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United Mine Workers Issues
Mr. Trumka spoke to a luncheon audience on the United Mine Workers' perspective on labor and business issues. He discussed the situation of the average coal miner in the U.S., and went on to speak on the legislative agenda for the United Mine Workers in terms of pressure for higher wages and labor-management relations. Following his prepared remarks, he responded to questions submitted by audience members.
Type: Media
National Press Club Awards Luncheon
Columnist David Broder delivered a brief speech to a luncheon audience at the National Press Club following a ceremony honoring the club's best journalists of the previous year. Awards were given to the winners of nearly twenty categories of journalism, and each winner spoke briefly. Mr. Broder discussed the balance between objective journalism, journalistic criticism, and the production of news reporting. He called for journalists to become more aware of the obligations and responsibilities involved in fair reporting and journalistic coverage.
Type: Media
Politics in South Africa
South African President De Klerk spoke to a luncheon audience at the National Press Club on the process of democratization and economic reform in South Africa. In his remarks, he discussed his negotiations with black political parties to forge a new South African constitution and free elections, and the creation of a new political party in South Africa for its new political situation. Following his prepared remarks, he responded to questions from members of the audience.
Type: Media
U.S. Justice Department Issues
Attorney General Janet Reno spoke to a luncheon audience at the National Press Club on issues relating to the Department of Justice including media coverage of the attorney general and other members of the Justice Department. In her remarks, the attorney general reviewed the major events in the Department of Justice during the first months of the Clinton administration, such as the FBI assault on the Branch Davidian cult in Waco, Texas, and the department's crime prevention efforts. Following her prepared remarks, she responded to questions from members of the audience.
Type: Media
U.S. Environmental Policies
Ms. Browner spoke to a luncheon audience on U.S. environmental policy concerning pesticide use. She discussed the E.P.A.'s efforts to reduce overall pesticide use in human food, specificaly children's food, and the efforts to replace hazardous pesticides with natural or benign pesticides. Her remarks followed the release of a government report on pesticides in the diets of American children released earlier in the week. Following her prepared remarks, she responded to questions from members of the audience.
Type: Media
U.S.-Russia Relations
Ambassador Strauss spoke to a luncheon audience on U.S.-Russian relations and the challenges facing the Russian Republic in the near future as it continues political and economic reform. In his remarks, he recommended the U.S. provide help to the Russian Republic not out of obligation or charity, but for simple self-interest in sustaining political reform in the former Cold War adversary. Following his prepared remarks, Ambassador Strauss responded to questions from members of the audience.
Type: Media
Undersea Exploration
Mr. Ballard spoke to a luncheon audience about his work as an undersea explorer, including his discovery of the wreck of the Titanic in the northern Atlantic, his work in Guadacanal locating sunken military ships, and his upcoming plans to locate the wreck of the Lusitania. Following his prepared remarks, Mr. Ballard, who works at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, responded to questions from members of the audience.
Type: Media
Redefining the Pro-Choice Movement
Planned Parenthood President Pamela Maraldo spoke to a luncheon audience in the National Press Club on the new agenda for the pro-choice movement. She reviewed the history of the pro-choice movement, and discussed her thoughts on changing Planned Parenthood's emphasis on abortion rights to meaningful health care reform to reduce the need for abortions in American society. Following her prepared remarks, Ms. Maraldo responded to questions from members of the audience.
Type: Media
The Politics of Virtue
George Washington University Sociology Professor Etzioni, founder of the Communitarian movement, discussed his book The Politics of Virtue and his other writings in a speech to a luncheon audience. His writings focus on the concept of tying together one's private rights and one's public responsibilities, the rights someone has to create themselves and gain wealth and the debt they incur against their community. Following his prepared remarks, he responded to questions from members of the audience.
Type: Media
Gerald R. Ford Journalism Awards
President Ford presented awards to two journalists for excellence in print media during the annual Ford Foundation award luncheon at the National Press Club. Following the presentation, the former president spoke briefly on the importance of the North American Free Trade Agreement to the U.S. and its economy, and responded to questions from members of the audience following his prepared remarks.
Type: Media