Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts–(ENEWSPF)–August 26, 2011 – 11:28 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Good morning, everybody.  I want to say a few words about Hurricane Irene, urge Americans to take it seriously, and provide an overview of our ongoing federal preparations for what’s likely to be an extremely dangerous and costly storm.[Read More…]

Jackson Hole, Wyoming–(ENEWSPF)–August 26, 2011.  Remarks by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Economic Symposium. Good morning. As always, thanks are due to the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City for organizing this conference. This year’s topic, long-term economic growth, is indeed[Read More…]

Residents Urged To Heed Evacuation Orders WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–August 26, 2011 — Hurricane Irene is headed toward the East Coast and the American Red Cross is mobilizing disaster workers and equipment along much of the eastern seaboard to help those in the path of this powerful storm. Hurricane Irene is predicted to[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–26 August 2011.  Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned this morning’s attack on the United Nations building in Abuja, in which a number of people have been killed or wounded, and said he is dispatching top officials to the Nigerian capital to respond to the emergency. The compound in Abuja, a[Read More…]

Washington–(ENEWPF)–August 26, 2011.  Last night Harry E. Johnson, Sr. president and CEO of the Washington DC Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation, Inc. released the following statement about Dedication Day. Thank you for coming back this evening for a further update on our Dedication plans. In consultation with the[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2011. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced that federal aid has been made available to North Carolina to supplement the state and local response efforts in the area due to the emergency conditions resulting from Hurricane Irene beginning on August 25, 2011,[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–25 August 2011. The United Nations and its diplomatic partners seeking a resolution to the Libyan crisis today urged the Security Council to release assets frozen under United Nations sanctions to the country’s transitional authorities to help them set up a government in the North African nation. “We have decided[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2011.  Index for Today’s Briefing LIBYA Deputy Secretary Burns at the political directors’ Contact Group meeting in Istanbul / Positive / Libyan-led process / Discussed possible security needs of TNC / No anticipation of foreign military requirements but premature to speculate/ Ministerial level contact meeting in Paris[Read More…]

CONCORD–(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2011. Governor John Lynch today met with state emergency management officials and agency heads to ensure New Hampshire is doing all it can to prepare for the arrival of Hurricane Irene this weekend. Governor Lynch and state officials are also closely coordinating with local emergency officials to ensure[Read More…]

NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—August 25, 2011. The following are Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s remarks as delivered this morning outside of St. Luke’s Baptist Church in Laurelton, Queens, where he met with residents and visited a Department of Environmental Protection crew working on preemptive flood mitigation. “We’re joined by too many people to[Read More…]