North Baltimore, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–January 15, 2015 – 1:46 P.M. EST   THE PRESIDENT:  Hello, everybody.  I want to thank Amanda and the whole crew here at this wonderful coffee shop.  And I also want to thank Vika and Mary, as well as the senior senator from the state of Maryland, Barbara[Read More…]

Washington, D.C. –-(ENEWSPF)–January 15, 2015.  Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., issued the following statement on the CIA Accountability Board’s report on the agency’s secret search of Senate Intelligence Committee files: “Both the CIA Inspector General and the review board appointed by Director Brennan have now concluded that the CIA’s unauthorized search of[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 15, 2015. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending January 10, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 316,000, an increase of 19,000 from the previous week’s revised level. The previous week’s level was revised up by 3,000 from 294,000 to 297,000. The 4-week moving average[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 15, 2015. Last month, President Obama announced historic changes to our Cuba policy, beginning the process of normalization between our countries, and announcing his commitment to ease restrictions on American citizens and businesses.  Today, the U.S. Departments of the Treasury and Commerce took a significant step forward in[Read More…]

Cedar Falls, Iowa–(ENEWSPF)–January 14, 2015 – 2:35 P.M. CST THE PRESIDENT:  Hello, Cedar Falls!  (Applause.)  Thank you.  It’s good to be back.  Well, first of all, give Marc a big round of applause for the introduction and the great work he’s doing.  (Applause.)  I also want to thank Mayor Jon[Read More…]

President Barack Obama tours the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center in Arlington, Virginia. He is accompanied by Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, Lisa Monaco, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, and tour guides Dr. Phyllis Schneck, Deputy Under Secretary for Cybersecurity & Communications, and Brigadier General[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 14, 2015 – 1:34 P.M. EST MR. EARNEST:  A couple of quick things before we get started.  The first is, yesterday evening the President had the opportunity to telephone head Coach Urban Meyer from the National Champion Ohio State University football team.  He called just to congratulate the[Read More…]

“Democrats are going to protect American families” Washington, DC –-(ENEWSPF)–January 13, 2015.  Rep. Luis V. Gutiérrez (D-IL) was joined by eight of his Democratic colleagues at a press conference in the Capitol today to announce a tour of at least a dozen cities in the coming weeks.  The tour will[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 13, 2015.  U.S. Sens. John Cornyn (R-TX), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Mark Kirk (R-IL) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) today introduced the bipartisan Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act, which would empower law enforcement to further crack down on human traffickers in communities across the country while bringing about greater restitution[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 13, 2015. Index for Today’s Briefing SECRETARY’S TRAVEL / PAKISTAN UKRAINE / RUSSIA SYRIA TURKEY IRAQ / SYRIA / TERRORISM BULGARIA FRANCE / TERRORISM EUROPE / ANTI-SEMITISM / ISRAEL FRANCE TURKEY NORTH KOREA / RUSSIA RUSSIA / POLAND PAKISTAN INDIA PAKISTAN SRI LANKA CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC / UGANDA[Read More…]