HAWAII—(ENEWSPF)—June 19, 2015. Today, with the stroke of Governor David Ige’s pen, Hawaii has become the first state in the nation to raise their tobacco sales age to 21. This courageous step in the face of a powerful tobacco lobby represents a milestone for tobacco prevention and public health[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
State Department Briefing: Country Reports on Terrorism 2014
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 19, 2015. AMBASSADOR KAIDANOW: Good morning, everyone. Okay. All right. Well, again, thank you all very much for coming this morning. Today the State Department is issuing the Country Reports on Terrorism 2014, which fulfills an important congressional mandate and provides us also with an opportunity to review[Read More…]
U.S. Citizen Arrested for Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIL and Other Federal Offenses
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 19, 2015. Amir Said Abdul Rahman Al-Ghazi, 38, a U.S. Citizen, was arrested this morning in North Olmstead, Ohio, on charges that he attempted to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), possessed a firearm as a convicted felon and trafficked marijuana.[Read More…]
Oregon Resident Sentenced to 87 Months in Prison in Connection with 2009 Suicide Bombing of ISI Headquarters in Pakistan
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 19, 2015. Reaz Qadir Khan, 51, a naturalized U.S. Citizen living in Portland, Oregon, was sentenced today to 87 months in prison by U.S. District Court Judge Michael W. Mosman of the District of Oregon in connection with the May 27, 2009, suicide bomb attack at Pakistan’s intelligence[Read More…]
White House Press Gaggle by Eric Schultz Aboard Air Force One, June 19, 2015
En Route Los Angeles, California–(ENEWSPF)–June 19, 2015 – 1:43 P.M. EDT MR. SCHULTZ: Welcome aboard Air Force One en route to Los Angeles. I don’t have any announcements at the top, so I am happy to take your questions. Q In the remarks the President made at the White[Read More…]
Department of Defense Press Briefing with Brigadier General Thomas D. Weidley
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 19, 2015. Presenters: Brigadier General Thomas D. Weidley, chief of staff, Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve. COLONEL STEVE WARREN: Good morning, members of the press corps. Great to see you here on Friday. We finally made it to Friday. Today, we have Brigadier General Thomas Weidley, the[Read More…]
Author of ‘Soundless Roar,’ Ava Kadishson Schieber, to Speak at DePaul University on June 23
Ava Kadishson Schieber artist, poet and author of “Soundless Roar: Stories, Poems, and Drawings,” will offer reflections of survival during the Nazi occupation in a talk at DePaul University June 23. (Photo courtesy of Ava Kadishson Schieber) CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–June 19, 2015. Artist and poet Ava Kadishson Schieber, who as an[Read More…]
Congressional Budget Office Issues Report on Budgetary and Economic Effects of Repealing the Affordable Care Act, June 19, 2015
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 19, 2015. Over the past several years, a number of proposals have been advanced for repealing the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which became law in March 2010. In this report, CBO and the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) analyze the main budgetary and economic consequences[Read More…]
Senators Kirk, Durbin: Senate Formally Congratulates Stanley Cup Champion Chicago Blackhawks
WASHINGTON, D.C. –-(ENEWSPF)–June 19, 2015. U.S. Senators Mark Kirk (R-IL) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) today announce that the Senate formally congratulated the 2015 Stanley Cup Champion Chicago Blackhawks by unanimously passing a resolution the Senators introduced earlier this week. “For the first time in 77 years the Blackhawks won the[Read More…]
Rockford Man Sentenced To 12 Months In Federal Prison For Fraud Involving More Than $500,000 In Fictitious Money Orders
ROCKFORD —(ENEWSPF)–June 19, 2015. A Rockford, Ill. man was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Philip G. Reinhard for producing a fictitious financial instrument that appeared to be issued under the authority of the U.S. Treasury. BRADLEY SHERMAN HAMPTON, 55, was sentenced to 12 months and one day in federal[Read More…]
