Day: March 14, 2012

Remarks by Vice President Biden, Secretary of State Clinton and British Prime Minister Cameron at an Official Luncheon

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 14, 2012 – 1:30 P.M. EDT SECRETARY CLINTON:  Thank you all very much.  Please be seated.  Welcome to the State Department.  We are thrilled and so pleased to host this luncheon for our very special guests, Prime Minister and Mrs. Cameron.  It is wonderful to see all of[Read More…]

State Department Briefing by Victoria Nuland, March 14, 2012

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 14, 2012.  Index for Today’s Briefing SYRIA Attack on Idlib / Regime Feeling Increasing Pressure Joint Special Envoy Annan Syrian Opposition / Challenge of Unification Assad / Syrian People’s Desire for Change / Sanctions Foreign Minister Lavrov’s Consultations Libyan Government’s Support Technology and Communications Support for Emerging Democracies[Read More…]

DOD Identifies Army Casualty, March 13, 2012

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 13, 2012.  The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.  Staff Sgt. Jesse J. Grindey, 30, of Hazel Green, Wis., died March 12, in Kandahar province, Afghanistan.   Grindey was assigned to 287th Military Police Company, 97th Military Police Battalion,[Read More…]

AFL-CIO Executive Council Statement Opposing Cynical “JOBS Act”

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 14, 2012.  The statement below was just passed by the AFL-CIO Executive Council AFL-CIO Executive Council Statement Opposing Cynical “JOBS Act” America needs jobs. Yet Congress cannot enact such basic legislation as the reauthorization of the Surface Transportation Bill that would create hundreds of thousands of jobs. Instead,[Read More…]

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