Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 10, 2011 – 12:46 P.M. EDT MR. CARNEY: Why don’t we start? I don’t have any announcements to make at the top. Mr. Feller. Q Thanks, Jay. Three topics today — I’ll go quickly. On Syria, does President Obama think that President Assad should step[Read More…]
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State Department Briefing by Victoria Nuland, August 10, 2011
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 10, 2011. Index for Today’s Briefing SYRIA U.S. Focus is to Continue to Strengthen International Condemnation of Assad Regime’s Activities / Actions in Syria Unacceptable to International Community Treasury Announcement of Sanctions against Syrian Financial Institutions and other Companies Focus of U.S. Diplomacy / Increasing International Pressure[Read More…]
ISAF Forces Conduct Airstrike Against Insurgents Responsible for Downing CH-47
KABUL, Afghanistan—(ENEWSPF)–10 Aug. 2011. Coalition forces killed the Taliban insurgents involved with the recent downing of the CH-47 helicopter, with a precision airstrike in Chak district, Wardak province, yesterday. The strike killed Taliban leader Mullah Mohibullah and the insurgent who fired the shot associated with the Aug. 6 downing of[Read More…]
Nuclear Energy Institute Report on Japan’s Nuclear Reactors, August 10, 2011
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 10, 2011. NRC Votes Are All In on Task Force Report Plant Status Tokyo Electric Power Co. has begun erecting the steel support for an airtight cover for reactor building 1 at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear energy facility. The 17-story polyester fiber fabric cover is designed to shield[Read More…]
White House Announces Ron Bloom to Step Down From His Position as Assistant to the President for Manufacturing Policy
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–August 9, 2011. Today, the White House announced Ron Bloom will be stepping down from his position as the Assistant to the President for Manufacturing Policy at the end of August. “For the past two and a half years, Ron Bloom’s leadership and expertise has helped us put America’s automakers[Read More…]
State Department Briefing by Victoria Nuland, August 9, 2011
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 9, 2011. Index for Today’s Briefing SYRIA Foreign Minister Davutoglu Consultations / Voice of International Community / Saudi King Abdullah Statement / GCC and Arab League Comments / No Justification for Kind of Violence / Further UN Action / Further Oil and Gas Sanctions / Pressure on[Read More…]
UN Security Council Voices Grave Concern Over Worsening Situation in Yemen
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–9 August 2011. Anti-government protesters in Yemen The Security Council today expressed grave concern over what it said was a serious deterioration of the economic and humanitarian situation in Yemen amid worsening security, including the threat from Al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula. In a press statement, the[Read More…]
UN Moves on Two Fronts to Combat Life-Threatening Famine in Horn of Africa
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–9 August 2011. These displaced Somali women head back to their families carrying aid distributed in Mogadishu The United Nations is moving on two fronts to counter the worsening food crisis in the Horn of Africa, with an immediate infusion of food in an area where 640,000 children alone[Read More…]
State Department Briefing on Dr. Jill Biden’s Recent Visit to Kenya
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 9, 2011. MR. TONER: Thank you, and thanks to all of you for joining us this morning. As you know, East Africa is facing the worst drought in 60 years, and the UN has declared that famine now affects five regions in Somalia and predicts that it[Read More…]
ACLU Files Supreme Court Brief Opposing Disability Discrimination by Religious School
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–August 9, 2011. The American Civil Liberties Union filed a friend-of-the-court brief today in a Supreme Court case arguing that churches do not have the right to discriminate based on non-religious grounds. The case was originally filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on behalf of a teacher of primarily[Read More…]
