WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)—December 4, 2014. During a speech on the Senate Floor, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) applauded Chicago nurse Janet Teasley, who has volunteered to spend her holiday season in Liberia treating patients with the Ebola virus. Teasley – who was featured in a Chicago Tribune article earlier this week[Read More…]
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Secretary Hagel Releases Progress Report to President Obama on Sexual Assault in the Military, Announces Four New Directives to Strengthen Department Response
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 4, 2014. Today, Secretary Hagel released a report on the Department of Defense’s recent progress in addressing sexual assault in the military, and announced four directives to further strengthen the department’s prevention and response program. Sustained senior leadership engagement over the past three years – including 41 secretary[Read More…]
Statement by Pentagon Press Secretary Rear Adm. John Kirby on Rescue Operation in Yemen
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 4, 2014. The United States attempted a rescue operation recently to free a number of hostages, including U.S. citizen Luke Somers, held in Yemen by Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula. This operation was conducted in partnership with the armed forces of Yemen and involved air and ground components.[Read More…]
St. Louis Activists Decry Grand Jury Decision in Eric Garner Death
Ferguson, MO—(ENEWSPF)—December 4, 2014. The Don’t Shoot Coalition, a coalition of approximately 50 St. Louis area organizations formed in the wake of the police shooting death of unarmed teenager Michael Brown, released the following statement in response to yesterday’s announcement that a grand jury in New York refused to indict[Read More…]
State Department Briefing by Marie Harf, Dec. 4, 2014
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 4, 2014. Index for Today’s Briefing DEPARTMENT / SECRETARY’S TRAVEL VIETNAM DEPARTMENT YEMEN ISIL IRAN UNITED ARAB EMIRATES RUSSIA/UKRAINE VENEZUELA BAHRAIN DEPARTMENT MIDDLE EAST PEACE IRAN VIETNAM / UNITED STATES / UN YEMEN TRANSCRIPT: 12:56 p.m. EST MS. HARF: Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the daily press briefing.[Read More…]
Justice Department Settles Lawsuit Against California Employer Over Discrimination Against Foreign-Born Workers
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 4, 2014. The Justice Department announced today that it reached a settlement with Life Generations Healthcare LLC, doing business as Generations Healthcare (GHC), a company that runs assisted living facilities throughout California. The settlement follows an administrative court decision finding that GHC engaged in a pattern and practice[Read More…]
Four Men Indicted on Charges in 2011 Kidnapping of Mother and Teenage Son in the Philippines
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 4, 2014. Four Philippine nationals were indicted today on conspiracy, hostage-taking, and weapons charges stemming from the kidnapping in the Philippines of a mother and her then 14-year-old son in July of 2011. The indictment alleges that the group held the mother for approximately 82 days and the[Read More…]
Three Former Georgia Correctional Officers Sentenced for Offenses Related to beating of Inmate and Ensuing Cover-Up
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 4, 2014. The Justice Department announced that Christopher Hall, a former Sergeant for the Correctional Emergency Response Team (CERT) at Macon State Prison (MSP) in Oglethorpe, Georgia, and two former CERT officers, Ronald Lach and Delton Rushin, were sentenced on Thursday, December 4, 2014, for offenses related to[Read More…]
Former Bechtel Executive Pleads Guilty in Connection with a $5.2 Million Kickback Scheme
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 4, 2014. The former Principal Vice President of Bechtel Corporation and General Manager of the Power Generation Engineering and Services Company (PGESCo) pleaded guilty today in connection with a $5.2 million kickback scheme intended to manipulate the competitive bidding process for state-run power contracts in Egypt. Assistant Attorney[Read More…]
Justice Department and City of Cleveland Agree to Reform Division of Police After Finding a Pattern or Practice of Excessive Force
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 4, 2014. Attorney General Eric Holder announced today that the Justice Department’s civil rights investigation into the use of force by the Cleveland Division of Police has found a pattern or practice of unreasonable and unnecessary use of force. To address these findings the Justice Department and the[Read More…]
