I am the 113th president at the press club. Residence atst in the university of maryland, global campus. We have an Excellent Program ahead. We invite you to listen, watch, or follow along on twitter. Live. The npc for our cspan and public radio viewers and listeners, please be aware in the audience today are members of the general public. Any applause or reaction you may hear is not necessarily from the working press. Lets begin by introducing our head table. We ask that you hold your applause until the head table guests have been announced. Beginning to my far left. John oshea, colonel, retired. And member of American Legion post 20 based here at the National Press club. Wensing. Captain, u. S. Navy, retired. And a member of the Headliners Team. Lolita, National Security reporter. John donnelly, Senior Writer at cq roll call and president of the military reporters and editors association. To my immediate right, the president of d. C. Media strategies. Former National Press Club Presi
Adding this modernization and reform. This is an hour. Good afternoon, and welcome to the National Press club. Worlds leading organization for journalists. My name is Michael Friedman and i am the 113th president of the National Press club. Im a journalist in residence at university of maryland grover. An executive producer of the public broadcasting series the report. The an Excellent Program ahead. We invite you to listen watch or follow along on twitter using the mpc life. For cspan and public radio viewers andd listeners, pleasee aware that in the audience today, members of the general public so any clause or reaction you mean here, is not necessarily from the working press. Lets begin by introducing our head table. We ask thatuc you please hold yr applause until all the head table guess have been announced. Beginning to my far left, john oshea, col. U. S. Army retired, and number of American Legion post 20 which is based here at the National Press club. Kevin, captain u. S. Navy,
Where writer oscar wilde was locked up. Mcqueen often takes a closer look then as comfortable in his works at the tate moderns new retrospective. Of course these days mcqueen is best known as one of the worlds top film directors whose movies are as unflinching as his art. Is acclaimed debut film hunger tells the true story of an ira member and prisoner bobby sands who died on Hunger Strike 1st. With the british government. Is 2010 movie shame also starred Michael Fassbender this time as an executive struggling with sex addiction. You know 12 years a slave mcqueen tells a gut wrenching true story of a free man kidnapped and enslaved if you want to see the film made mcqueen the 1st black director ever to win an oscar for best picture. I did a k. This award to all the people who have enjoyed slavery. 21000000 people. Slavery today thank you very much. Mcqueens most recent film. About a group of women forced into crime by critics as one of the best movies of 2800 years. Before his film car
Dresden for centuries a world renowned center of art and culture destroyed in a single line it was on february the 13th 1945 just 3 months before the end of world war 2 and while every year groups continue to commemorate the event facts surrounding those dark days a still being debated just how many lives were lost that night was it several thousands or hundreds of thousands to the Anglo American allies consider the city a strategically significant target if not what was the purpose of carrying out such a devastating attack. The citys old town dressed in council this spring a palace the found. The church of our lady of potential treasures that were reduced to rubble in a matter of balance. This American News reel described one of the 2 british raids on tristen. Big 100 lancasters march the 22 people in 3 bombs on transportation lands in germany stop obviously. But the german side reported things differently saying that the attack targeted a Cultural Center that had no military value. T
Families torn apart by conflict. Going to die on the plains of the army is very close as the Syrian Government offensive against deadly province intensifies were told with a syrian refugee in germany desperate to get his family out of harms way. Also on the program antarctic temperatures are beach record highs will take a look at the far reaching effects of. The icy continent. Happy birthday your. Father master video sharing site has it all started 15 years ago. With an elephant. Im filled welcome to the program. A long list of conflicts sounds uncertainty over the wests role in work in the world those are the top issues of the Munich Security Conference which has just started World Leaders and top Security Experts have gathered for a i know meeting in southern germany on everyones mind or in syria where government offensive in italy has triggered a full blown humanitarian crisis another issue is the concern of the wests shrinking influence on Global Security its even spawned a new ter