Day: May 10, 2013

State Department Briefing by Patrick Ventrell, May 10, 2013

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 10, 2013. Index for Today’s Briefing LIBYA Benghazi Talking Points / FBI Investigation / Documentation SYRIA Chemical Weapons / Investigation Ambassador Ford / Czech Protecting Power DEPARTMENT Export Controls SYRIA Iranian Role PHILIPPINES Philippine Vessel and Taiwan Fishing Boat Incident CYPRUS Secretary Kerry’s Meeting with Cypriot Foreign Minister[Read More…]

Alliance for Retired Americans Friday Alert, May 10, 2013

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 10, 2013. Seniors Join Pro-Retiree Members of Congress to Protest Benefit Cuts On Wednesday, over a hundred Alliance activists joined with several leading members of the U.S. Senate and House for an energetic press event on Capitol Hill. The event was headlined by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), and[Read More…]

Planned Parenthood Calls for Increased Funding to Federal Teen Pregnancy Prevention Initiative to Bring Comprehensive Sex Education to More Teens and Lower Teen Pregnancy Rates

Congressional Briefing Highlights New Data and Teen Pregnancy Prevention Strategies WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 10, 2013.  At a Congressional Briefing sponsored by Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA), and Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA), experts from Planned Parenthood and the Guttmacher Institute highlighted the need for increased federal funding of comprehensive[Read More…]

City of Chicago to Host Latino Small Business Expo at West Side Technical Institute

More than 30 government and nonprofit agencies will offer resources and networking opportunities to entrepreneurs and established businesses CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 10, 2013.  Mayor Rahm Emanuel, the City of Chicago’s Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection (BACP) and the Office of New Americans (ONA) will host the second annual Latino Small[Read More…]

Mayor Emanuel Announces Expansion of School-Based Vision Program to Give 30,000 CPS Students Free Vision Exams and Glasses

Program Is a Direct Result of The Mayor’s Budget Commitment CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 10, 2013.  Today Mayor Emanuel was joined by Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) Commissioner Dr. Bechara Choucair to announce the expansion of a school-based vision program in CPS starting next week thanks to a $1 million investment made[Read More…]

Study: No Association Between The Cumulative Consumption Of Cannabis Smoke And The Risk Of Lung Cancer

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 10, 2013. by Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director In a recent presentation given at the annual meeting of the American Association of Cancer Research, investigators from the university of California, Los Angeles provided the latest data reaffirming that cannabis consumption is not associated with an elevated risk of[Read More…]

Statement from the U.S. Department of Transportation on the Reducing Flight Delays Act of 2013

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 10, 2013. U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced today that USDOT has determined that the recently enacted Reducing Flight Delays Act of 2013 will allow the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to transfer sufficient funds to end employee furloughs and keep the 149 low activity contract towers originally slated[Read More…]

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