WORLD WAR I CENTENNIAL COMMISSION TO HOST A PRESS EVENT AT DC NATIONAL
PRESS CLUB on WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY, AT 11AM

FEATURED SPEAKER IS FORMER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE LEON PANETTA

WASHINGTON, DC: The U.S. World War I Centennial Commission will host a
media event at the National Press Club in Washington DC on Wednesday, 18
May, at 11:00am.

Event will provide an update on Centennial Commission activities, to
include new international partnerships, and to introduce new members of
the senior advisory board.

Among those new members is renown statesman, lawyer, and professor,
Secretary Leon Panetta, Secretary Panetta is former Secretary of
Defense, former White House Chief of Staff, former Director the the CIA,
former director of the OMB, and former U.S. Representative from the
State of California.

His biography can be found here.

The U.S. World War I Centennial Commission was created by Congress in
2013 to provide suitable public education and commemoration programs for
American service in the war.

Information on the Centennial Commission can be found here.
www.ww1cc.org

The National Press Club is located at 529 14th St. NW, 13th Floor
Washington, DC

Event will be free and open to all credentialed media members.