WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—June 13 2011. A former U.S. Army major pleaded guilty today to bribery related to his work as a contracting officer’s representative in Kuwait from 2004 to 2006, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division. Derrick L. Shoemake, 49, of Moreno Valley, Calif., pleaded guilty[Read More…]
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NATO Engages Pro-Qadhafi Forces on North-West Coast of Libya
NAPLES–(ENEWSPF)–12 June 2011. Anti-Qadhafi sentiment is increasing in Libya as a growing number of Libyans demand the right to choose their own future. Along the north-west coast of Libya between Tripoli and the Tunisian border Libyans long tired of Qadhafi rule are challenging his legitimacy openly, and in doing so,[Read More…]
White House Press Gaggle by Jay Carney Aboard Air Force One en route Morrisville, NC
En route Morrisville, NC–(ENEWSPF)–June 13, 2011 – 10:56 A.M. EDT MR. CARNEY: This is going to be a quick one. If you guys will — because we’re obviously going to land and the President is speaking at the event. Good morning, everyone. Thanks for coming with us today to[Read More…]
White House Launches Campaign to Cut Waste: Vice President to Take on Making Government More Accountable
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 13, 2011. In a video message to the American people, President Obama and Vice President Biden launched the Campaign to Cut Waste, which will hunt down and eliminate misspent tax dollars in every agency and department across the federal government. The Vice President hosted an event at the White[Read More…]
ACLU: Supreme Court Affirms Discriminatory Citizenship Requirements for Children of Unmarried U.S. Citizens Born Abroad
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 13, 2011. An evenly-split Supreme Court today affirmed a lower court’s ruling upholding a law that unfairly discriminates against fathers, by establishing different citizenship criteria for children born abroad to an unmarried U.S. citizen depending on the sex of the citizen parent. In a one-sentence order without written opinion,[Read More…]
This Week: Senators, Representatives, White House Officials And More Than 2,000 Progressive Activists To Gather For Netroots Nation
Annual Conference To Take Place In Minneapolis Thursday–Sunday Minneapolis-(ENEWSPF)- Netroots Nation, the premier political conference for progressive activists, politicians and bloggers will kick off this Thursday at the Minneapolis Convention Center. This year’s conference will be the largest in the six-year history of Netroots Nation, with more than 2,200 people[Read More…]
Magnitude 6.2 Earthquake Reported in Molucca Sea
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- The United States Geological Survey reports that a 6.2 magnitude earthquake has struck in the Molucca Sea, 130 miles ENE of Manado, Sulawesi, Indonesia. The location of the rumbler is 210 km (130 miles) ENE of Manado, Sulawesi, Indonesia; 219 km (136 miles) NNW of Ternate, Moluccas, Indonesia;[Read More…]
UN Envoy Condemns Assassination of Somalia’s Interior Minister
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–11 June 2011. The United Nations envoy for Somalia today expressed shock over the assassination of the country’s Interior Minister and condemned the murder, saying that the violent minority must not be allowed to torpedo the peace process. The minister, Abdishakur Sheik Hassan Farah, who also held the national[Read More…]
Statement by Secretary of State Clinton on the Death of Harun Fazul
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 11, 2011. Harun Fazul’s death is a significant blow to Al Qaeda, its extremist allies, and its operations in East Africa. It is a just end for a terrorist who brought so much death and pain to so many innocents in Nairobi, Dar es Salaam, and elsewhere[Read More…]
Weekly Address: Government Partnering with the Private Sector to Train Workers and Spur Hiring
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 11, 2011. Hello, everyone. I want to spend a couple minutes talking with you about our economy. We’ve just come through the worst recession since the Great Depression, and while our economy as a whole has been growing and adding private sector jobs, too many folks are[Read More…]
