En Route Boise, Idaho–(ENEWSPF)–January 21, 2015 – 11:47 A.M. EST MR. EARNEST:  Good morning, everybody, and welcome aboard Air Force One as we make our way toward the beautiful state of Idaho.  As you all know, this is the first opportunity that the President has had to visit the state[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 21, 2015. Index for Today’s Briefing ISRAEL/IRAN/REGION YEMEN IRAN YEMEN RUSSIA RUSSIA/UKRAINE NORTH KOREA RUSSIA IRAN BURMA FRANCE/REGION TRANSCRIPT: 12:19 p.m. EST MS. PSAKI: Hi, everyone. QUESTION: Good afternoon. MS. PSAKI: Good afternoon. We tried to do this briefing as early as we can today so we can[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 21, 2015.  On August 7, 2014 the U.S. Department of State issued a Travel Warning advising against non-essential travel to Liberia. After review of health conditions, the U.S. Department of State ordered the departure of family members residing with Embassy staff in Monrovia. The Embassy recommended this action out[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 21, 2015. Our democracy works best when everyone’s voice is heard, and no one’s voice is drowned out.  But five years ago, a Supreme Court ruling allowed big companies – including foreign corporations – to spend unlimited amounts of money to influence our elections.  The Citizens United decision[Read More…]

WASHINGTON –-(ENEWSPF)–January 20, 2015.  Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement after President Obama delivered his 2015 State of the Union address: “The President put his focus squarely on the American middle class tonight, and that’s exactly where our focus should be. Six years after the financial crisis and[Read More…]

Focus on the Middle Class Strikes the Correct Balance WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–January 20, 2015 “Tonight the President set out a new test for sustained economic growth,” Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said.  “This Congress will be measured by how much it increases wages for middle-class and all[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–January 20, 2015 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement tonight after President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address:  “As President Obama indicated, our economy today is much stronger than it was six years ago. The bad news, however,[Read More…]

President Barack Obama delivers the State of the Union address in the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Jan. 28, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Amanda Lucidon) Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 20, 2015. Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, my fellow Americans: We are fifteen years[Read More…]

Children in the Khanke Camp near Dohuk city, Iraq, which mainly houses Yazidis fleeing from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Photo: UNAMI GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–20 January 2015 – The United Nations human rights office today confirmed that the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has established[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 20, 2015.  The Department of State warns U.S. citizens against all travel to Libya and recommends that U.S. citizens currently in Libya depart immediately. On July 26, the U.S. Embassy suspended all embassy operations in Libya and relocated staff, due to ongoing violence between Libyan militias in the immediate[Read More…]