Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 26, 2011.  President Obama today named 94 researchers as recipients of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor bestowed by the United States government on science and engineering professionals in the early stages of their independent research careers. The Presidential early career awards[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 26, 2011.  Today, White House Council on Women and Girls Executive Director Tina Tchen, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director John P. Holdren, and National Science Foundation (NSF) Director Subra Suresh announced the “NSF Career-Life Balance Initiative,” a 10-year plan to provide greater work-related flexibility[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–25 September 2011.  The Security Council has urged all sides in Yemen to refrain from violence, including attacks against unarmed and peaceful civilian demonstrators, and called on them to abide by their obligations under international law. In a press statement issued on Saturday by Ambassador Nawaf Salam of Lebanon,[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–25 September 2011.  The acting head of the United Nations mission in Iraq strongly condemned today’s terrorist attacks that targeted Government buildings in the city of Karbala, killing over a dozen people and injuring many others. Jerzy Skuratowicz, who is also the deputy head of the UN Assistance Mission[Read More…]

NAPLES–(ENEWSPF)–24 September 2011.  In the last twenty-four hours, NATO aircraft, as part of Operation Unified Protector struck a series of targets Qadhafi forces used in order to threaten the civilian population of Sirte. Among the targets were: an ammunition storage facility, an anti aircraft gun, a command and control node,[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 24, 2011 – 8:30 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Hello, CBC!  (Applause.)  Thank you so much. Thank you.  Please, everybody have a seat.  It is wonderful to be with all of you tonight.  It’s good to be with the conscience of the Congress.  (Applause.)  Thank you, Chairman Cleaver and[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 24, 2011.  Over the last few weeks, I’ve been making the case that we need to act now on the American Jobs Act, so we can put folks back to work and start building an economy that lasts into the future. Education is an essential part of this[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–September 23, 2011.   MODERATOR: Thank you, everyone, for joining us this afternoon for this background briefing on Middle East peace issues and the Quartet statement that was just issued. For your records, our briefer tonight is [Senior Administration Official], hereafter known as Senior Administration Official. Without further ado,[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–September 23, 2011.  The United States is very pleased that the Quartet was able to issue a statement today with a concrete and detailed proposal to begin negotiations between the Israelis and the Palestinians without delay or preconditions. The Quartet proposal represents the firm conviction of the international community[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 23, 2011.  Following is the text of a statement issued after the meeting of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of the European Union Catherine Ashton in[Read More…]