Washington, DC-(ENEWSPF)-March 2, 2013. Hi, everybody. On Friday, I met with leaders of both parties in Congress to try and find a way forward in light of the severe budget cuts – known in Washington as “the sequester” – that have already started to inflict pain on communities across the[Read More…]
Year: 2013
DOD Press Briefing on Sequestration from the Pentagon
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 1, 2013. SECRETARY OF DEFENSE CHUCK HAGEL: Deputy Secretary Carter and I wanted to take a few minutes this afternoon to talk a little bit about sequestration and what was announced today. Many of you saw the President a few hours ago. And I’ll make a statement, and[Read More…]
Senator Durbin: Sequester Poses Imminent Threat to Bio-Medical Research in Illinois
Senator Urges Bipartisan Action to Replace Automatic Cuts with Balanced Deficit Reduction CHICAGO, IL–(ENEWSPF)–March 1, 2013. Illinois’ leading research universities and hospitals stand to lose nearly $40 million in funding from the National Institute of Health (NIH) as a result of the sequestration budget cuts that take hold today, U.S.[Read More…]
Alliance for Retired Americans Friday Alert, March 1, 2013
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 1, 2013. Sequester Cuts Will Be Harmful to Seniors On Thursday, the U.S. Senate blocked a plan to avert the sequester without harming Social Security, Medicare, or Medicaid. As a result, the cuts imposed by sequestration will be in place as of today and will be gradually implemented.[Read More…]
State Department Releases Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on the Proposed Keystone XL Pipeline
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 1, 2013. Today, the U.S. Department of State released a Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) in response to TransCanada’s May 2012 application for the Keystone XL pipeline that would run from Canada to Nebraska. The document is a draft technical review of potential environmental impacts associated with[Read More…]
Remarks by Secretary of State Kerry With Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu After Their Meeting
Ankara, Turkey–(ENEWSPF)–March 1, 2013. FOREIGN MINISTER DAVUTOGLU: (Via interpreter.) Distinguished members of the press, his Excellency U.S. Secretary of State, my dear friend, Mr. John Kerry, it’s a pleasure to have you in our beautiful country and in our capital city. And it’s a privilege for us to be able[Read More…]
State Department Briefing by Patrick Ventrell, March 1, 2013
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 1, 2013. Index for Today’s Briefing KENYA Elections EGYPT Secretary Kerry’s Travel PAKISTAN/IRAN Pipeline / Energy Crisis in Pakistan ISRAEL U.S. Citizen Denied Entry NORTH KOREA Dennis Rodman Visit RUSSIA Denial of Visa to Congressman Smith BRAZIL Death of State Department Contractor SINGAPORE Investigation into the Death of[Read More…]
Statement by President Obama on the Sequester, March 1, 2013
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 1, 2013 – 11:39 A.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Good morning, everybody. As you know, I just met with leaders of both parties to discuss a way forward in light of the severe budget cuts that start to take effect today. I told them these cuts will hurt our[Read More…]
Autopsy of Poisoned Lottery Winner Yields No Clues to How the Toxin Entered His Body
Advanced decay of tissue and short biological half-life of cyanide cited as factors Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The post-exhumation autopsy of cyanide poisoning victim Urooj Khan could not confirm how the toxin entered his body, according to Cook County Medical Examiner Dr. Stephen Cina. “Cyanide has a short half-life and may be[Read More…]
Governor Quinn Announces Investments to Continue Developing Millennium Reserve
More Than $6 Million in State and Local Partnership Investments to Help Create the Largest Open Space Project in the Country CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 1, 2013. Governor Pat Quinn today took another major step towards revitalizing Chicago’s Calumet region by announcing $6.8 in state and local investments to continue developing the Millennium[Read More…]
