Kolon Sentenced To Pay $360 Million in Restitution And Fines Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 30, 2015. Kolon Industries Inc., a South Korean industrial company, pleaded guilty this morning in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, to conspiracy to steal trade secrets involving E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co.’s (DuPont) Kevlar technology. The company[Read More…]
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Huntsville, Alabama, Police Officer Charges with Excessive Use of Force and Obstruction of Justice
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 30, 2015. The Justice Department announced that Huntsville, Alabama, Police Department Officer Brett Russell, 48, has been charged with deprivation of rights under color of law for allegedly assaulting and injuring G.H., a detainee, on Dec. 23, 2011. Russell also has been charged with obstruction of justice for[Read More…]
Thirteen Current and Former Law Enforcement Officers and Two Others Indicted for their Alleged Participation in a Drug Trafficking Conspiracy
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 30, 2015. Thirteen current and former law enforcement officers and two other individuals have been indicted and arrested for allegedly protecting narcotics shipments and cash proceeds during transit along the east coast for what they believed was a large-scale drug trafficking organization that was actually an undercover operation[Read More…]
Military Contractor in Afghanistan Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for Offering Bribes to a US Army Official
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 30, 2015. An independent contractor for a trucking company in Afghanistan that was responsible for delivering fuel to U.S. Army installations was sentenced to four years in prison today for offering a U.S. Army serviceman $54,000 in bribes to falsify documents confirming the receipt of fuel shipments that[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama in Discovery Education Webinar with Middle School Students
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 30, 2015 – 11:11 A.M. EDT OSMAN: Good morning, everyone. My name is Osman Yaya, and I’m a 6th grade student at Bennett Middle School in Salisbury, Maryland. Welcome to the White House and Discovery Education’s Of The People Series. We are live from Anacostia Library in Washington,[Read More…]
Department of Defense Press Briefing by General Breedlove, April 30, 2015
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 30, 2015. Presenters: General Philip Breedlove, commander, U.S. European Command, and NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe GENERAL PHILIP BREEDLOVE: Alrighty. STAFF: Sir, we’re going to end right at 3:30, just so everybody knows that up front. Just gotta connect the engagement we’ve got to book up, so right[Read More…]
Statement by Secretary of Defense Ash Carter on the Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission Report
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 30, 2015 The Department of Defense commends the Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission for its 18-month independent review of the military retirement and compensation programs administered both inside and outside DoD. Their work confirmed many positive changes that we’re making to uphold our commitments to our people,[Read More…]
Senator Merkley Introduces Education-To-Jobs Package
Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–April 30, 2015. Today, Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley announced an education-to-jobs package to better connect students to careers. Merkley’s bills, introduced today in the U.S. Senate, would protect students from predatory for-profit colleges peddling degrees that do not actually lead to jobs, and improve access to middle and[Read More…]
Senators Wyden, Schumer, Feinstein, Casey, Merkley, Brown, Warner Introduce Bill to Protect Communities from Oil Train Accidents
New Bill Paves Way for Safer Transportation of Oil-by-Rail Washington, D.C. –-(ENEWSPF)–April 30, 2015. Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., Bob Casey, D-Penn., Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and Mark Warner, D-Va., today introduced legislation to protect local communities by getting unsafe oil trains off[Read More…]
Nurses Welcome Introduction of Legislation to Improve Veterans’ Health Care
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–April 30, 2015. Registered nurses today applauded the introduction of federal legislation to improve patient care for veterans, ensure equity among federal health care workers, and enable the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to recruit and retain a strong health care work force to serve the nation’s veterans.[Read More…]
