayor Vince Gray talks on early childhood education; La Raza chief Janet Murguia speaks on the need for "rational solutions" in immigration reform; and NPC Chef Susan Delbert goes on a culinary Zoofari.
Type: Media
Press Club Rewind - 5.14.2012
Press Club Rewind is a weekly video review of events at the National Press Club. In this week's edition: Billie Jean King serves advice on fighting childhood obesity; Daniel Linsker explains why the U.S. is losing ground in Latin America; empowering young women in politics; Paul Gigot addresses young journalists at the Phillips Foundation Awards; and Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius promotes healthier schools.
Type: Media
NPC Luncheon with Billie Jean King
Tennis legend Billie Jean King urged more tennis to combat American children's obesity at a May 9, 2012 club luncheon. King won 12 grand slam singles titles and 16 grand slam doubles titles. She once was ranked the number one tennis player in the world, after defeating tennis great Bobby Riggs in "The Battle of the Sexes" in 1973. She said more than 800,000 Americans are on the courts today but it is urgent to get more children there.
Type: Media
Press Club Rewind - 5.7.2012
Press Club Rewind is a weekly video review of events at the National Press Club. In this week's edition: a new Quinnipiac University poll shows Obama and Romney are neck and neck in two key states; The White House's war on leaks; the club celebrates World Press Freedom Day; Moms unite to put an end to the war on drugs; and Washington Nationals GM Mike Rizzo celebrates his team's early success.
Type: Media
Freedom of the Press 2012: Breakthroughs and Pushback in the Middle East
The National Press Club and Freedom House launched Freedom House’s annual survey of press freedom around the globe on World Press Freedom Day, May 3, 2012. The survey, entitled "Freedom of the Press 2012: Breakthroughs and Pushback in the Middle East," was discussed by panelists from Egypt, Mexico and Hungary who also talked about changes underway in their countries.
Type: Media
NPC Luncheon with Mike Rizzo
Washington Nationals General Manager Mike Rizzo offered this tip during a speakers' luncheon on May 4, 2012: Buy your tickets now. Nationals Park, he said, is "going to be the place to be and the ticket to have."
Type: Media
Obama's War on Leaks
James Risen of The New York Times, James Bamford, author of "The Puzzle Palace," and Matthew Miller, a former spokesman for the Justice Department discussed the Obama administration's crusade against leaks of government secrets - and against some of the journalists who report them - at the National Press Club in Washington on May 1, 2012. The panel discussion was a joint presentation of The National Press Club and The Overseas Press Club.
Type: Media