Arlington, Virginia–(ENEWSPF)–May 27, 2013 – 11:31 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. (Applause.) Please be seated. Thank you very much. Good morning, everybody. I want to thank Secretary Chuck Hagel, not only for the introduction but, Chuck, for your lifetime of service — from sergeant in the Army to Secretary[Read More…]
Day: May 27, 2013
Several Michigan Medical Marijuana Patients Surrender to Federal Authorities to Serve Lengthy Prison Sentences
Detroit, MI—(ENEWSPF)—May 27, 2013. Several Michigan medical marijuana patients and caregivers are being forced to surrender to federal authorities over the next few days to serve out lengthy prison terms, after being convicted in federal court without any opportunity to defend themselves on medical necessity or state law grounds. Some[Read More…]
Hospital Leaders to Meet with Protesters on Need for South Side Trauma Center
Meeting follows a sit-in and arrests, outcry after the death of Kevin Ambrose, and new research showing more deaths in trauma center deserts CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)—May 27, 2013. The Dean of the University of Chicago Hospital. Kenneth Polonsky, has agreed to meet with protesters about creating a trauma center. The meeting will take place Tuesday[Read More…]
On Memorial Day, Anti-war Veterans Remember the Fallen, Demand Right to Heal
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 27, 2013. For Memorial Day veterans of the global “war on terror” from Iraq Veterans Against the War as well as Vietnam Veterans Against the War and allies will gather at 11am at the Vietnam War Memorial Memorial at Wacker and Wabash for a ceremony decrying the horrors of[Read More…]
ISAF Joint Command Operational Update, May 27, 2013
KABUL, Afghanistan–(ENEWSPF)–May 27, 2013 – An Afghan and coalition security force arrested a senior Taliban leader and eight other insurgents during an operation in Nad ‘Ali district, Helmand province, today. The senior leader oversees a direct action cell of fighters responsible for a series of attacks against Afghan and coalition[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama After Touring the Tornado Damage in Oklahoma
Moore, Oklahoma–(ENEWSPF)–May 26, 2013 – 12:57 P.M. CDT THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everybody. Obviously, a picture is worth a thousand words, and what we’re seeing here I think gives you some sense of what the people of Moore and the people of Oklahoma have been dealing with over these last[Read More…]