Children To Earn Digital “Badges” For Completing Learning Activities Across the City CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 12, 2013. Mayor Emanuel, City officials and leaders from Chicago’s community and civic organizations today stood together in support of keeping Chicago’s children safe and engaged this summer through the administration’s Summer of Learning initiative, the largest[Read More…]
Day: March 12, 2013
DOD News Briefing with George Little from the Pentagon, March 12, 2013
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 12, 2013. GEORGE LITTLE: Well, good afternoon. It’s nice to see a small group of you here today. As you all know, Secretary Hagel returned yesterday from a trip to Afghanistan, and he has a busy week ahead here at the Pentagon. This morning, Secretary Hagel met with[Read More…]
State Department Briefing by Victoria Nuland, March 12, 2013
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 12, 2013. Index for Today’s Briefing UK/ARGENTINA/FALKLANDS (MALVINAS) Recent Democratic Referendum / U.S. Position Freedom of Expression SYRIA Mutual Consent Clause / Syrian Opposition Coalition (SOC) / Rome Meeting UZBEKISTAN Human Rights SYRIA Israeli President Shimon Peres / Israeli Concerns Internal Decisions Postponed Free Syrian Army (FSA) Al-Nusrah,[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama and His Majesty Sultan of Brunei Darussalam After a Bilateral Meeting
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 12, 2013 – 11:54 A.M. EDT PRESIDENT OBAMA: Well, it is a great pleasure to welcome my good friend, His Majesty the Sultan of Brunei. The Sultan and I had the opportunity to get to know each other from a series of multilateral meetings, particularly the ASEAN East[Read More…]
Senator Leahy: Judiciary Committee Tuesday Approves Two Bills On Gun Violence
…School Safety Measure and Legislation To Enhance Background Checks Are Adopted Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 12, 2013 Today the Senate Judiciary Committee adopted two additional pieces of legislation aimed to curb gun violence during the committee’s third executive business meeting devoted to the issue. Last week the panel adopted, in a bipartisan[Read More…]
White House Press Briefing by Jay Carney, March 12, 2013
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 12, 2013 – 12:47 P.M. EDT MR. CARNEY: Good afternoon, everyone. Thanks for being here. Just a quick thing I want to mention at the top, if I may. Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to send the full Senate two more important pieces of the President’s[Read More…]
State Reps. Cross, Durkin, Reboletti Introduce Legislation to Protect Our Children
Springfield–(ENEWSPF)–March 12, 2013. State Representative Jim Durkin and a group of House Republican legislators today introduced new legislation to help keep our children and our communities safe from violence. Durkin (R-Western Springs) said the measures in the “Protect Our Children” initiative target the greatest threats to our children’s safety –[Read More…]
Statement of the Most Rev. R Daniel Conlon, Bishop of Joliet Re: Announcement of a Settlement Involving a Sex Abuse Case
Joliet, IL—(ENEWSPF)—March 12, 2013. I came to the Diocese of Joliet 19 months ago with the same excitement and optimism that any pastor has when he accepts the care of a new flock. Unfortunately the dark cloud of the history of child abuse in this diocese has imposed itself almost[Read More…]
New York State Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic, and Asian Legislative Caucus Join Community Groups to Call for an End to the Marijuana Possession Law
Marijuana possession is the number one arrest is New York City and a top arrest in New York State, leading to racial discrepancies, while costing taxpayers $600 million over last decade Albany, NY—(ENEWSPF)—March 12, 2013. Today members of the New York State Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic, and Asian Legislative Caucus,[Read More…]
Pelosi Statement on the Ryan Republican Budget
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 12, 2013. Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today after Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan released this year’s version of the House Republican budget: “The Republican budget is nothing more than more of the same. It still destroys jobs and puts our economic recovery at risk.[Read More…]