Schedule of Upcoming Luncheons at the National Press Club

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Sep 24, 2015, 05:09 ET

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is a schedule of upcoming luncheons at the National Press Club. Luncheon tickets are open to the public except where noted as "members and guests only." Credentialed press may cover Luncheons and Newsmakers. Events listed are subject to last-minute changes. Space may be reserved at any NPC Luncheon by calling 202-662-7501. To save time and avoid waiting in line, tickets can be paid for in advance by using a credit card or putting tickets on a house account if there is a credit card on file with the Club. Reservations are not required for Newsmakers, unless otherwise noted.

To find out more about what's happening at the National Press Club, check out the National Press Club's Web site at www.press.org or email [email protected].

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Sept, 28, 2015 – THIS EVENT IS IN THE HOLEMAN LOUNGE
Note time change: 9:00 a.m. breakfast, 9:30 program begins ,10:30 a.m. - program concludes
Jane Chu, Chairwoman, National Endowment for the Arts
Topic: Chu will use her talk to launch a number of new initiatives, including "Creativity Connects."
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Sept, 30 2015 – THIS EVENT IS IN THE HOLEMAN LOUNGE
Arne Duncan, Secretary, U.S. Department of Education
Topic: TBA
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*****October 1, 2015 – THIS EVENT IS IN THE ZENGER ROOM
Note time change: 12:00 noon Lunch, 12:30 pm program begins ,1:30 p.m. - program concludes
H.E. Raimonds Vējonis, President , Latvia
Topic: Vējonis will discuss the geopolitical situation in the Eastern Europe, plans for increased defense spending in his country and migrant crisis in Europe
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October 2, 2015 – THIS EVENT IS IN THE HOLEMAN LOUNGE
Gov. Gary R. Herbert, Utah and Chairman of the National Governors Association
Topic: Herbert will lay out his 2015-16 Chair's Initiative, "States: Finding Solutions, Improving Lives"
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******October 7, 2015 – THIS EVENT IS IN THE HOLEMAN LOUNGE
Stephanie Rawlings Blake, Mayor of Baltimore and President of the U.S. Conference of Mayors
Topic: Rawlings-Blake will discuss the U.S. Conference of Mayors' Baltimore Compact -- an agenda that mayors want to put before the 2016 presidential candidates
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******October 9, 2015 – THIS EVENT IS IN BALLROOM
Dr. Ben Carson, Author and GOP Presidential Candidate
Topic: Carson will discuss his new book "A More Perfect Union: What We the People Can Do to Reclaim Our Constitutional Liberties."
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Dec 2, 2015 – THIS EVENT IS IN THE HOLEMAN LOUNGE
Deborah Lee James, Secretary of the Air Force
Topic: James will speak about budget cuts, sexual assaults and other issues facing the Air Force
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Dec 8, 2015 – THIS EVENT IS IN THE HOLEMAN LOUNGE
Dr. David J. Skorton, Secretary, Smithsonian
Topic: TBA
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National Press Club Luncheons are webcast live on press.org at 1:00 pm (except where time change is noted) on event day.

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CONTACT: Melinda Cooke of the National Press Club, +1-202-662-7516, [email protected]

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