Search
Displaying results 21921 - 21930 of 25297
Milley has spoken out in recent weeks on a variety of issues, including the war in Ukraine, tenuous relations with military counterparts in China, the months-long Republican hold in the Senate on more than 200 general and flag officer nominations and promotions as leverage against new reproductive health policies at the Defense Department, and politicization of the military. "We in uniform, we are an apolitical, nonpartisan institution," he told CNN. "And we want no part of any of these political issues that are out there." This in-person event begins with lunch in the Club ballroom at 12 p.m…
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Mark Milley to speak at Headliners Luncheon, Friday
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley will speak at a National Press Club in-person Headliners Luncheon on Friday, June 30. Milley is nearing the end of his four-year term as the nation’s highest-ranking military officer and the principal military advisor to the President, Secretary of Defense, and National Security Council.
Type: News
Crab fest, karaoke, trivia will keep Reliable Source jumping in July
It’ll be another busy month in July at the Reliable Source restaurant. The Club’s annual crab fest. karaoke and Pub Quiz trivia -- all are on the schedule at the Club’s popular watering hole as it announces its July special events. The events supplement the restaurant’s traditional Taco Night every Friday -- and, of course, its usual offerings of fine food, drink and conviviality. The restaurant is open to Club members and their guests for lunch Monday through Friday and dinner Wednesday through Friday. Carryout service is available five days a week. Special events will be: Thursday, July 13…
Type: News
National Press Club statement on the continued online harassment of Wall Street Journal reporter Sabrina Siddiqui
WASHINGTON, June 28 – Following is a statement from Eileen O’Reilly, president of the National Press Club, and Gil Klein, president of the National Press Club Journalism Institute, on the continued online harassment of Wall Street Journal reporter Sabrina Siddiqui. “We condemn in the strongest terms the continued online harassment and trolling of Wall Street Journal reporter Sabrina Siddiqui, who was simply doing her job when she posed this question on June 22 to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a joint press conference with President Joe Biden: “There are many human rights groups…
Type: News
Like many journalists around the world, Dong met regularly with foreign diplomats, journalists, and academics during which they discussed China and the world situation. Such exchanges are a normal part of what the Chinese government supports as “people-to-people diplomacy.”Dong was detained while having lunch with a Japanese diplomat in an open setting. That’s why Dong’s detention and indictment came as a shock to many who know him. His meetings with Chinese and foreign friends and colleagues were open and transparent, planned via WeChat, which is unencrypted and subject to government…
To our knowledge, more than a year into Dong’s detention, the Chinese authorities have not produced any concrete evidence to support the espionage charge. Although Dong worked at a Communist Party newspaper, he joined the Communist Party and therefore had limited access to what the Chinese authorities consider “secret.” Moreover, the Chinese authorities had allowed Dong’s regular interactions with foreigners to occur for more than 20 years. According to Chinese law, to prove the charge of espionage, the Chinese authorities must show that Dong is “an agent of an espionage organization.”…
Change.org petition calls on Chinese authorities to release journalist Yuyu Dong
The National Press Club through a petition on Change.org is calling on Chinese authorities to release journalist Yuyu Dong, who has been in detention on false charges of espionage since February 21, 2022, the day after the end of the Beijing Winter Olympics. Dong is a senior editor and columnist for the Guangming Daily, one of China’s major papers. He was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University and is well-known to many foreign journalists and scholars. He was also a visiting fellow to Keio University and Hokkaido University in Japan. He has written articles for The New York Times Chinese…
Type: News