Day: April 11, 2012

State Department Briefing by Victoria Nuland, April 11, 2012

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 11, 2012.  Index for Today’s Briefing DEPARTMENT Announcement on Upcoming Secretarial Travel G-8 Ministerial Meetings SYRIA Ceasefire BAHRAIN Case of Zaineb al-Khawaja and Daughter MEPP Quartet Principles Funding of Palestinian Institutions DPRK/SOUTH KOREA Satellite Launch SUDAN/SOUTH SUDAN Southern Kordofan / Comprehensive Peace Agreement / SPLA TURKEY/SYRIA Refugees /[Read More…]

White House Press Briefing by Jay Carney, April 11, 2012

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 11, 2012 – 12:50 P.M. EDT MR. CARNEY: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the White House for your daily briefing. Before I take questions I just wanted to make note of the fact that earlier today the First Lady and Dr. Biden kicked off a two-day[Read More…]

Rep. Hultgren Presents Update on Sen. Kirk`s Illinois Debt Report

Six months after Kirk’s debt report was published, Illinois’  fiscal situation continues to deteriorate  CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 11, 2012.  As the Illinois General Assembly prepares to cast a critical vote on our state’s Fiscal Year 2013 Budget, United States Representative Randy Hultgren (R-Ill.-14) today provided an essential and timely update to United[Read More…]

Attorney General Eric Holder Speaks at the E-books Press Conference

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 11, 2012.  Good afternoon.   Today I’m joined by Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division Sharis Pozen, and Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen, to announce the Justice Department’s latest progress in protecting American consumers from anticompetitive harm, ensuring fairness in the marketplace, and making certain that cutting-edge[Read More…]

Justice Department Reaches Settlement with Three of the Largest Book Publishers and Continues to Litigate Against Apple Inc. and Two Other Publishers

Department Settles with Hachette, Harpercollins and Simon & Schuster; Litigates Against Apple, Macmillan and Penguin to Prevent Continued Restrictions on Price Competition Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 11, 2012.  The Department of Justice announced today that it has reached a settlement with three of the largest book publishers in the United States– Hachette[Read More…]

Statement of the Middle East Quartet, April 11, 2012

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 11, 2012.  The following statement was issued by the Middle East Quartet (United Nations, Russian Federation, United States, and European Union) on April 11, 2012. The Quartet — United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, United States Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and[Read More…]

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