Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 28, 2011 – 11:16 A.M. EST THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Thank you very much.  I’m Joe Biden — I’ll Jill Biden’s husband — (laughter) — which is how I’m getting to be known around here.  You’re about to — we decided to bring in the second team now to[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 28, 2011 – 10:54 A.M. EST DR. BIDEN:  Good morning, and thanks to all of you for inviting us here today.  It was a great time last night, wasn’t it?  We had a great day — MRS. OBAMA:  Whooo!  (Laughter and applause.) DR. BIDEN:  So Michelle and I[Read More…]

Geneva, Switzerland–(ENEWSPF)–February 28, 2011.   SECRETARY CLINTON: Good afternoon. Thank you, Mr. President, and I want to thank the High Commissioner and all my colleagues for their strong words here today, as well as during the special session on Friday. Today the world’s eyes are fixed on Libya. We have[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–28 February 2011 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for full compliance with the arms embargo placed on Côte d’Ivoire, in the wake of reports that Belarus has provided attack helicopters to forces loyal to former president Laurent Gbagbo. “The Secretary-General has learned with deep concern that three attack[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 27, 2011.   SECRETARY CLINTON: Let me start by saying as strongly as I can that the United States and the American people support the aspirations and rights of the Libyan people. They are clearly sending as strong a message as they are capable of doing that it[Read More…]

Pittsburgh, PA–(ENEWSPF)–February 27, 2011.  United Steelworkers (USW) International officers Stan Johnson and Fred Redmond on Saturday joined District 2 Director Michael Bolton, a young USW leader and hip-hop artist from Canada and a vans full of Steelworkers members locked out by Honeywell in Metropolis, Ill., at the ongoing massive protests[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 27, 2011.   Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton travels to Geneva, Switzerland on February 27 to 28. While in Geneva, she will hold consultations with her counterparts on the situation in Libya, and events and trends in the broader Middle East. She will also address the high-level[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–26 February 2011 – The Security Council today voted unanimously to impose sanctions against the Libyan authorities, slapping the country with an arms embargo and freezing the assets of its leaders, while referring the ongoing violent repression of civilian demonstrators to the International Criminal Court (ICC). In its Resolution[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–26 February 2011 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today had telephone discussions with King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on developments in Libya, as he continues to reach out to world leaders to urge them to support the international effort to[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 26, 2011.   The United States strongly condemns the ongoing violence and human rights violations committed by the government of Libya against its own people. As President Obama said, these actions violate international norms and every standard of common decency. They must stop. We are moving quickly on[Read More…]