Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October, 4, 2011. Index for Today’s Briefing KEYSTONE XL Freedom of Information Act Request SYRIA Working for Many Weeks on UN Security Council Resolution IRAQ State Department Budget Request YEMEN U.S. Supports Plan Put Forward by GCC AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN/INDIA/REGION U.S. Supports Afghan-Led Process of Reconciliation Haqqani Network Ambassador Grossman[Read More…]
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White House Press Gaggle by Jay Carney Aboard Air Force One en route St. Louis, Missouri, Oct. 4, 2011
En Route St. Louis, Missouri–(ENEWSPF)–October 4, 2011 – 4:43 P.M. CDT MR. CARNEY: I just wanted to do a quick update. I wanted to just make the point about what we saw in the Senate today. And it was a political stunt, essentially, by the Senate Minority Leader, to attach the[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama on the American Jobs Act, Oct. 4, 2011
Mesquite, Texas–(ENEWSPF)–October 4, 2011 – 2:47 P.M. CDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello, Dallas! Thank you so much. Thank you, everybody. Please have a seat, have a seat. (Applause.) Thank you. It’s good to be back in Texas. (Applause.) It is good to be back in Texas. I am thrilled to have the[Read More…]
Republican Presidential Frontrunner Mitt Romney Says Occupy Wall Street Protests ‘Class Warfare’
FLORIDA—(ENEWSPF)—October 4, 2011. During an appearance today at a Florida retirement home, Republican presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney labeled the anti-Wall Street protests as “class warfare.” “I think it’s dangerous — this class warfare,” Romney said, answering a question about the Occupy Wall Street protests that began in New York City[Read More…]
Senator Bernie Sanders on Occupy Wall Street
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 4, 2011. “I think they’re really touching a nerve,” Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said Tuesday of protests on Wall Street that have inspired demonstrations from Burlington, Vt., to Los Angeles. “The nerve is that the average American understands that as a result of the greed and the recklessness and[Read More…]
Nurses to Join March on Wall Street October 5; Demand Wall Street Transaction Tax – an ‘FTT’
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–October 4, 2011. National Nurses United, the largest union and professional association of nurses in the US – with 170,000 members, will be represented at the Wall Street March on October 5 by contingents including from Maryland, Pennsylvania, California, Washington, D.C., Illinois and New York. NNU is joining[Read More…]
Statement by the White House Press Secretary on the Attack in Mogadishu
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 4, 2011. The United States strongly condemns the outrageous terrorist attack carried out earlier today by al-Shabaab in Mogadishu, Somalia. This despicable and cowardly act took the lives of dozens of innocent civilians, including students taking an exam in hopes of receiving scholarships to study abroad. Those[Read More…]
Statement by Commerce Department on President Obama’s Submission of Trade Agreements with Korea, Colombia and Panama to Congress
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 4, 2011. The following statement is attributed to Acting U.S. Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank: “The trade agreements with Korea, Colombia and Panama that the president submitted to Congress today will support tens of thousands of jobs here at home and strengthen our economic recovery. I call upon Congress[Read More…]
Huge NYC Union March Set to Spotlight Occupy Wall Street Protest, Oct. 4, 2011
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–Oct 4, 2011. New York area union members will join an expected several thousand labor activists and supporters tomorrow in a Wall Street march and rally in support of the Occupy Wall Street protesters. The grassroots-grown protest is now in its third week, with a diverse array of people from[Read More…]
A Grassroots Movement as the Middle Class Say, ‘We Aren’t Going To Take It Anymore’
Pitssburgh, PA–(ENEWSPF)–October 4, 2011. Last night, Ed Schultz from MSBC’s “The Ed Show” interviewed United Steelworkers President Leo W. Gerard and they discussed the Wall Street protests that are spreading across the nation. When asked by Schultz what he thought of the protests and arrests, Gerard responded, “I think it’s[Read More…]
