Tashkent, Uzbekistan–(ENEWSPF)–October 23, 2011.   QUESTION: Madam Secretary, thank you for joining us. Are you in Herman Cain’s famously designated Beki-Beki-Beki-stan? SECRETARY CLINTON: (Laughter.) Well, there’s a zero-zero-zero chance I’m going to comment on Republican politics, but I am in Uzbekistan. QUESTION: Let to turn to something more serious. You[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 22, 2011.   I was deeply saddened to learn of the death of Saudi Arabia’s deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud.  During the nearly fifty years that Prince Sultan led the Ministry of Defense and Aviation, he transformed the[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- Coffee Party USA announced the initial line-up of keynote speakers and panels for the Enough Is Enough: Citizens Intervention rally being held Saturday, October 29 on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol. During the event, everyday Americans from across the country will step up to the microphone to exercise their[Read More…]

 NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–Oct. 22, 2011, 6:35 p.m. EST.  A new uncompromising movement against NYPD’s notorious Stop & Frisk program began yesterday as hundreds of demonstrators marched from the Harlem State Office Building to Harlem’s 28th precinct. At the station, Cornel West, author and Princeton professor, Carl Dix of the Revolutionary Communist[Read More…]

Delayed Department of Labor rule would protect U.S. wages and local jobs Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 22, 2011.  Immigration, labor and civil rights experts convened yesterday during a congressional briefing to discuss the final rule issued by the Department of Labor to pay a prevailing wages to seasonal migrant workers working under[Read More…]

Dushanbe, Tajikistan–(ENEWSPF)–October 22, 2011.     SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you. Please let me tell you how excited I am to be here with you. Sher, thank you for that introduction and for being our moderator today. I wanted to thank the Aga Khan Development Network for supporting this forum and[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 21, 2011.   Index for Today’s Briefing LIBYA TNC Pledge to Provide a Full Account of Events in Sirte Urge to Continue TNC to Abide by International Standards / Urge Humane Treatment of Prisoners MANPADS IRAN U.S. Briefed Turkish Officials on Iran Plot IRAQ U.S. Is Working Diligently[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 22, 2011.  Yesterday, NPR’s PR flack was haranguing me on the phone about how NPR had nothing to do with getting Lisa Simeone fired from an independent program called Soundprint.  This was despite NPR having gone public with its concerns over Simeone’s “unethical” participation in democracy, and Soundprint’s[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 22, 2011.   Who: Jim HightowerWhere: Freedom Plaza, Washington, DC 13th and Pennsylvania Ave.When: Noon on October 22, 2011 The people can rule better than the elites.  The October2011.org Movement seeks to end corporate government and shift power to the people.  Populist advocacy is represented by Jim Hightower[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 22, 2011. This week, we had two powerful reminders of how we’ve renewed American leadership in the world. I was proud to announce that—as promised—the rest of our troops in Iraq will come home by the end of this year. And in Libya, the death of Moammar Qadhafi[Read More…]