Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 30, 2011.  On July 29, 2011, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton met with Grammy Award-winning musician and producer will.i.am of The Black Eyed Peas. During the meeting, Secretary Clinton highlighted the importance of educational and cultural ties between the United States and China, in particular, furthering the[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 29, 2011.   Index for Today’s Briefing DEPARTMENT Special Representative for Global Intergovernmental Affairs Reta Jo Lewis travels to India / Will Focus on Discussions of Partnership With Regards to Trade, Investment, Infrastructure, Education, Science and Technology Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Ambassador Marc Grossman travels to[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 29, 2011.   The bill passed today in the House with exclusively Republican votes would have us face another debt ceiling crisis in just a few months by demanding the Constitution be amended or America defaults.  This bill has been declared dead on arrival in the Senate.  Now[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 29, 2011 – 12:48 P.M. EDT         MR. CARNEY:  Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.  Thank you for coming to the White House for your daily briefing.  Before I take your questions, I have with me here today two people who can tell you about the tangible, even historic,[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 29, 2011.   The U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis today released the advance estimate of gross domestic product (GDP) for the second quarter of 2011. Today’s release also contained revisions to prior years. Real GDP grew 1.3 percent at an annual rate, below private-sector expectations of 1.8-percent growth[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–July 29 – Like a broken record Republicans in the House and Senate are willing to wreck our economy by refusing to compromise and insisting on their radical plan to balance the budget on the backs of seniors and the middle class by slashing Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security while[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 29, 2011 – 10:57 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you, everybody.  Thank you.  (Applause.)  Good morning.  I’ve been having a lot of fun this week, but — (laughter) — nothing more fun and more important to the future of the American economy than the agreement that we’re announcing[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)-July 29, 2011- This morning, President Obama spoke on the status of the debt ceiling negotiations from the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House. The President urged Republicans and Democrats in Congress to find a bipartisan solution to avoid default that he can sign by Tuesday. Though we[Read More…]

Los Angeles, CA–(ENEWSPF)–July 28, 2011.  The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) passed a resolution this week calling for an end to America’s so-called ‘war’ on drugs. The resolution, enacted Tuesday during the organization’s 102th annual convention in Los Angeles, calls for alternative to incarceration for non-violent[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 28, 2011.   Index for Today’s Briefing DEPARTMENT Applications Being Accepted from American Citizens for United Nations Young Professionals Program / Important of Young Americans to Apply U.S. Condolences on Death of His Excellency Archbishop Pietro Sambi Debt Ceiling Debate / Debate is a Part of the Democratic[Read More…]