Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 5, 2014. Index for Today’s Briefing NATO IRAQ UKRAINE / RUSSIA NATO DEPARTMENT IRAQ / SYRIA / REGION IRAN UNITED STATES/CUBA/BAHAMAS LIBYA MIDDLE EAST PEACE NORTH KOREA BAHRAIN MIDDLE EAST PEACE IRAQ / SYRIA / REGION TRANSCRIPT: 1:41 p.m. EDT MS. HARF: Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
U.S. State Dept. Updates Afghanistan Travel Warning, Sept. 5, 2014
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 5, 2014. The Department of State warns U.S. citizens against travel to Afghanistan. The security situation in Afghanistan is extremely unstable, and the threat to all U.S. citizens in Afghanistan remains critical. This Travel Warning supersedes the Travel Warning for Afghanistan issued on February 20, 2014. No province[Read More…]
Federal Court Bars Southern California Man from Promoting Alleged Tax Scheme
Southern California Man Allegedly Marketed Welfare Benefit Plans That Unlawfully Increased Tax Deductions and Avoided Income Taxes Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 5, 2014. A federal court has permanently barred a Rancho Santa Margarita, California, man from promoting and selling an alleged nationwide tax scheme that involved using welfare benefit plans to unlawfully[Read More…]
Caribbean-Based Investment Advisor Sentenced for Using Offshore Accounts to Launder and Conceal Funds
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 5, 2014. Joshua Vandyk, an investment advisor, was sentenced today to serve 30 months in prison for conspiring to launder monetary instruments, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. Vandyk, a U.S. citizen, and Eric St-Cyr and Patrick Poulin, Canadian citizens, were indicted by a grand jury[Read More…]
Two Companies to Pay $3.75 Million for Allegedly Causing Submission of Claims for Unreasonable or Unnecessary Rehabilitation Therapy at Skilled Nursing Facilities
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 5, 2014. Life Care Services LLC (LCS), a manager of skilled nursing facilities based in Des Moines, Iowa, and CoreCare V LLP, doing business as ParkVista, a skilled nursing facility in Fullerton, California, have agreed to pay a total of $3.75 million to the government for causing the[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama at NATO Summit Press Conference, Sept. 5, 2014
Newport, Wales–(ENEWSPF)–September 5, 2014 – 4:50 P.M. BST PRESIDENT OBAMA: Good afternoon. Let me begin by thanking my great friend, Prime Minister Cameron — and his entire team — for hosting this NATO Summit and making it such a success. And I want to thank the people of Newport and[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama and President Erdoğan of Turkey Before Bilateral Meeting
Newport, Wales–(ENEWSPF)–September 5, 2014 – 3:08 P.M. BST PRESIDENT OBAMA: I very much appreciate the opportunity to once again meet with former Prime Minister Erdoğan, now President Erdoğan. And I want to congratulate him on his election victory. President Erdoğan is one of the key leaders of our Alliance, and[Read More…]
Governors State University Welcomes Co-host of Democracy Now and Renowned Journalist for Keynote Address on Sept. 26
University Park, Illinois –(ENEWSPF)—September 5, 2014. He’s sat down with Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez, Bolivia’s Evo Morales and Iran’s Mahmoud Ahmadinejad; authored three books and spent his more than 30-year career as a crusader for racial equality in journalism. Governors State University is pleased to welcome the co-host of “Democracy Now”[Read More…]
Dietary Recommendations May be Tied to Increased Greenhouse Gas Emissions
ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–September 5, 2014. If Americans altered their menus to conform to federal dietary recommendations, emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gases tied to agricultural production could increase significantly, according to a new study by University of Michigan researchers. Martin Heller and Gregory Keoleian of U-M’s Center for Sustainable Systems looked at[Read More…]
Ukraine: Rebels Subject Civilians to Forced Labor
‘Punishment Brigades’ Put in Danger, Abused Berlin—(ENEWSPF)—5 September 2014. Insurgent forces are detaining civilians on allegations of violating public order and then subjecting them to forced labor. Rebels appear to be using public order infractions as a pretext to obtain unpaid labor. In some cases, the members of these “punishment[Read More…]
