Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2010.  Earlier today, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates discussed the Administration’s interagency review of the U.S. export control system, which calls for fundamental reform of the current system in order to enhance U.S. national security and strengthen our ability to counter threats such as the proliferation of[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2010. INDEX: DEPARTMENT Volcanic Ash / Monitoring Group in Operations Center / Embassies Throughout Europe Fielding Calls / Consular Officers Dispatched to Airports Secretary is Prepared to Travel to NATO Ministerial / Awaiting Final Decision from Brussels Regarding Whether Meeting will Take Place Russian adoptions / Head[Read More…]

En Route Andrews Air Force Base–(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2010 – 12:45 P.M. EDT MR. BURTON: Hey, guys, we good? Thank you all for joining us on the return flight home. Fire away. Q Goldman Sachs posted a near doubling in first-quarter earnings just days after the SEC launched its — said[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—April 20, 2010. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Senate Banking Committee Chair Chris Dodd sent a written response to Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell today, responding to a recent letter from the Senate Republican Caucus outlining Republicans’ intent to protect Wall Street and keep the same rules in[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2010. As the following chart demonstrates, H.R. 4173, the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, addresses some of the most egregious problems raised by the Lehman Brothers’ failure, which precipitated the costly taxpayer bailout put forward by President Bush in 2008. For a more complete analysis[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2010.  The House Education and Labor Committee today released estimates on how many jobs would be created or saved in local communities by the Local Jobs for America Act (H.R. 4812), legislation that would create jobs quickly in both the public and private sectors and help restore[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2010. Dorothy Irene Height, long-time civil rights activist, chair and president emerita of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) and “godmother of the women’s movement,” died of natural causes at 3:41 a.m. Tuesday, April 20, at Howard University Hospital, 27 days after her 98th birthday. “I am[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2010.  Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today issued the following statement on Equal Pay Day: “Nearly a half century after the Equal Pay Act was enacted to ensure equal pay for equal work, this form of discrimination continues to impinge upon women’s rights in the workplace. As[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–20 April 2010 – The United Nations humanitarian wing is coordinating emergency aid and assessing the damage in northern Afghanistan following a 5.3-magnitude earthquake that reportedly killed at least seven people and injured dozens of others. The quake hit the mountainous Samangan province, northwest of the capital, Kabul, on[Read More…]

COLORADO–(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2010.  Keli S. McGregor, Colorado Rockies Team President, was found dead this morning in his hotel room in Salt Lake City, Utah. McGregor 48, was in Utah on a business trip with team Chairman & CEO Charlie Monfort and Executive Vice President, Greg Feasel. No details surrounding McGregor’s[Read More…]