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Newsmakers
February 2010
- Thursday, February 11, 2010
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10:00 AM
General Barry McCaffrey (NPC Newsmaker)
- Description:
4-STAR GEN. BARRY McCAFFREY, SAN ANTONIO SPURS OWNER PETER HOLT, VVMF PRESIDENT JAN SCRUGGS TO REPORT ON VIETNAM TRIP BY VETERANS AT NATIONAL PRESS CLUB “NEWSMAKERS” NEWS CONFERENCE; URGE RECONCILIATION, DEMINING, EDUCATION
THURS., FEB. 11, 10:00AM, NATIONAL PRESS CLUB, ZENGER ROOM,
14th and F STREETS NW, 13TH FLOOR; McCaffrey to issue written report
(Washington, DC) – Four-Star General Barry McCaffrey (USA, Ret), San Antonio Spurs Owner Peter Holt, and Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund President Jan Scruggs will report on a week-long trip of a delegation of Vietnam veterans and their families to Vietnam, at a National Press Club “Newsmakers” News Conference. The event will be at 10:00 AM Thursday, February 11, at the National Press Club, 14th and F Streets, NW, on the 13th Floor, in the Zenger Room. McCaffrey, who led the 26-member delegation, will be joined by co-leaders Holt and Scruggs.
The three Vietnam veterans will issue a report on the group’s mission to support demining activities, dedicate a school, and meet with top Vietnamese government and economic leaders. Vietnam veterans and their families who participated on the delegation trip have been invited to the news conference.
One interesting note was the delegation’s meeting with former Vietnam veterans who had been opposing combatants. McCaffrey reported “a spirit of reconciliation and mutual respect.”
MEDIA NOTE: Following the Vietnam discussion, McCaffrey, now Adjunct Professor of International Relations at West Point and a terrorism and drug policy expert in the media, will be available to discuss the situations in Afghanistan, Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen, and Haiti. He has served as National Drug Policy Director, SouthCom Commander, and a commander in the Gulf War, and has made numerous recent missions to the countries involved.
For more information, Contact Bob Weiner 301-283-0821/202-306-1200
- Sponsored by:Newsmakers Committee
- Location: Zenger Room
- Thursday, February 18, 2010
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10:00 AM
America's "Savings Gap" (NPC Newsmaker)
- Description:
BNY Mellon Asset Management, Consumer Federation of America, and The Financial Services Roundtable Announce Partnership and New National Initiative to Address America’s “Savings Gap”
BNY Mellon Asset Management President & CEO Ronald P. O’Hanley will join Consumer Federation of America Executive Director Stephen Brobeck and The Financial Services Roundtable President & CEO Steve Bartlett at a National Press Club Newsmakers press conference at 10 a.m. on Thursday, February 18 on the 13th floor, National Press Club.
O’Hanley, Brobeck, and Bartlett will unveil
• New federal data on Americans’ savings rates
• Polling on consumers’ attitudes towards saving
• A new national campaign to increase savings amongst all segments of society, particularly low- and middle-income families
Contacts: Tejinder Singh, chair, NPC Newsmakers Committee (tejindersinghdc@gmail.com, 202 503 8052)
John Doyle 703-447-1124 Doyle@FSRound.org
Contact/Reservations:
Tejinder Singh
202-503-8052
- Sponsored by:Newmakers Committee
- Location: Zenger Room
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