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NPC Luncheon with Michael Rizzo, General Manager/Vice President of The Washington Nationals
Nationals General Manager/Vice President Michael Rizzo will discuss the baseball season at a National Press Club luncheon on Friday, May 4. A former player, scout and assistant general manager, Rizzo stepped up to head the team following the sudden resignation of Jim Bowden in 2009. Rizzo will provide a team update and then look ahead to how see the 2012 season may play out. The Press Club luncheon will begin promptly at 12:30 p.m. Remarks will begin at 1:00 p.m., followed by a question-and-answer session, ending at 2 p.m. Advance reservations can be made below, or by contacting the NPC…
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36th Annual Book Fair & Authors' Night, in partnership with Politics & Prose
The Capitol region’s premiere holiday book event is back for the 36th year and for the first time, the National Press Club Journalism Institute is partnering with landmark local book seller Politics & Prose for a night of pols, pundits and prose. More than 95 authors have signed on to attend the National Press Club’s Book Fair and Authors’ Night, in partnership with Politics & Prose. They’ll be on hand to talk to their fans and sign books at this most exciting literary event of the holiday season. Patrons can browse for books at the Club’s headquarters at 529 14th Street NW from 5:30…
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State of the First Amendment
“State of the First Amendment” The First Amendment Center, in partnership with the National Press Club, Freedom Forum and the American Society of News Editors, will release results of its 2012 State of the First Amendment Survey at the National Press Club. The authoritative survey, which has examined public perspectives on First Amendment freedoms for the past 15 years, will explore contemporary free speech issues, including freedom of expression and the protection of intellectual property on the Internet. Presenters: Ken Paulson, chief executive officer, and Gene Policinski, senior vice…
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NPC Institute
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NPC Speakers Committee
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"Get it Online" Lunch & Learn with National Review's Jim Geraghty
NPC Newsmakers Committee
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Dr. Salima Ikram
The Head of the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, Psychology and Egyptology The American University at Cairo (AUC), DR. SALIMA IKRAM, will discussEGYPTOLOGY IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD: WHAT ANCIENT REMAINS OFFER TO MODERN SCIENCE and THE STATE OF ANTIQUITIES IN POST-REVOLUTIONARY EGYPT Dr. Ikram recently made news for her role in the discovery of prostate cancer in a 2200-year-old Egyptian mummy, which suggested the genetic origins of the disease. Contacts:National Press Club: PETER HICKMAN301/530-1210 (H&O/T&F), 301/367-7711 (C), 202/662-7540 (NPC), [email protected].…
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Panel to Discuss Global Nuclear Security and Preventing Nuclear Terrorism
Panel to Discuss Global Nuclear Security and Preventing Nuclear Terrorism Date and Time: April 6 at 10 a.m.Place: Zenger Room, National Press Club, 529 14th St. NW, 13th floor With the nuclear ambitions of North Korea and Iran a concern of many world leaders, particularly those in the United States and Israel, a panel of foreign policy practitioners will speak at a Press Club Newsmaker on global nuclear security and ways to prevent nuclear terrorism. Panel participants will be: • Robert Gallucci, president of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and former chief U.S. negotiator…
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Is the Agriculture Department Relevant?
Secretary Glickman opposed proposals to eliminate the Department of Agriculture. He talked about the impact of the Agriculture Department on rural America and took questions from the audience.
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NPC Membership Committee
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