Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 15, 2010.  The Army released suicide data today for the month of May.  Among active-duty soldiers, there were nine potential suicides, and all remain under investigation.  For April, the Army reported 10 potential suicides among active-duty soldiers.  Since the release of that report, four have been confirmed as[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 15, 2010 – Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander of U.S. Central Command, blamed dehydration for causing him to take ill this morning during a Senate hearing. Petraeus and Michele Flournoy, undersecretary of defense for policy, were testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee about military operations in Afghanistan[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–15 June 2010 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon spoke with the head of Kyrgyzstan’s interim Government today regarding the crisis in the south, as United Nations agencies launched operations to assist the thousands of civilians affected by the violence. Mr. Ban told Roza Otunbaeva that the UN is closely coordinating[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 14, 2010. INDEX: DEPARTMENT Diplomacy Conference on sub-Saharan Africa USAID’s Dr. Shah Spoke in Senegal US/Russia Adoption Talks US/Russia Co-Chairing Arms Control Working Group in Moscow US/Turkmenistan Bi-Annual Dialog Talks Secretary Clinton Spoke with Kazakh Foreign Minister about Kyrgyz Republic US Ambassador to OSCE Participated in an Emergency[Read More…]

Theodore, Alabama–(ENEWSPF)–June 14, 2010 – 3:05 P.M. CDT THE PRESIDENT:  Good afternoon, everybody.  I just had to — a chance to tour this staging facility here at Theodore along with Admiral Allen and Governor Riley.  I also want to acknowledge that Congressman Jo Bonner and a number of our elected[Read More…]

En route Gulfport, Mississippi–(ENEWSPF)–June 14, 2010 – 10:55 A.M. EDT MR. BURTON: Good morning. So for starters, after being directed by the administration to move more quickly, BP is now stepping up its efforts to contain the leaking oil. They’ve now outlined a path to contain more than 50,000 barrels[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–14 June 2010 – The top United Nations human rights today announced the composition of the independent committee tasked with monitoring Israeli and Palestinian investigations into the deadly conflict in the Gaza Strip that ended early last year. Earlier this year, the Human Rights Council, echoing the General Assembly,[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–14 June 2010 – Member States of the International Criminal Court (ICC) have agreed on what constitutes the crime of aggression, a long-running source of contention in international law, after nearly one decade of discussion. Nations agreed to amend the Rome Statute, which set up the Court, to define[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–14 June 2010 – United Nations relief agencies are dispatching emergency aid and staff to Central Asia, where tens of thousands of refugees have crossed into Uzbekistan as they flee several days of deadly ethnic clashes in southern Kyrgyzstan. More than 75,000 ethnic Uzbeks are estimated to have fled[Read More…]

GULF COAST—(ENEWSPF)—June 14, 2010Federal On-Scene Coordinator Rear Admiral James Watson today issued the following statement regarding BP’s latest containment strategies: “After being directed to move more quickly, BP is now stepping up its efforts to contain the leaking oil. They have now outlined a path to contain more than 50,000[Read More…]