LONDON–(ENEWSPF)–November 18, 2014. SECRETARY KERRY: All right. Good morning, everybody. I am, first of all, delighted to be in London with my friend Philip Hammond. I think the fact that we are meeting on a regular basis now, almost weekly since he has become the foreign secretary, is an indicator[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 18, 2014. The Advisory Committee of the Attorney General’s Task Force on American Indian and Alaska Native Children Exposed to Violence released policy recommendations to the Justice Department today. The report recommends a significant rebuilding of the current services provided to Indian Country, through increased partnering and coordination[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 18, 2014. I strongly condemn today’s terrorist attack on worshipers at a synagogue in Jerusalem, which killed four innocent people, including U.S. citizens Aryeh Kupinsky, Cary William Levine, and Mosheh Twersky, and injured several more.  There is and can be no justification for such attacks against innocent civilians. [Read More…]

Jefferson City, MO—(ENEWSPF)—November 17, 2014. Gov. Jay Nixon today signed an executive order activating the Missouri National Guard to support law enforcement during any period of unrest that might occur following the grand jury’s decision concerning the investigation into the death of Michael Brown.  The Governor said the Guard will[Read More…]

MIAMI –-(ENEWSPF)–November 17, 2014.  In a landmark move in the battle over privacy rights and new technologies, AT&T has filed a federal court brief arguing that courts must account for people’s Fourth Amendment rights before authorizing law enforcement to get phone location histories from their cell service companies. The company’s[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 17, 2014. Today, the White House announced an expansion of President Obama’s SupplierPay initiative, a partnership with the private sector to strengthen small businesses by increasing their working capital, so they can grow and hire more workers. Twenty-one companies are joining the 26 companies that adopted the SupplierPay pledge[Read More…]

Brisbane, Australia–(ENEWSPF)–November 16, 2014 – 4:19 P.M. AEST PRESIDENT OBAMA:Thank you, everybody.Please have a seat. Good afternoon.I want to begin by thanking Prime Minister Abbott, the people of Brisbane, and the people of Australia for being such extraordinary hosts for the G20.All the arrangements were terrific and, as always, the[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 16, 2014. Today we offer our prayers and condolences to the parents and family of Abdul-Rahman Kassig, also known to us as Peter.  We cannot begin to imagine their anguish at this painful time. Abdul-Rahman was taken from us in an act of pure evil by a terrorist[Read More…]

Children from Cape Town, South Africa in the 1980s, when inter-racial marriage was illegal in the country NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–16 November 2014 – Making International Day of Tolerance, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged world leaders to protect people from persecution and to encourage tolerance for all regardless of nationality,[Read More…]

AUSTRALIA–(ENEWSPF)–November 15, 2014. Prime Minister Tony Abbott of Australia, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan, and President Barack Obama of the United States met in Brisbane, Australia on 16 November 2014 in the margins of the G20 Leaders’ Summit. The leaders expressed their commitment to deepening the trilateral partnership among[Read More…]