Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 16, 2014. Today, as President Barack Obama prepares to deliver a major speech regarding the National Security Agency’s intelligence collection activities on Americans and around the world, the Center for American Progress released a recommendation that President Obama should immediately suspend bulk collection of Americans’ telephone records. “President[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
The Obama Administration Should Protect the Bristol Bay, Alaska Watershed
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 16, 2014. Today, an updated analysis of the Pebble Mine project in Bristol Bay, Alaska, was released by the Center for American Progress in response to the EPA’s final Watershed Assessment. Based upon the peer-reviewed, multiyear science findings in the assessment, CAP determines that the open-pit Pebble Mine[Read More…]
New Methods of Execution Do Not Mask Underlying Problems with Ohio’s Death Penalty, Says ACLU
Ohio Should Stop Finding New Ways to Kill People and Focus on Reforming an Overburdened Criminal Justice System CLEVELAND–(ENEWSPF)–January 16, 2014. Today, Ohio continued its march in the wrong direction with the execution of Dennis McGuire, who became the first inmate in history to be executed using an untested two-drug[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Appeals Decision Allowing Chemical Waste Disposal at Clinton Landfill
Springfield–(ENEWSPF)–January 16, 2014. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced she has appealed the Illinois Pollution Control Board’s (IPCB) order that permits a chemical waste landfill to operate on a site located above a major source of drinking water in DeWitt County. Madigan’s appeal was filed this week with the Fourth[Read More…]
Defense Department Press Briefing, January 16, 2014
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 16, 2014. REAR ADMIRAL JOHN KIRBY: Good afternoon, I’m just gonna open up with a few comments about the omnibus spending bill that is now before Congress. The bipartisan appropriations bill provides our department with necessary funding for critical investments and modernization, an increase in pay and benefits[Read More…]
DoD Identifies Two Army Casualties, January 16, 2014
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 16, 2014. The Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died Jan. 10, at Bagram Airfield, in Parwan Province, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained when the aircraft they were aboard crashed. The incident is under investigation. Killed were: Chief[Read More…]
Remarks to the Press by Secretary of State Kerry Re: Geneva Peace Conference on Syria
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 16, 2014. Good morning, everybody. Good afternoon. And let me just say that I know you’d like to ask some questions, and unfortunately I have to go straight from here over to the White House for a meeting, but I will have an availability tomorrow in the morning[Read More…]
State Department Briefing by Jen Psaki, January 16, 2014
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 16, 2014. Index for Today’s Briefing LEBANON Condemnation of Bombing in Hermel SYRIA Secretary’s Remarks on Geneva II Participation in Geneva II / Opposition / Iran SOC Representation at Conference Purpose of Geneva II TURKEY Turkish Legal System Ongoing Corruption Investigations Turkish Domestic Politics IRAN Undersecretary Sherman Briefing[Read More…]
Alabama Medical Clerk and Another Indicted in Stolen Identity Tax Refund Fraud Schemes
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 16, 2014. Sasha Webb and Charlie Jackson have each been indicted for stolen identity refund fraud crimes, Assistant Attorney General Kathryn Keneally of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney George L. Beck Jr. for the Middle District of Alabama announced today following the unsealing of their[Read More…]
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid: Marijuana Has Medical Value and Marijuana Possession Arrests are Waste of Law Enforcement Time and Resources
Statement from Drug Policy Alliance: More Senators Should Follow Reid’s Lead NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–January 16, 2014. In an interview today with the Las Vegas Sun, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NY) said Nevada cities should move in the director of making medical marijuana legal. “If you’d asked me this question a[Read More…]
