Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 12, 2015. Index for Today’s Briefing SECRETARY TRAVEL DEPARTMENT/IRAQ CROATIA CUBA HAITI CUBA FRANCE SAUDI ARABIA EGYPT ISIL SYRIA LIBYA AFGHANISTAN FRANCE CUBA FRANCE NIGERIA UGANDA SYRIA NORTH KOREA QATAR TRANSCRIPT: 1:11 p.m. EST MS. HARF: Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the briefing, my first of 2015. I[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 12, 2015 – 2:44 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT:  Well, hello, everybody!  (Applause.)  Welcome to the White House.   Everybody please have a seat.  In case you didn’t know, these are the NBA Champion San Antonio Spurs.  (Applause.)  I was considering having the Vice President cover these remarks so I[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 12, 2015 – 2:15 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you so much.  (Applause.)  Thank you. Everybody have a seat.  Well, thank you, Edith, for your introduction.  Edith and I go a long way back.  In law school we served on the law review together.  I will not say[Read More…]

The Haitian government and the UN Operations have teamed up with project 16/6 – a rebuilding initiative that includes construction training programs. Photo: Logan Abassi/MINUSTAH NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–12 January 2015 – Marking the anniversary of the massive earthquake that struck Haiti five years ago today, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has paid tribute[Read More…]

Photo: UNESCO/Pilar Chang-Joo FRANCE–(ENEWPSF)–11 January 2015 – The head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Irina Bokova, participated in today’s historic march for freedom and solidarity in Paris, held in the wake of the deadly terrorist assault on French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday, and[Read More…]

Justice Department Will Defend Constitutionality of Trademark Statute Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 11, 2015.  On Friday, the government filed a notice of intervention in Pro-Football, Inc. v. Amanda Blackhorse, et al. notifying the court in the Eastern District of Virginia that it would defend the federal authorities of the U.S. Patent and[Read More…]

Gujarat, India–(ENEWSPF)–January 11, 2015. SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you very much. Prime Minister Modi and Secretary General Ban, many famous ministers, trade representatives, the prime ministers – ladies and gentlemen, I fear we have reached that magical moment in an event when just about everything has been said, but not everybody[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 10, 2015. Hi, everybody.  About a year ago, I promised that 2014 would be a breakthrough year for America.  And this week, we got more evidence to back that up. In December, our businesses created 240,000 new jobs.  The unemployment rate fell to 5.6%.  That means that 2014[Read More…]

Clinton, Tennessee–(ENEWSPF)–January 9, 2015 – 4:00 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT:  Good afternoon, everybody.  There’s no need to stand up.  Thank you so much.  First of all, it’s wonderful being here in Clinton.  And I want to thank Mayor Scott Burton and very much appreciate the hospitality.  I want to thank[Read More…]

Aboard Air Force One En Route Knoxville, Tenn.–(ENEWSPF)–January 9, 2015 – 11:22 A.M. EST MR. SCHULTZ:  Welcome aboard.  Thank you for joining us as we wrap up a rather newsy week, previewing some of the President’s proposals that he’ll describe in the State of the Union address later this month. [Read More…]