Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 9, 2015. Index for Today’s Briefing JORDAN UKRAINE ISIL SYRIA IRAN BAHRAIN NORTH KOREA CUBA YEMEN JAPAN ISIL ISRAEL/PALESTINIANS TRANSCRIPT: 1:21 p.m. EST MS. PSAKI: Hi, everyone, thank you. I just have one item for all of you at the top. General Allen and Ambassador McGurk met with[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 9, 2015 -12:04 P.M. EST PRESIDENT OBAMA:  Good morning, everybody.  Please be seated.  As always, it is a great pleasure to welcome my close friend and partner, Chancellor Angela Merkel, back to the White House.  Angela, of course, has been here many times.  But this visit is a[Read More…]

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador David Beckham meets child survivors of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines. Photo: UNICEF/Per-Anders Pettersson GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–9 February 2015 – International football icon and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Goodwill Ambassador, David Beckham, today announced his latest fundraising initiative, launched in tandem with the UN agency and aimed at[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–February 9, 2015 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, wants the U.S. government to help insure that newly-elected leaders in Greece have the support they need to end austerity programs that have caused widespread suffering to its citizens.  In recent years, the Greek[Read More…]

Munich, Germany–(ENEWSPF)–February 8, 2015. MODERATOR: To conclude the first half of our morning session, we are now turning to a new kind of troika. There have been different troikas in the past. And since we are pressed for time, I will not spend a long time with introducing this group[Read More…]

Policy Experts and Advocates to Testify in Favor of Directing Proceeds from Taxation to Communities Harmed by War on Drugs;   Hearing Occurs As Initiative 71 Undergoes 30-Day Congressional Review  Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 9, 2015. D.C. Councilmembers are holding a joint public hearing today on legislation introduced earlier this year that would[Read More…]

Munich, Germany–(ENEWSPF)–February 7, 2015 – 3:32 P.M. (Local) THE VICE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. I wish I could say those phone calls, I solved all the problems. But I didn’t. Ladies and gentlemen, as the Chairman said earlier today, I did stand here six years ago and in the[Read More…]

Indianapolis, Indiana–(ENEWSPF)–February 7, 2015. Hi everybody. I’m talking with you today from Ivy Tech Community College in Indianapolis, where I just held a town hall and heard from everyday Americans about what we can do, together, to make their lives a little better. This week, we got news that confirms[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–February 6, 2015 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today made the case against a proposed 12-nation trade deal that he said would be a “disaster” for American workers but good for multi-national corporations wanting to ship more jobs to low-wage nations in Asia. Sanders also criticized major national news[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 6, 2015. Index for Today’s Briefing SECRETARY TRAVEL CAMEROON/CHAD/NIGER/NIGERIA/REGION SYRIA/JORDAN/IRAQ/REGION IRAN/YEMEN/REGION NIGERIA/REGION TURKEY/ISRAEL/REGION INDIA/REGION JAPAN SRI LANKA BANGLADESH CYBER SECURITY CUBA TURKEY COUNTERTERRORISM/NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY SLOVAKIA UKRAINE/RUSSIA/REGION INDIA IRAN TRANSCRIPT: 12:20 p.m. EST MS. HARF: Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the daily press briefing. I have a couple[Read More…]