Day: June 20, 2012

Statement of Attorney General Eric Holder on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Vote

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 20, 2012. Attorney General Eric Holder issued the following statement today: “In recent months, the Justice Department has made unprecedented accommodations to respond to information requests by Chairman Issa about misguided law enforcement tactics that began in the previous administration and allowed illegal guns to be taken into[Read More…]

State Department Briefing by Victoria Nuland, June 20, 2012

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 20, 2012. Index for Today’s Briefing DEPARTMENT World Refugee Day EGYPT Elections / Democratic Transition Process AFGHANISTAN Ambassador Grossman Meetings Terror Attack in Khost Cross-Border Militancy 2014 Transition Plan PAKISTAN Counterterrorism Cooperation Political Transition MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS Secretary’s Meetings / Dialogue between Parties SYRIA Annan Plan /[Read More…]

Airman Missing from Vietnam War Identified, June 20, 2012

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 20, 2012.  The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a serviceman, missing in action from the Vietnam War, have been identified and will be returned to his family for burial with full military honors. Air Force Capt. Clyde W. Campbell of[Read More…]

Obama Administration Commemorates 40 Years of Increasing Equality and Opportunity for Women in Education and Athletics

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 20, 2012.  On June 23, 1972, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 was signed into law, requiring equal access to academic and athletic opportunities for all students, regardless of gender, in all of the education programs and activities of a school, university, or other entity receiving[Read More…]

Reducing Violent Crime Will Increase Housing Values, Save Taxpayers Millions

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 20, 2012.  Yesterday the Center for American Progress released a first-of-its-kind analysis calculating the impact that violent crime rates have on the real estate values and fiscal stability of eight major American cities. The report presents the findings of two respected economists who previously served as economic advisors[Read More…]

Experts Warn of Insect Resistance to Pesticide-Incorporated GE Corn

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 20, 2012.  To control a growing insect resistance problem to a widely used biological pesticide, now genetically engineered into corn to express the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), two experts have concluded that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) should double the so-called “refuges” of acreage planted with non-genetically[Read More…]

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