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Dr. Mordechai Kedar and Mr. David Bedein
Dr. Mordechai Kedar, Bar Ilan University in Israel and the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies and Mr. David Bedein, President, Center for Near East Policy Research, will discuss their research into the United Relief and Works Agency and their view that the Agency Exploits Palestinians and enables the Hamas-Led Government in Gaza. Contact: Peter Hickman, 301-530-1210 or 301-367-7711
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U.S.-U.N. Relations
While in Washington, DC to meet with President Clinton and others, Secretary-General Annan spoke about U.S.-United Nations relations. He said that the U.S. and U.N. must create a way to end the controversy over U.S. back payments to the U.N. He also reported on Iraqi compliance with weapons inspections. He also took questions from the audience of reporters.
Type: Media
NPC Events Committee
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International Correspondents Discussion on Media Development in Afghanistan
National Press Club member Mahtab Farid, who recently returned from 16 months in Afghanistan training more than 100 journalists, will explain how journalism is evolving in the country. In a presentation sponsored by the International Correspondents Committee, Farid will discuss how journalism is playing a key role in the country’s reconstruction efforts and will share some of her personal experiences working with the Afghan media, especially the training of women reporters, from her base in Bagram province. Farid served as a regional public diplomacy officer in eastern Afghanistan for the…
Type: Event
The Kalb Report - Anchoring 9/11: The Day and the Decade
The Kalb Report - Anchoring 9/11: The Day and the Decade Some of the leading journalists who were on the air during the 9/11 terrorist attacks will talk to host Marvin Kalb about "Anchoring 9/11: The Day and the Decade." With Marvin will be ABC's Charles Gibson, CBS' Dan Rather, Fox's Brit Hume and Frank Sesno, who was CNN's Washington bureau chief that day. They will talk about what happened on 9/11 and the subsequent decade that changed the world. The show will be in the Club's ballroom on Friday, Sept. 9 at 8:00 p.m. Please plan to arrive a few minutes early to get seated before the…
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NPC Board of Governors
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James Hansen
Drawing a Line in the Tar Sands: Why Stopping the TransCanada Pipeline to the U.S. is Vital to the Future of Our Children and Planet Internationally known Climatologist Dr. James Hansen (Columbia University Earth Institute) makes the case against building the Keystone XL Pipeline which would transport “dirty oil” from Alberta, Canada, to Texas. As the deadline nears for President Obama to approve or disapprove licensing of the “Tar Sand” pipeline, Hansen warns that it will be “Game Over” for the environment, today’s children and future generations if the KXL pipeline project goes through…
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NPC Luncheon with Ken Burns
Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns, director of the upcoming PBS film series Prohibition, will call for a national discourse on the tenuous relationship between civility and democracy in American history using his new film as a starting point at a National Press Club Speakers Series luncheon on Monday, October 3. “This year as we think about the 150th anniversary of the start of our Civil War, we must remember that the lack of civility in our political language threatens the very basis of American society,” Burns said. “I believe civility is essential to our ability as a nation to confront…
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Panel Discussion: "Women Report The Civil War"
Panel Discussion: “Women Report The Civil War” The History & Heritage Committee presents this event in observance of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, as well as the 40th anniversary of the admission of women to the National Press Club. A panel of distinguished scholars and journalists will cover the topic “Women Report The Civil War” from an unusual variety of perspectives: the war coverage and careers of several prominent women journalists, including Jane Swisshelm and Laura Redden (aka Howard Glyndon); the contrast in war coverage between women’s and children’s monthly…
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Conflict Zone Photography Exhibit
Conflict Zone, a groundbreaking combat photography exhibit, will be on view from Aug. 8 to Aug. 29 at the National Press Club. The show is being sponsored in Washington by the Independence Fund, The Washington Post Company and the National Veterans Art Museum. "I'm very pleased the National Press Club will be displaying this remarkable work, not only for our members, but also for the many people who happen to be in our facility on any given day,” said Club President Mark Hamrick, an Associated Press broadcast journalist. “These images serve as a reminder not only of the human toll from…
Type: Event