New York–(ENEWSPF)–October 3, 2014. Today in Kansas City, Missouri Circuit Court Judge James Dale Youngs ruled that the state of Missouri must respect the marriages of same-sex couples who married in other states. Marc Solomon, national campaign director of Freedom to Marry and Kansas City native, released the following statement:[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Department of Defense Press Briefing by Rear Adm. Kirby, October 3, 2014
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 3, 2014. READ ADMIRAL JOHN KIRBY: Hey, everybody. Just a few things before I take your questions. First, an update on Operation United Assistance in West Africa, where we have more than 230 personnel on the ground conducting operations in support of the Joint Force Command and USAID.[Read More…]
DOD Identifies Army Casualty, October 3, 2014
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 3, 2014. Maj. Jonathan D. Walker, 44, of Merriam, Kansas, died Oct. 1, in Dohar, Qatar, of a non-combat related incident at Camp As Sayliyah. The incident is under investigation. He was assigned to the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 4th Psychological Operations Group (Airborne), Fort Bragg, North Carolina.[Read More…]
Special Counsel Orders Investigation of Alleged Foster Care Fraud and Coverup
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 3, 2014. Yesterday, the Government Accountability Project (GAP) announced that the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) has ordered an investigation into allegations that the Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) improperly continued federal funding to Wisconsin under the Juvenile Justice and[Read More…]
Judge Rejects Government Attempt to Hold Guantánamo Force-feeding Trial in Secret
LONDON—(ENEWSPF)—3 October 2014. A federal judge has refused to hold the first-ever trial of prisoner abuse at Guantánamo Bay behind closed doors, issuing a sharply-worded order rejecting the Obama Administration’s request for secrecy. Judge Gladys Kessler found the Administration’s request “deeply troubling,” noted that it “appears to have deliberately made on[Read More…]
Consumer and Worker Rights Groups File Amicus in Opposition of New Poultry Inspection System
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 3, 2014. Today, consumer and worker rights groups filed a joint amicus curiae brief with the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in the case of Food & Water Watch v. USDA. The lawsuit challenges the agency’s New Poultry Inspection System (NPIS) rules, a plan[Read More…]
Quinn Administration Celebrates Illinois’ Top Industry on National Manufacturing Day
State’s Manufacturing Industry is Crucial to Economic Growth as Unemployment is Down and Jobs are Up CHICAGO – One day after President Barack Obama visited Illinois to highlight the nation’s economic comeback, the Quinn Administration today joined Americans across the country on National Manufacturing Day to honor the nation’s factories[Read More…]
State Department Briefing by Jen Psaki, October 3, 2014
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 3, 2014 – 12:54 p.m. EDT MS. PSAKI: Happy Friday. QUESTION: Happy Friday. MS. PSAKI: Matt, earliest briefing of the week for you and others. QUESTION: For anybody who wants to go to the Nats game, yeah. MS. PSAKI: It’s at 3 o’clock. So unless — QUESTION: I[Read More…]
Justice Department Settles Lawsuit Against Key Safety Systems, Inc. to Enforce Employment Rights of United States Army National Guard Member
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 3, 2014. The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and U. S. Attorney A. Lee Bentley III for the Middle District of Florida announced today that they reached an agreement with Key Safety Systems Inc. resolving claims that Key Safety Systems violated the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights[Read More…]
Readout of Justice Department Officials’ Trip to Ferguson, Missouri, Oct. 3, 2014
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 3, 2014. Justice Department spokeswoman Dena Iverson released the following statement Friday regarding the just-completed, two-day visit to Ferguson, Missouri, by senior Justice Department officials: “At the request of Attorney General Eric Holder, Department of Justice leadership traveled to Ferguson, Missouri, for meetings with the city and the[Read More…]
