Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 10, 2011.  Today, America faces a make-or-break moment for the middle class. After the worst economic crisis of our lifetimes, some still want to return to the same policies that got us into this mess. They’re the same policies that have stacked the deck against working Americans for[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 9, 2011.  Majority of Tested Evacuees’ Radiation Dose Within Government Limits Industry/Regulatory/Political Government health checks of some 1,700 residents who were evacuated from three municipalities after the Fukushima Daiichi accident show that two-thirds received an external radiation dose within the government limit of 100 millirem per year, according[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 9, 2011 – 1:56 P.M. EST MR. CARNEY:  Good afternoon.  Welcome to the White House.  Thanks for coming to your daily briefing.  Before I get started, I just wanted to mention that I saw a report this morning that caught my attention for a couple reasons.  Throughout this[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 9, 2011   Index for Today’s Briefing BAHRAIN Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry International Committee of the Red Cross DRC Electoral Process IRAN Robert Levinson Video Swiss Ambassador Meeting with Iranian Authorities Virtual Embassy Tehran SYRIA/TURKEY/RUSSIA/CHINA Ambassador Ford / Secretary’s Meeting with SNC / Homs / Turkey /[Read More…]

Côte d’Ivoire–(ENEWSPF)–9 December 2011. With just two days to go before parliamentary polls take place in Côte d’Ivoire, the United Nations envoy there called for “a peaceful and calm election,” adding that violence will not be tolerated. “It is crucial that the elections are held on Sunday in a calm and[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 9, 2011.  U.S. Secretary of Commerce John E. Bryson issued the following statement today on the release of the October 2011 U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services report by the Commerce Department’s U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.  Today’s report showed that U.S.[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–9 December 2011.  Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon paid an unannounced visit to Mogadishu today together with the President of the General Assembly, Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, to express the solidarity of the United Nations at what he called a “critical juncture” for the future of the Somali people. “We have come here[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–9 December 2011.  Five United Nations peacekeepers serving in Lebanon have been injured after an explosion targeted at their vehicle in the country’s south earlier today – the third such attack this year. A vehicle with the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) was travelling on the southern outskirts[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–9 December 2011.  The United Nations human rights office announced today it is dispatching a delegation to Bahrain, where serious rights violations are alleged to have occurred earlier this year, to discuss how to build a more open and democratic society in the Middle East country. A four-member team[Read More…]

NETHERLANDS–(ENEWSPF)–8 December 2011. Well, good evening, and it’s wonderful to be back in The Hague. I want to thank my colleague and friend, Foreign Minister Rosenthal, a longtime friend, and co-conspirator from time to time, Eric Schmidt. Also, thanks to Leon Willems, the director of the Free Press Unlimited, and[Read More…]