Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 14, 2014. Index for Today’s Briefing KEYSTONE MIDDLE EAST PEACE/REGION COUNTERTERRORISM MIDDLE EAST PEACE IRAQ/REGION/COUNTERTERRORISM SYRIA/UNITED NATIONS TURKEY IRAQ/ISIS BALKANS/ISIS RUSSIA RUSSIA/UKRAINE AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN AFGHANISTAN/INDIA NORTH KOREA/RUSSIA NIGERIA SOMALIA EQUATORIAL GUINEA NIGERIA EAST TIMOR RUSSIA HUNGARY TRANSCRIPT: 1:12 p.m. EST MS. PSAKI: Hi, everyone. QUESTION: Happy Friday. MS.[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Congresswoman Robin Kelly’s Statement on the Passing of Jane Byrne
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)–November 14, 2014. Congresswoman Robin Kelly issued the following statement today in response to the passing of Jane Byrne, former Mayor of Chicago. Tough and bold. That was Jane Byrne. She took on the Chicago political machine in 1979 to become the city’s first female mayor. The fact that[Read More…]
U.S. State Dept. Updates Colombia Travel Warning, Nov. 14, 2014
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 14, 2014. The Department of State has issued this Travel Warning to inform U.S. citizens about the security situation in Colombia. Tens of thousands of U.S. citizens safely visit Colombia each year for tourism, business, university studies, and volunteer work. Security in Colombia has improved significantly in recent years,[Read More…]
Michigan Physician Pleads Guilty for Role in $19 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 14, 2014. A Detroit-area physician, who orchestrated the submission of fraudulent claims for physician home visits and directed fraudulent referrals for home health care by his employee physicians as part of a $19 million home health care fraud scheme, pleaded guilty today for his role in the conspiracy.[Read More…]
Cincinnati Man Pleads Guilty to Sex Trafficking by Force, Fraud and Coercion
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 14, 2014. A Cincinnati resident, Christopher Hisle, 45, pleaded guilty today to one count of commercial sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion, two counts of enticing a person to travel in interstate commerce for the purpose of prostitution and one count of interstate transportation for the purpose[Read More…]
Two Arrested in Illegal Kickbacks Case Involving Clinical Laboratory Testing
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 14, 2014. A Florida man who is already facing health care fraud and money laundering charges in federal court in Tampa was arrested again today, along with the owner of a health care marketing company, in an alleged illegal cash-for-patients kickback scheme involving clinical laboratory testing. Assistant Attorney[Read More…]
Owner of ‘Polygraph.com’ Indicted for Allegedly Training Customers to Lie During Federally Administered Polygraph Examinations
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 14, 2014. A former Oklahoma City law enforcement officer and owner of “Polygraph.com” has been indicted on obstruction of justice and mail fraud charges for allegedly training customers to lie and conceal crimes during polygraph examinations. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division,[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama and Daw Aung San Suu Kyi of Burma in Joint Press Conference, Nov. 14, 2014
Rangoon, Burma–(ENEWSPF)–November 14, 2014 – 12:35 P.M. MMT DAW AUNG SAN SUU KYI: I’m sorry if we’ve kept you waiting. Let me just begin by saying what a great pleasure it is for me to welcome President Obama again to my house and to be able to meet all of[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel, City Officials Announce Enhancements to Snow Plow Tracker for Winter Season
Online tool now features improved design & additional features, including direction of plows CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–November 14, 2014. As Chicagoans prepare for the upcoming winter season, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, the Department of Innovation and Technology (DoIT), and the Department of Streets and Sanitation (DSS) today announced enhancements to online tool to provide[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel and Hispanic Housing Development Corporation Break Ground on Cicero and George Elderly Affordable Housing for Seniors
Over 8,200 Affordable Housing Units Created, Preserved or Supported in 2014; Part of Mayor Emanuel’s 5-Year housing Plan to Create, Preserve, and Rehab 41,000 Housing Units Across the City of Chicago CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–November 14, 2014. Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Alderman Ray Suarez and Hispanic Housing Development Corporation (HHDC) today broke ground on[Read More…]
