Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 16, 2014. Index for Today’s Briefing DEPARTMENT Secretary Hosting “Our Ocean” Conference IRAQ Embassy Status / Personnel Relocations / Consular Services U.S. Open to Consultations with Iran / P5+1 Talks Separate Addressing the Threat of Terrorism U.S. Assistance Steps Forward / Call for National Unity Shared Concern about[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Georgia Resident Pleads Guilty in Connection with International Lottery Scheme Based in Jamaica
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 16, 2014. A man from Atlanta, Georgia, pleaded guilty today for his role in a Jamaican-based fraudulent lottery scheme. Assistant Attorney General Stuart F. Delery of the Justice Department’s Civil Division, Inspector in Charge David W. Bosch of the Postal Inspection Service Philadelphia Division and Acting Special Agent[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama at University of California-Irvine Commencement Ceremony
Anaheim, California–(ENEWSPF)–June 16, 2014 – 12:10 P.M. PDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. (Applause.) Hello, Anteaters! (Applause.) That is something I never thought I’d say. (Laughter.) Please, please take a seat. To President Napolitano — which is a nice step up from Secretary; to Fred Ruiz, Vice Chair of the University[Read More…]
Statement by the White House Press Secretary on the War Powers Resolution Report for Iraq
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 16, 2014. Today, consistent with the War Powers Resolution, the President transmitted a report notifying the Congress that up to approximately 275 U.S. military personnel are deploying to Iraq to provide support and security for U.S. personnel and the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. The personnel will provide assistance[Read More…]
Governor Cuomo Undermines Negotiations on Medical Marijuana, Makes Last-Minute Series of Demands in Disappointing Effort to Sink Legislation
Outraged Patients and Families Demand Governor to Stop Playing Politics With Peoples Lives; Senate Should Vote Immediately Albany—(ENEWSPF)—June 16, 2014. Today Governor Cuomo leaked to the media his list of changes he wants made to New York’s comprehensive medical marijuana bill – the Compassionate Care Act – before he’ll support it. The[Read More…]
Juan Manuel Santos, Advocate for Drug Policy Reform, Re-Elected as Colombia’s President
President Santos Has Been at the Helm of Promoting Hemispheric Debate on Alternatives to War on Drugs NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—June 16, 2014. Yesterday, Colombia re-elected President Juan Manuel Santos, praised for having launched peace negotiations with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), aimed at ending five decades of armed conflict.[Read More…]
Congresswoman Robin Kelly Statement on the U.S. Supreme Court Decision on the Illegality of Straw Gun Purchases
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—June 16, 2014. Congresswoman Robin Kelly (D-IL) issued the following statement in response to today’s U.S. Supreme Court decision cracking down on straw purchases of firearms. In Abramski v. United States, the Court ruled that federal law makes it illegal to lie about being a straw purchaser on firearm background[Read More…]
Starbucks Offers Full Tuition Reimbursement for Employees to Complete a Bachelor’s Degree
New York–(ENEWSPF)–June 16, 2014 – Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) and Arizona State University (ASU) announced the Starbucks College Achievement Plan, a powerful, first-of-its-kind program designed to unleash lifetime opportunity for thousands of eligible part-time and full-time U.S. partners (employees). Starbucks chairman, president and ceo Howard Schultz will host the first Partner Family Forum[Read More…]
‘Vote Medical Marijuana’ TV Ads Air All Week Spotlighting Congressional Members in Washington State
Patient advocates produce new ads in an effort to educate public, hold federal policymakers accountable Spokane, WA—(ENEWSPF)—June 16, 2014. The medical marijuana advocacy group Americans for Safe Access (ASA) is running two new 30-second TV advertisements on MSNBC, CNN, and HLN in eastern Washington every day this week. The ads[Read More…]
Bionic Pancreas Outperforms Insulin Pump in Adults, Youth
NIH grantees test device for people with type 1 diabetes to replace fingerstick tests, manual insulin injections Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–June 16, 2014. People with type 1 diabetes who used a bionic pancreas instead of manually monitoring glucose using fingerstick tests and delivering insulin using a pump were more likely to have[Read More…]
