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Bailout in rearview mirror, GM set to invest $1.3 billion in U.S. plants
Outgoing General Motors Chairman and chief executive Dan Akerson, speaking at a Dec. 16 National Press Club luncheon a week after the federal government officially ended its five-year bailout of the auto industry by selling its last remaining GM shares, said the now-profitable company is only in the “early chapters our comeback story.” “We still have a lot to prove,” he said. As part of that proof, Akerson announced that GM will invest $1.3 billion in five of its U.S. manufacturing plants. The commitment, which he said will create or maintain more than 1,100 jobs, boosts the four-year total…
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This Week in National Press Club History: President Harding votes in Club election
December 15, 1921: President Warren G. Harding, former publisher of the Marion (Ohio) Daily Star and an active National Press Club member, casts his vote at the annual Club election. December 18 2007: Actor Morgan Freeman discusses the impact of severe storms and hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea and talks about the mission of his organization, Planet Now, to help residents in those regions protect their homes and businesses against storm disasters. This Week In National Press Club History is brought to you by the History & Heritage Committee,…
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Belkind brings global focus to National Press Club presidency
Myron Belkind, who worked as a foreign correspondent for four decades of his journalism career, wants to give the National Press Club a more global focus. Belkind will have a chance to implement his vision as the Club’s 107th president, a post he won in the organization’s Dec. 13 election. He will assume the office at the Jan. 17 Club general membership meeting and will be inaugurated at a Jan. 25 gala dinner, which this year will have an international theme. The former Associated Press bureau chief in Kuala Lumpur, New Delhi, London and Tokyo returned to the United States in 2004 and soon…
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Invest Mongolia provides opportunities, seeks prosperity
Invest Mongolia, the Mongolian government’s new effort to attract foreign investment, will create a win-win situation for the country and investors, said Mongolian Cabinet Minister Saikhanbileg Chimed at a Dec. 9 National Press Club Newsmaker event. Part of this effort includes the approval in October of the Mongolian Investment Legislation. This new law ends different rules for domestic and foreign private investors and provides investors with political and legal stability. Mongolia seeks to diversify and sustain its economy, fight corruption and establish a sovereign-wealth fund,…
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Report will serve as roadmap to improved healthcare delivery
The 2013 report from the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange “will serve as a new road map to the future and lead to improved healthcare delivery,” said Dr. Louis W. Sullivan, former secretary of health and human services, at a Dec. 5 National Press Club Newsmaker event announcing the release of the 2013 WEDI report. The report arises from a collaboration between the public and private sectors and places the patient in the center of healthcare, Sullivan said. He founded WEDI and served as honorary chair of the 2013 WEDI Report Executive Steering Committee. A group of 10 healthcare-…
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Is freedom of the press on the decline?
Are news organizations in the United States free to report on federal, state and local government officials? Or is press freedom something of the past? The National Press Club’s new podcast, "Update-1," discusses this issue with NPC President Angela Greiling Keane and Freedom of the Press Committee Chairman John Donnelly. The show can be heard by clicking here. All Press Club podcasts can be found on the Club website (click on Multimedia and then Podcast) and on iTunes. Podcast information is available by following the Press Club on Twitter at @pressclubDC or by joining the Club group on…
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Wizards, Capitals specials available for National Press Club members
National Press Club members can take advantage of some great promotions for Washington Wizards and Capitals holiday-season games at the Verizon Center. Please call Vlady Entin at 202-527-7979 with questions or to book your seats. Washington Wizards: Washington Wizards vs. L.A. Clippers on Saturday, Dec. 14 at 7 p.m. Wizards Press Box Package Press Box seats (located behind sections 414-420) with unlimited gourmet food, beverages, beer and wine in a semi-private area for only $89 per seat. VIP Courtside: Courtside seats include gourmet food, beer and wine along with VIP club access and…
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Attention all National Press Club members: Today is Election Day
National Press Club members have one last opportunity today to vote for Press Club officers and governors for 2014. Polls opened at 8 a.m. and will close at 7 p.m. Ballots, including those cast online and by paper absentee, will be counted immediately after closing. We expect results will be announced between 7:30 and 8:30 p.m. in the NPC's Reliable Source. Voting is running ahead of last year, which is believed to be a result of online voting making it easier to vote. Online voting ended Wednesday, Dec. 11, so the only way to vote today is in person at the Club. Thus far, 147 Journalists --…
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Openly gay mayor tells NPC Luncheon being the best mayor is the best thing she can do
While Annise Parker is one of the first openly gay mayors in a major American city, the Houston mayor shied away from her status as a leading Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender -- LGBT -- figure during her appearance at a National Press Club Luncheon Dec. 10. “The best thing I can do for the LGBT community, for my community, is to be the best mayor I can possibly be, to conduct myself with dignity and honor in all aspects,” Parker said. Parker, who is currently serving her third and final term as mayor, emphasized the reality of her position, explaining that while she would love to see…
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Peace Corps
Ms. Ruppe discusses the future of the Peace Corps. Congress approved increasing the number of volunteers from approximately 5,000 to 10,000 by 1992.
Type: Media