Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia–(ENEWSPF)–November 22, 2015 – 2:34 P.M. MYT PRESIDENT OBAMA:  Good afternoon, everybody.  Let me begin by once again thanking the government and the people of Malaysia for hosting us at the U.S.-ASEAN and East Asia Summits.  These gatherings are enormous undertakings, but thanks to Malaysia’s leadership and incredible[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 21, 2015.  Remarks by Vice President Biden: Good morning everyone. This past week we’ve seen the best and the worst of humanity. The heinous terrorist attacks in Paris and Beirut, in Iraq and Nigeria. They showed us once again the depths of the terrorist’s depravity. And at the[Read More…]

TENNESSEE—(ENEWSPF)—November 20, 2015. At a grassroots organizing meeting in Memphis today, Hillary Clinton pledged to fight for tax relief for middle-class families in order to boost their take-home pay and help them deal with rising costs. In particular, Clinton talked about her new tax credit of up to $5,000 to[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 20, 2015 The United States condemns in the strongest terms today’s terrorist attack on the many Malian and international guests and employees of the Radisson Blu Hotel in Bamako. We can confirm that the attack has ended, and we continue to coordinate with U.S officials on the ground[Read More…]

Washington, DC –-(ENEWSPF)–November 20, 2015.  U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today urged the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to clarify that industrial hemp research programs are eligible for existing federal research dollars. Wyden was among a bipartisan group of 12 senators, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Sen. Jeff[Read More…]

A group of asylum-seekers break the trek to rest at Tovarnik train station in Croatia. Photo: UNHCR/I. Pavicevic GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–20 November 2015 – European restrictions on refugees and migrant movements after last week’s terrorist attacks in Paris, including national profiling, are endangering many, especially children, as the bite of winter takes[Read More…]

UN Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) deploys medical needs following the terrorist attack on a hotel in the country’s capital, Bamako. Photo: MINUSMA/Mikado FM MALI–(ENEWSPF)–20 November 2015 – The top United Nations official in Mali today condemned the terrorist attack on a hotel in the country’s capital, Bamako. In a[Read More…]

Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–November 20, 2015.  Yesterday, Congresswoman Barbara Lee joined Congressmen Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Sam Farr (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), and Jim McDermott (D-WA) in signing a letter led by Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR). The letter calls on President Obama to find new DEA leadership following recent[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 20, 2015. Regional and state unemployment rates were little changed in October. Thirty-two states and the District of Columbia had unemployment rate decreases from September, 3 states had increases, and 15 states had no change, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Forty-three states and the District[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 19, 2015. MR KIRBY: Good afternoon, everybody. Got a special guest with me here today to kick off the briefing – Mr. Simon Henshaw, the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration, is going to walk you through for a few minutes some more[Read More…]