CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 20, 2012 – 2:15 P.M. CDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much, Mr. Secretary General. Anders, I want to take this opportunity on behalf of all of us to thank you for your outstanding leadership over these past three years. And I want to begin by welcoming each and[Read More…]
Day: May 20, 2012
Remarks by President Obama and NATO Secretary General Rasmussen Before Bilateral Meeting
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 20, 2012 – 12:52 P.M. CDT PRESIDENT OBAMA: Well, I just want to not only welcome Secretary General Rasmussen to my hometown of Chicago — my understanding is he’s already enjoyed some of the sights, and we were hearing about him jogging along the lake and appreciating the outstanding[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama and President Karzai of Afghanistan After Bilateral Meeting
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 20, 2012 – 11:57 A.M. CDT PRESIDENT OBAMA: All right. Good morning, everybody. It is a great pleasure to welcome President Karzai to my hometown of Chicago after he extended hospitality to me during my visit to to Kabul recently. During that trip to Afghanistan, we were able to[Read More…]
Deterrence and Defence Posture Review
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 20, 2012. I. Introduction / Context At the Lisbon Summit, the Heads of State and Government mandated a review of NATO’s overall posture in deterring and defending against the full range of threats to the Alliance, taking into account the changes in the evolving international security environment. Over the[Read More…]
Deterrence and Defence Posture Review
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 20, 2012. I. Introduction / Context At the Lisbon Summit, the Heads of State and Government mandated a review of NATO’s overall posture in deterring and defending against the full range of threats to the Alliance, taking into account the changes in the evolving international security environment. Over the[Read More…]
Summit Declaration on Defence Capabilities: Toward NATO Forces 2020
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 20, 2012. As Alliance leaders, we are determined to ensure that NATO retains and develops the capabilities necessary to perform its essential core tasks collective defence, crisis management and cooperative security – and thereby to play an essential role promoting security in the world. We must meet this responsibility[Read More…]
River Ranch Expands Salad Recall Because Of Possible Health Risk
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–May 20, 2012. River Ranch Fresh Foods, LLC of Salinas, CA is expanding its voluntary recall of retail and foodservice bagged salads, because they have the potential of being contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. Listeria monocytogenes is an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young[Read More…]
Statement from Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on the Passing of Katie Beckett
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 20, 2012. Katie Beckett was a quiet hero and an inadvertent pioneer in the civil rights movement for people with disabilities. When she was only three years old, her family and her doctors wanted her to live at home despite her extraordinary medical support needs. At that time, Medicaid[Read More…]
Gills Onions Voluntarily Recalls One Lot of Diced Red Onions Because of Possible Health Risk
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–May 19, 2012. Gills Onions, LLC of Oxnard, CA is initiating a voluntary recall, 2,360 pounds, of diced red onions with lot code 51RDA1A2119 and use-by-dates May 14, 15 and 17, 2012 because it may be contaminated by Listeria monocytogenes. The product is beyond its use-by-date, no illnesses[Read More…]
We Suffered A ‘SYN’ Attack Tonight
What is a SYN attack or flood? A. The SYN (TCP connection request) attack is a common denial of service (DoS) technique characterized by the following pattern: Using a spoofed IP address not in use on the Internet, an attacker sends multiple SYN packets to the target machine. For each SYN[Read More…]