Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia–(ENEWSPF)–November 20, 2015 – 4:13 P.M. MYT PRESIDENT OBAMA:  Hello, everybody!  (Applause.)  Everybody have a seat.  Thank you so much.  Well, good afternoon.  This is a very good-looking group.  (Laughter.)  I want to thank Carrie for the introduction and your outstanding work to empower women in Singapore.  Give[Read More…]

En Route Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia–(ENEWSPF)–November 20, 2015 – 12:38 P.M. PHT MR. EARNEST:  So I do want to tell you one thing that may be unrelated to your line of questioning today, but it’s something that you may be interested in.  As you may know, the Congress recently passed legislation[Read More…]

Senators express concern about potentially anti-competitive practices by large beer conglomerates and distributors WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–November 19, 2015.  Today, U.S. Senators Angus King (I-Maine) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) led a bipartisan group of Senators on a letter urging the U.S. Department of Justice to protect craft brewers across America from potentially[Read More…]

Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–November 19, 2015.  Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today called for the United States to uphold its traditional values and continue to allow refugees from violent oppression and terror to our shores, while ensuring a rigorous screening process is in place to protect the country. “Our country must ensure[Read More…]

9/11 co-conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui and shoe-bomber Richard Reid both used the Visa Waiver Program to travel to the United States WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—November 19, 2015. Assistant Senate Democratic Leader Dick Durbin (D-IL) today introduced legislation to close a loophole in federal law that permits foreign nationals who have entered the United States[Read More…]

Children at Atme camp for displaced people in northern Syria, near the border with Turkey. About 6.5 million Syrians have been internally displaced by violence. Photo: Jodi Hilton/IRIN VIENNA–(ENEWSPF)–19 November 2015 – After briefing an informal session of the United Nations General Assembly about the “deliverables” that had come out[Read More…]

Migrants and refugees from several countries arrive by special train in Berlin, Germany. Photo: UNICEF/Ashley Gilbertson VII NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–19 November 2015 – The United Nations General Assembly met today on tackling the global refugee crisis in the shadow of last week’s terrorist attacks in Paris and Beirut, with top officials[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 19, 2015.  The AFL-CIO Office of Investment submitted a new round of shareholder proposals urging six of the largest Wall Street banks to ban special compensation packages for banking executives who leave for government positions. The proposals address the controversial practice of “government service golden parachutes” that provide[Read More…]

Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–November 19, 2015.  Today members of the House Democratic Caucus joined public interest groups and progressive organizations to call on House Leadership to reject divisive policy riders in the FY 2016 Omnibus and to bring a clean spending bill to the floor. More than 160 Members of Congress[Read More…]

NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—November 19, 2015. Hillary Clinton laid out her comprehensive strategy for defeating ISIS and combatting the scourge of radical jihad during remarks at the Council on Foreign Relations on Thursday. In the face of horrific terrorist attacks like the recent ones in Paris, Sinai, Beirut and Nigeria, she said[Read More…]