Tickets Now on Sale – Seating is Limited Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—August 8, 2014. As the leaves fall come celebrate the woods with a concert by Ingrid Krizan and the Thorn Creek Chamber Players on Friday, September 5 at 7:30 p.m. at Thorn Creek Nature Center. Tickets are on sale now[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Candlelight Vigil for Gaza in Chicago on August 9: A Call for Humanity
Chicago—(ENEWSPF)—August 8, 2014. On Saturday, August 9, join us for a peaceful and somber candlelight vigil in remembrance of all the souls lost in the ongoing illegitimate assault on Palestinians in Gaza. We will meet at Water Tower Park, 180 East Pearson Street, where the commemoration speech will take place. We[Read More…]
‘Take Back Your Power’ Movie Screening and Discussion at UUCC on Friday, August 22
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—August 8, 2014. The documentary film ‘Take Back Your Power’ will be screened at the Unitarian Universalist Community Church (UUCC), 70 Sycamore Drive, Park Forest, on Friday, August 22 at 7 p.m. A discussion will follow the film screening. With compelling insight from insiders, government representatives, whistle-blowers, lawyers, doctors and[Read More…]
Statement by Pentagon Press Secretary Rear Admiral John Kirby on Airstrikes in Iraq, August 8, 2014
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 8, 2014. At approximately 6:45 a.m. EDT, the U.S. military conducted a targeted airstrike against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorists. Two F/A-18 aircraft dropped 500-pound laser-guided bombs on a mobile artillery piece near Erbil. ISIL was using this artillery to shell Kurdish forces defending[Read More…]
Statement on Iraq by Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, August 7, 2014
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 7, 2014. This evening, at the president’s direction, and at the request of the Government of Iraq, the U.S. military conducted a humanitarian assistance operation near Sinjar in northern Iraq, providing food and water for thousands of Iraqi civilians whose lives have been threatened by armed groups associated[Read More…]
Statement by President Obama on Iraq, August 7, 2014
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 7, 2014 – 9:30 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Good evening. Today I authorized two operations in Iraq — targeted airstrikes to protect our American personnel, and a humanitarian effort to help save thousands of Iraqi civilians who are trapped on a mountain without food and water and facing[Read More…]
EMERGENCY RESPONSE to U.S. Attack on Iraq to be Held in Chicago on August 8, 2014
Chicago—(ENEWSPF)—August 8, 2014 — As U.S. bombing of Iraq begins again, Chicagoans will gather today in protest from 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm in Federal Plaza (Adams & Dearborn) to reject escalation of war by President Obama. Organizers say the public should not believe the “humanitarian” lies used to justify[Read More…]
White House Press Briefing by Josh Earnest, August 7, 2014
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 7, 2014 – 1:02 P.M. EDT MR. EARNEST: Good afternoon, everybody. I apologize for the delay in getting things started today. It’s a busy Thursday afternoon here in August at the White House. Let me do one quick announcement at the top, Josh, and then we’ll let you[Read More…]
Media Availability with Secretary Hagel en route to New Delhi, India, August 7, 2014
En Route New Delhi, India—(ENEWSPF)—August 7, 2014. REAR ADM. JOHN KIRBY: As always, the secretary will have a couple of opening comments, and then we’ll get to your questions. Sir? SECRETARY OF DEFENSE CHUCK HAGEL: John, thank you, good morning, whatever it is. I think you want to stay focused[Read More…]
CDC’s Surge Response to West African Ebola Outbreak
Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–August 7, 2014. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is rapidly increasing its ongoing efforts to curb the expanding West African Ebola outbreak and deploying staff to four African nations currently affected: Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Nigeria. The outbreak began in March 2014 in Guinea and[Read More…]
