Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 16, 2015 SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending July 11, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 281,000, a decrease of 15,000 from the previous week’s revised level. The previous week’s level was revised down by 1,000 from 297,000 to 296,000. The 4-week moving average[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
A Long-Awaited Promise: Obama Gets Real About Criminal Justice Reform
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 15, 2015 By: Sharda Sekaran “Mass incarceration makes our entire country worse off, and we need to do something about it.” – President Obama in his July 14, 2015 speech to the NAACP annual conference Fifteen years ago, when I first started working on drug policy and criminal[Read More…]
New CDC Study Highlights Burden of Pneumonia Hospitalizations Among US Adults
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–July 15, 2015. When U.S. adults are hospitalized with pneumonia, viruses are more often to blame than bacteria. However, despite current diagnostic tests, neither viruses nor bacteria are detected in the majority of these patients according to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama on Launch of ConnectHome Initiative
Durant, Oklahoma–(ENEWSPF)–July 15, 2015 – 6:07 P.M. CDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello, Oklahoma! (Applause.) Halito! AUDIENCE: Halito! THE PRESIDENT: Everybody, please have a seat. Have a seat. It’s good to see you. How is everybody doing? (Applause.) First of all, Michelle says hi. (Laughter.) And I want to thank all[Read More…]
White House Press Conference by President Obama, July 15, 2015
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 15, 2015 – 1:25 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everybody. Yesterday was a historic day. The comprehensive, long-term deal that we achieved with our allies and partners to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon represents a powerful display of American leadership and diplomacy. It shows what[Read More…]
Pope Francis Calls for Global Bankruptcy Process
Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–July 14, 2015. Pope Francis called for an international bankruptcy process in a news conference as he left Latin America on Monday. According to the Associated Press, when asked about the Greek debt crisis, Francis stated, “if a company can declare bankruptcy, why can’t a country do so[Read More…]
Secretary of State Kerry’s Press Availability on Nuclear Deal With Iran, July 14, 2015
Vienna, Austria–(ENEWSPF)–July 14, 2015 SECRETARY KERRY: Well, good afternoon everybody. I want to begin by thanking you, as others have, for your extraordinary patience. I know this has been a long couple of weeks for everybody, including, above all, the press, who have waited long hours during the day for[Read More…]
Vietnamese National Sentenced to 13 Years in Prison for Operating a Massive International Hacking and Identity Theft Scheme
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 14, 2015. A Vietnamese national was sentenced to 13 years in prison for hacking into U.S. businesses’ computers, stealing personally identifiably information (PII), and selling to other cybercriminals his fraudulently-obtained access to PII belonging to approximately 200 million U.S. citizens. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the[Read More…]
Representative Blumenauer Statement on Iran Nuclear Deal
Washington, DC –-(ENEWSPF)–July 14, 2015. Today, Representative Earl Blumenauer (OR-03) released the following statement on the nuclear deal reached by Iran and the P5+1. “This agreement is an historic achievement. Three years ago, it was hard to imagine an Iran capable of coming to, and staying, at the negotiating table to make[Read More…]
Statement by Secretary of Defense Ash Carter on the Iran Deal
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 14, 2015. I’m pleased that Secretary of State Kerry and Secretary of Energy Moniz, along with our P5+1 partners, were able to reach a comprehensive, verifiable deal to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. As we implement this historic agreement, deterrence remains a major component of America’s national security. The Department[Read More…]
