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NPC Book & Author Event: Jessica Buchanan and Erik Landemalm
May 22, 2013
Jessica Buchanan and Erik Landemalm discuss "Impossible Odds: The Kidnapping of Jessica Buchanan and Her Dramatic Rescue by SEAL Team Six” at a May 22, 2013 book event. The book details humanitarian aid worker Jessica Buchanan’s kidnapping by Somali land pirates, her three months in captivity, her rescue by the…
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Press Club Rewind - 5.20.2013
May 20, 2013
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 the human exploration of Mars; Code Pink presses President Obama to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center; parents hoping to adopt Russian orphans call on…
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Press Club Rewind - 5.13.2013
May 13, 2013
Press Club Rewind is a weekly review of events at the National Press Club. In this weeks' edition: The father of a Navy SEAL blames the U.S. government for the incident that killed his son and 37 others in Afghanistan; The Center for Immigration Studies hosts a discussion of the…
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NPC Book & Author Event: Buzz Aldrin
May 10, 2013
Astronaut Buzz Aldrin - the second man on the moon – and Leonard David discussed their new book, Mission to Mars: My Vision for Space Exploration, at the National Press Club on May 10, 2013. The book plots a proposed path for taking humans to Mars by 2035.
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Press Club Rewind - 5.6.2013
May 6, 2013
Press Club Rewind is a weekly review of events at the National Press Club. In this weeks' edition: An array of UFO witnesses testify at the mock "Citizen Hearing on Disclosure," an event organized to pressure Congress to hold an official hearing; Emily’s List launches its "Madam President" campaign with…
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NPC Book & Author Event: Richard Belzer
May 6, 2013
Actor Richard Belzer talks about "Hit List" May 6, 2013 at the National Press Club. The book is billed as an in-depth investigation into what some see as the mysterious deaths of people linked to the President John F. Kennedy assassination story. Belzer describes the assassination as the "greatest…
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The New International Media: Filling A Vacuum or Pushing An Agenda?
May 2, 2013
The National Press Club’s Press Freedom Committee held a panel discussion on May 2, the night before World Press Freedom Day, about the growing role of media organizations that are at least partly government-funded.
As the press in most western democracies has had to retrench in recent years, cutting staffs and…
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Press Club Rewind - 4.29.13
April 29, 2013
Press Club Rewind is a weekly review of events at the National Press Club. In this weeks' edition: The Heritage Foundation expresses concerns about security weaknesses exposed during the Boston bombing; The 2013 Report Card for America's Infrastructure paints a bleak picture; a National Press Club panel explains why human…
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Press Club Rewind - 4.22.2013
April 22, 2013
Press Club Rewind is a weekly review of events at the National Press Club. In this week's edition: Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe defends his plan to eliminate Saturday deliveries; Gabby Giffords' husband Mark Kelly condemns the Senate's failure to pass background checks for gun purchases; two lobbying groups propose immigration…
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NPC Luncheon with Patrick Donahoe
April 19, 2013
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 an April 19, 2013 National Press…
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