Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 22, 2010 – 12:52 P.M. EDT MR. GIBBS:  Let me read a quick readout from a meeting the President held this morning.  The President had a productive video teleconference this morning with President Karzai.  The two leaders focused primarily on plans to stabilize Kandahar City and the close[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 22, 2010 – 5:22 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Well, we just finished up a Cabinet meeting with obviously a very wide-ranging agenda.  One of the first things we talked about was the progress that we’re making in terms of growing the economy again.  We’ve now seen five straight[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 22, 2010. Earlier today President Obama was updated by senior staff on the ongoing response to the wildfires in Arizona and the Administration’s continued work with state and local officials to fight it. Under the President’s direction, both the U.S. Forest Service and FEMA have been in close[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–22 June 2010 – In an effort to strengthen maritime security in Central America, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and Panama today launched a joint programme intended to prevent illicit and counterfeit goods from entering markets through sea ports. The programme includes the launch by[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 22, 2010. During today’s White House Press briefing, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said that President Obama is ‘angry’ over comments General Stanley McChrystal made in an interview in Rolling Stone Magazine due to be published on Friday and released to reporters today. In the Rolling Stone article, "The[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 21, 2010. INDEX: DEPARTMENT Secretary Clinton’s Conversation with Japanese Foreign Minister Okada / Relocation of US base at Okinawa Announcement of Marzuki Darusman as UN Special Rapporteur on North Korean Human Rights Condemnation of Journalist Killings in the Philippines Support for Upcoming Elections in Guinea U.S. Congratulations Colombians[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–21 June 2010 – The African Union-United Nations peacekeeping force in Darfur vowed today that it would not be intimidated from carrying out its work after three blue helmets were killed and a fourth was seriously wounded in an ambush in a remote part of the war-wracked Sudanese region.[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 21, 2010.  The following statement was issued today by the Middle East Quartet (United Nations, European Union, Russian Federation, and the United States). The Quartet re-affirms that the current situation in Gaza, including the humanitarian and human rights situation of the civilian population, is unsustainable, unacceptable, and not[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–June 21, 2010.  The United States Supreme Court today upheld the broad application of a federal law that hinders the ability of human rights and humanitarian aid organizations to do their work by making it a crime to provide “material support” to designated “foreign terrorist organizations” (FTOs). The ruling[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 21, 2010 – 1:01 P.M. EDT MR. BURTON: So to start out I just want to read out a couple phone calls the President just made to Chancellor Merkel and President Zapatero. The President values his excellent relationship with the Chancellor and he expressed his appreciation for their[Read More…]