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Chicago’s troubled schools making gains, Mayor Emanuel tells Club
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, in a speech at a National Press Club Headliners Luncheon on Tuesday, said his city’s public schools have made substantial gains in the six tumultuous years since he took office. He promised schools would open on time in September despite recent borrowing and a budget impasse between Illinois’ Republican governor and Democratic-controlled state legislature. Emanuel, who served as White House chief of staff for President Obama, also said he expects Democrats to gain nationwide in the 2018 mid-term elections. But he said he was unsure his party would take back control…
Type: News
Terrorist battle will rage beyond ISIS, Joint Chiefs chair warns Headliners Luncheon
Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, warned Americans to be prepared for a long battle with terrorist organizations that will not end with the defeat of ISIS in the Middle East. As part of a wide-ranging "fireside chat" question-and-answer interview with National Press Club President Jeffrey Ballou at a Club Headliners Luncheon Monday, June 19, the former commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan said Americans should realize that terrorism is something the world "will be dealing with for a long period of time" and that countermeasures must be politically…
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Ex-energy chief, Greek official on tap for Headliners Newsmaker events Wedmesday morning
The National Press Club will host two Headliners Newsmaker press events Wednesday morning,June 21. At 10 a.m., in the Lisagor Room, former U.S, Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz plans to propose ways to maintain America’s innovation leadership in energy. He will announce the formation of a new nonprofit organization, Energy Futures Initiative, that aims to push for clean energy. At 11 a.m., in the Bloomberg Room, Greek Minister of Economy and Development Dimitri Papadimitriou plans to discuss the Greek debt crisis and next steps for the European nation. Both Newsmaker events are open to…
Type: News
Trump will survive current woes, win second term, Gingrich predicts at Headliners Book Rap
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, in a spirited defense of President Trump, predicted at a National Press Club Headliners Book Rap Friday that the Republicans may gain seats next year in the congressional elections and called the current Russian investigation "junk." "I love saying in front of a liberal audience, 'During Trump's second term...'" Gingrich said. Gingrich acknowledged he was "very worried" about Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III who has "surrounded himself with the collective group of people who are engaged in a witch hunt." Earlier in the week Gingrich had tweeted that he…
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Dinner on July 28 to honor winners of Club's Journalism Awards
The National Press Club will celebrate winners of its 44th Annual Journalism Awards on Friday, July 28, with a reception in the Holeman Lounge beginning at 6 p.m. followed by dinner and program in the Ballroom at 7 p.m. Tickets to this event are $50 per person. Reservations are required and must be made here. For more information, contact: Joann Booze @[email protected] or 202-662-7532.
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Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Dunford to speak at Headliners Luncheon, Monday, 11:30 a.m.
Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will discuss several important issues facing the U.S. military, including the latest strategy to defeat the Islamic State and other terrorist groups, at a National Press Club Headliners Luncheon this coming Monday, June 19. Lunch will be served at a special time of 11:30 a.m. The program will run from noon to 1 p.m. and be webcast live on press.org at noon. Purchase tickets online. Luncheons are open to credentialed members of the media and to the public. For more information go to www.press.org or email lunderwood@…
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Sign time: Make a poster for Club members playing in Wednesday Congressional women's softball game
Stop by the Reliable Source Friday evening during Taco Night to make a poster (or two) to support four National Press Club members -- Abby Livingston of the Texas Tribune, Lynn Sweet of the Chicago Sun-Times, Shawna Thomas of Vice News and Sarah Wire of the Los Angeles Times -- who will be part of the journalists' team when it takes on female members of Congress in the annual Congressional Women's Softball Game on Wednesday, June 21. Proceeds from the game benefit Young Survival Coalition, the premier global organization dedicated to the critical issues unique to young women who are…
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Economic Policy in the Presidential Campaign
Senator Kerrey, currently serving his first term in the U.S. Senate, announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for the presidency on September 30. He discussed his proposals to improve the nation's economy in a speech before the National Press Club, and responded to questions from the audience following his prepared remarks.
Type: Media
Ken Burns, Lynn Novick hope their PBS documentary on Vietnam will shift national discourse, they tell Headliners Event
Filmmakers Ken Burns and Lynn Novick want to fundamentally change the national conversation about the Vietnam War, and they’re hoping their new 18-hour documentary on the subject will be the impetus for such a paradigm shift. The two filmmakers made that clear Wednesday morning at a National Press Club Headliners Event at which they joined retired Air Force Gen. Merrill A. McPeak, who played an integral advisory role in the documentary, producer Sarah Bostein, and National Press Club President Jeff Ballou. The documentary series, which premieres Sept. 17 on PBS and will feature 10 episodes,…
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Greek official plans debt crisis discussion at Headliners Newsmaker, June 21
Greek Minister of Economy and Development Dimitri Papadimitriou plans to discuss the Greek debt crisis and next steps for the European nation at a National Press Club Headliners Newsmaker in the Club’s Bloomberg Room on Wednesday, June 21, at 11 a.m. All Headliners Newsmaker press events are open to credentialed media and Press Club members free of charge but RSVPs are required. Click here to register. Papadimitriou is on leave from New York’s Bard College to serve in the Greek government. At Bard, Papadimitriou is a professor of economics and president of the Levy Economics Institute. He…
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