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Press Club Rewind05.20.13
Press Club Rewind is a weekly review of events at The National Press Club. In this week's edition: Astronaut Buzz Aldrin charts a course for Mars; Code Pink presses to close Guantanamo Bay; parents call on U.S. and Russian leaders to resolve their differences; a study recommends early education programs for homes where English is the second language; The American Dental Association looks to provide care for those with untreated dental issues; and former ombudsmen stress the need for media organizations to have unbiased internal reviewers.
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Chris EvertTennis Plays Positive Role in Society, Legend Tells Luncheon
Tennis legend Chris Evert, winner of 18 Grand Slam championships and No. 1 ranked women’s player for seven years, called tennis “the greatest sport out there” at a National Press Club luncheon Tuesday, May 7.
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Patrick R. DonahoePostmaster General says bailout could cost $58 billion
U.S. taxpayers may have to pay $58 billion through 2017 to bail out the U.S. Postal Service but the financially troubled agency would much prefer postal-reform legislation that gives it the ability to right its own ship, Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe said at a National Press Club Luncheon April 19.
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Ólafur GrímssonIceland president sounds climate alarm
Iceland President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson announced at a National Press Club Luncheon April 15 the creation of an international assembly named "Arctic Circle" to alert the world to glacial melting and other climate threats and what can be done about them.
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Ken BurnsFilmmaker gives account of false arrest in "Central Park Five"
Ken Burns' latest documentary for the Public Broadcasting System turned out to be a family undertaking for him, he told a National Press Club Luncheon audience April 12.
- May222013 CDC Tips from Former Smokers 9:30 AM @ Holeman Lounge
- May222013 Commission on the Theft of American Intellectual Property "IP Commission" Report Launch 2:00 PM @ Conference Rooms
- May222013 Jessica Buchanan & Erik Landemalm "Impossible Odds: The Kidnapping of Jessica Buchanan and Her Dramatic Rescue by SEAL Team Six" 6:30 PM @ Conference Rooms
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- Cronkite's Grandson to Discuss Book of Anchorman's Letters from Europe May 21, 2013
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Walter Cronkite IV and historian Maurice Isserman will discuss and sign copies of their book, "Cronkite's War: His World War II Letters Home," at 6:30 pm June 4 at the Club.
Registration is required at http://www.press.org/events/cronkite. Tickets are free for NPC members, $5 general public. This event is a fundraiser for the NPC Journalism Institute and no outside books will be permitted.
- Panel Disagrees on Prospects for New Immigration Law May 21, 2013
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Members of a panel on immigration disagreed on prospects for legislation in 2013 at a May 20 event co-sponsored by the Club’s International Correspondents Committee and International Center for Journalism.
Luis Miranda, former director of Hispanic media for President Barack Obama, said Congress would overhaul U.S. immigration laws. Mark Krikorian of the Center for Immigration Studies, said Congress wouldn't act. Cindy Carcamo, a reporter for the Los Angeles Times, and Jeffrey S. Passel of the Pew Hispanic Center said they were uncertain.
- Sequestration's Impact Felt by Defense Industry, Newsmaker Panel Says May 21, 2013
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Defense contractors are having a tough time under sequestration, the automatic across-the-board spending cuts that took effect when President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans couldn't agree on an alternative.
That's according to a panel of industry chief executive officers at a Club Newsmaker May 16.
From the President's Desk
Press Club Asks For Answers In AP Records Seizure
May 13, 2013 | By Angela Greiling Keane
In the wake of reports today that the Justice Department secretly obtained phone records of several of AP’s reporters and four of its offices, the National Press Club requests that the Obama administration publicly explain the reasons behind the action.
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Freedom of the Press
Club Stands With Dozens of News Groups Protesting Associated Press Investigation
May 15, 2013 | By Jeff Plungis
The National Press Club joined more than four dozen media organizations to call for the Justice Department to return phone records of Associated Press reporters obtained in what was described as "an overreaching dragnet for news gathering materials."
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