Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 27, 2011 – 8:48 A.M. EDT MR. CARNEY:  Good morning, everybody.  You can read the paperwork we just handed out in a minute.  Let me just get started.  Thank you for coming this morning.  I have with me today Dan Pfeiffer, the President’s Director of Communications, as well[Read More…]

CINCINNATI–(ENEWSPF)–April 27 2011.  The American Civil Liberties Union today urged a federal appeals court to reinstate its lawsuit against Wal-Mart and the manager of its Battle Creek store for wrongfully firing an employee for using medical marijuana in accordance with state law. The patient, Joseph Casias, used marijuana to treat[Read More…]

Vienna, Austria–(ENEWSPF)–27 April 2011 – UPDATE 18:00 UTC. Presentation: → Summary of Reactor Status 1. Current situation Overall, the situation at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant remains very serious, but there are signs of recovery in some functions, such as electrical power and instrumentation. Changes to Fukushima Daiichi plant status[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–27 April 2011 – The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold a special session on Friday on the situation in Syria amid mounting concern over the recent killing or wounding of hundreds of peaceful protesters in the Middle East country. The United States requested the special session, which[Read More…]

SIGONELLA, Sicily–(ENEWSPF)–27 April 2011.  An F-16 aircraft participating in the NATO-led Operation UNIFIED PROTECTOR was involved in an incident upon landing on the outbound runway of Naval Air Station Sigonella at approximately 11:35am. The pilot ejected safely and his condition is currently being assessed. Italian base police have cordoned off[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 27, 2011 – 9:48 A.M. EDT.  NOTE:  A copy of President Obama’s long form birthcertificate can be found at: http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/rss_viewer/birth-certificate.pdf THE PRESIDENT:  Hello, everybody.  Now, let me just comment, first of all, on the fact that I can’t get the networks to break in on all kinds of other[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–26 April 2011 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today expressed “increasingly grave concern” about the situation inside Syria, where hundreds of peaceful demonstrators protesting against the Government have been killed or injured in recent days. Mr. Ban – who has spoken twice by telephone with President Bashar al-Assad to voice[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 26, 2011 – 1:41 P.M. EDT MR. CARNEY:  Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.  Good afternoon.  Before I take your questions, let me just take note of something.  As some of you probably saw last night, the Speaker of the House gave an interview on television, and in it[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–26 April 2011 – Vital United Nations relief assistance has arrived by sea and by air in the Libyan cities of Benghazi and Misrata in the past couple of days, as fighting continues to rage between the Government and rebels seeking the ouster of Colonel Muammar Al-Qadhafi. In eastern[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—April 26, 2011. The Honorable John Boehner                    The Honorable Harry Reid Speaker of the                                         Majority Leader House of Representatives            [Read More…]