Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 8, 2011. The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Staff Sgt. Thomas J. Dodds Dudley, 29, of Tega Cay, S.C., died July 7 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to Marine Air Group[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
State Department Briefing by Victoria Nuland, July 8, 2011
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 8, 2011. Index for Today’s Briefing DEPARTMENT Secretary Clinton’s Travel to Turkey / Contact Group Meeting on Libya / Meetings with Turkish Officials / Turkey – Israeli Relations Secretary Clinton’s Travel to Greece / Meetings with Greece Officials Secretary Clinton’s Travel to India / U.S. Strategic Dialogue[Read More…]
Nuclear Energy Institute Report on Japan’s Nuclear Reactors, July 8, 2011
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 8, 2011. Contaminated Water Levels Beginning to Drop at Fukushima Daiichi Plant Status Tokyo Electric Power Co. is continuing preparations to stabilize Fukushima Daiichi’s reactor 3 primary containment vessel. The company is using a robot-mounted camera to check whether a penetration joint is suitable for nitrogen injection that[Read More…]
Statement of Labor Secretary Hilda L. Solis on June Employment Numbers
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–July 8, 2011. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis issued the following statement on the June 2011 Employment Situation report released today: “Our nation’s labor market experienced slower growth in the month of June. The private sector added 57,000 jobs, but federal, state and local governments cut a combined 39,000[Read More…]
NOAA: U.S. Warmer and Drier Than Normal in June
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 8, 2011. June 2011 brought temperature and precipitation extremes across the United States. An oppressive heat wave, accompanied by intensifying drought conditions, shattered temperature records in the South and Southwest. Overall, the nation had its 19th driest and 26th warmest June on record, according to scientists at NOAA’s[Read More…]
USW Strongly Opposes Any Cuts to Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid Benefits
Pittsburgh, PA–(ENEWSPF)–July 8, 2011. This statement was released today by United Steelworkers (USW) International President Leo W. Gerard: “Quite simply, there is no place for discussion of cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid during ongoing debt ceiling negotiations. The beneficiaries of these programs — working Americans, seniors and the poor[Read More…]
Modern Polar Bears Are Descended From Extinct Brown Bears From Ireland
UNITED KINGDOM–(ENEWSPF)–8 July 2011. Scientists have discovered that modern polar bears are descended from now extinct brown bears that roamed the region we know today as Britain and Ireland. It is thought that polar bears moved into this area just before, or during the last Ice Age, where they mated[Read More…]
Statement by President Obama on the Launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 8, 2011. Today, Americans across the country watched with pride as four of our fellow citizens blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center in the Space Shuttle Atlantis, and America reached for the heavens once more. Behind Atlantis and her crew of brave astronauts stand thousands of[Read More…]
White House Press Briefing by Jay Carney, July 8, 2011
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 8, 2011 – 11:39 A.M. EDT MR. CARNEY: Good morning, everyone. Thanks for coming to an earlier than usual briefing on this Friday. I have no opening announcements to make, so I’ll go straight to questions. Yes, ma’am. Q Can you talk about how[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama on the Monthly Jobs Report
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 8, 2011 – 11:05 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Good morning, everybody. Obviously, over the last couple of days, the debate here in Washington has been dominated by issues of debt limit, but what matters most to Americans, and what matters most to me as President, in the wake[Read More…]
