Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 14, 2014. Index for Today’s Briefing KEYSTONE MIDDLE EAST PEACE/REGION COUNTERTERRORISM MIDDLE EAST PEACE IRAQ/REGION/COUNTERTERRORISM SYRIA/UNITED NATIONS TURKEY IRAQ/ISIS BALKANS/ISIS RUSSIA RUSSIA/UKRAINE AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN AFGHANISTAN/INDIA NORTH KOREA/RUSSIA NIGERIA SOMALIA EQUATORIAL GUINEA NIGERIA EAST TIMOR RUSSIA HUNGARY TRANSCRIPT:   1:12 p.m. EST MS. PSAKI: Hi, everyone. QUESTION: Happy Friday. MS.[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 14, 2014. The Department of State has issued this Travel Warning to inform U.S. citizens about the security situation in Colombia. Tens of thousands of U.S. citizens safely visit Colombia each year for tourism, business, university studies, and volunteer work. Security in Colombia has improved significantly in recent years,[Read More…]

Rangoon, Burma–(ENEWSPF)–November 14, 2014 – 12:35 P.M. MMT DAW AUNG SAN SUU KYI:  I’m sorry if we’ve kept you waiting. Let me just begin by saying what a great pleasure it is for me to welcome President Obama again to my house and to be able to meet all of[Read More…]

BURMA—(ENEWSPF)–November 14, 2014 The Republic of the Union of Myanmar, the United States of America, Japan, Denmark and the International Labour Organization (ILO) today are jointly launching a new Initiative to Promote Fundamental Labor Rights and Practices in Myanmar.  The Initiative is designed to: 1) improve Myanmar’s system of labor[Read More…]

 Rangoon, Burma–(ENEWSPF)–November 14, 2014 – 3:43 P.M. MMT PRESIDENT OBAMA: Hello, everybody! AUDIENCE: Hi! PRESIDENT OBAMA: Myanmar Luu Ngae Myar Min Galarbar! (Applause.) It’s wonderful to be back in Myanmar. Everybody, please have a seat. Have a seat. Oh, we got some signs — “Reform is fake.” “Change…” — okay,[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 13, 2014. Index for Today’s Briefing SECRETARY TRAVEL/JORDAN DEPARTMENT/ISIL ISRAEL/PALESTINIANS MEXICO ISIL/SYRIA/REGION IRAQ/KURDISTAN REGIONAL GOVERNMENT ISIL/SYRIA/IRAQ RUSSIA INDIA AZERBAIJAN RUSSIA/CHINA UKRAINE TRANSCRIPT:   1:08 p.m. EST MS. PSAKI: Hi, everyone. QUESTION: Hello. QUESTION: Hello. MS. PSAKI: I hope everyone visited the Chili Cook-off. QUESTION: Yeah, I did. MS.[Read More…]

Amman, Jordan–(ENEWSPF)–November 13, 2014. FOREIGN MINISTER JUDEH: (Via interpreter) In the name of Allah, the most gracious, the most merciful. At the outset, I would like to welcome a friend of His Majesty King Abdullah to Jordan, as well as to me personally, he – His Excellency, the Secretary of[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 13, 2014. Code Pink activist Tighe Barry was arrested and charged with disruption of Congress today during an Armed Service Committee hearing on the subject of The Administration’s Strategy and Military Campaign against Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Embeddable video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_X7Nsl-TG4g&feature=youtu.be “This is the first[Read More…]

Advocates Applaud Speaker Mark-Viverito for Being the “Standard Bearer” for Progressive Marijuana Policies NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—November 13, 2014. New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito announced her support for marijuana legalization at the November pre-stated meeting. Speaker Mark –Viverito joins a growing list of elected officials coming out in support of[Read More…]