Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 19, 2011. Deputy Secretary Neal Wolin delivered remarks on the implementation of Wall Street reform legislation at the Pew Charitable Trusts. In his remarks, Wolin discussed the importance of moving forward quickly, carefully and responsibly to implement the critical protections in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 19, 2011.   On behalf of President Obama and the people of the United States, I reaffirm the commitment of the United States to stand with Ukraine and the forty-four other nations participating in the Kyiv Summit as we mark the 25th anniversary of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster[Read More…]

Vienna, Austria–(ENEWSPF)–19 April 2011 – UPDATE 18:00 UTC. Presentation:  → Summary of Reactor Status → Fukushima Radiological Monitoring and Consequences → Fukushima Marine Environment Monitoring → Watch Video 1. Current Situation Overall, the situation at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant remains very serious but there are early signs of[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–19 April 2011 – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said today it has started moving food aid through a new humanitarian corridor into western Libya to reach areas heavily affected by the fighting. “Securing this humanitarian corridor is a first vital step in reaching thousands of hungry[Read More…]

BELGIUM–(ENEWSPF)–19 April 2011.  NATO conducted deliberate, multiple strikes against command and control facilities of the Qadhafi regime last night, including communications infrastructure used to coordinate attacks against civilians, and the headquarters of the 32nd Brigade located 10 km south of Tripoli. The 32nd Brigade headquarters has been used to lead[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 18, 2011 – UPDATE AS OF 5 P.M. EDT.Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) estimates it will take up to nine months to stabilize the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. A plan released Sunday breaks the project into two steps, the first taking up to three months, the second[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 18, 2011 – 12: 28 P.M. EDT.  See below for an answer to a question (marked with an asterisk) posed in the briefing that required follow up. MR. CARNEY:  Good afternoon, everyone.  Before we get started with questions I just wanted to give you a readout of the[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 18, 2011.   Index for Today’s Briefing DEPARTMENT Readout of Assistant Secretary Jeff Feltman’s Trip to Bahrain U.S. and Saudi Arabia Open Skies Agreement BAHRAIN Assistant Secretary Feltman Underscored U.S. Belief in Universal Values / Fundamental Need for Respect for Human Rights / Talks Constructive, Progress Made /[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 18, 2011.  On April 18, Federal Minister for Finance, Dr. Hafeez Shaikh, Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources Thomas Nides, National Security Staff Senior Director for International Economics David Lipton, and Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Charles Collyns convened the Working Group on Economics and Finance[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 18, 2011.   MS. FULTON: Good afternoon and welcome to the Department of State. I’m happy to introduce to you today Assistant Secretary Phil Gordon, who is going to talk to you a bit about the Secretary’s trip to Berlin last week for the NATO ministerial, foreign ministerial.[Read More…]