Paris, France–(ENEWSPF)–October 14, 2014. SECRETARY KERRY: Well, good evening, everybody. Thanks for your patience. This has been a very productive couple of days, and I’m glad to have an opportunity to be able to catch up on the discussions that we’ve had, both with Foreign Minister Fabius as well as[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 14, 2014. Attorney General Eric Holder, along with Deputy Attorney General James M. Cole, announced today that the Department of Justice will no longer ask criminal defendants who plead guilty to waive their right to bring future claims of ineffective assistance of counsel.  The new policy bolsters the[Read More…]

D.C. Working Families, SEIU, and UCFW Endorse Initiative 71; Labor Groups Point to Elimination of Discriminatory Enforcement and Opportunities to Advance Worker Rights Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 14, 2014. Today, the Service Employees International Union, United Commercial Food Workers, and D.C.  Working Families endorsed Initiative 71, D.C.’s marijuana legalization initiative. Initiative 71,[Read More…]

Military must be ready for climate change Arequipa, Peru–(ENEWSPF)–October 13, 2014.  Thank you, Minister Cateriano, for hosting this gathering and welcoming us to Arequipa.  Since this forum was established more than two decades ago, it has served as an important venue for discussing major challenges facing our region, and finding[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 13, 2014. President Obama spoke by phone this afternoon with French President Francois Hollande to coordinate actions to contain the Ebola epidemic in West Africa and to discuss to the threat posed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).  On the Ebola outbreak, the two[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 13, 2014. President Obama spoke this afternoon with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to review the international response to the Ebola epidemic in West Africa and the need for more robust commitments and rapid delivery of assistance by the international community. Citing the threat the epidemic poses, the President[Read More…]

Cairo, Egypt–(ENEWSPF)–October 12, 2014. Thank you very much, Foreign Minister Shoukry. Thank you Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon; Vice Prime Minister Mustafa; our co-host, Foreign Minister Brende; and our colleague Cathy Ashton, the EU High Representative. I want to particularly thank President Sisi and Foreign Minister Shoukry for their leadership and for[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 12, 2014. This morning the President was briefed on the diagnosis of a second case of Ebola in Dallas, Texas, by Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Lisa Monaco. The President later spoke with Secretary of Health and Human Services Sylvia Burwell, who updated him[Read More…]

Seven Plaintiffs in ACLU Lawsuit Told That They Can Board Flights, Others Will Be Able to Challenge Inclusion on No Fly List PORTLAND, Ore.–(ENEWSPF)–October 11, 2014.   Following a court order, the government yesterday notified seven people who were on the No Fly List that they are cleared to fly. The six men[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 11, 2014. Hi, everybody.  For the first time in more than 6 years, the unemployment rate is below 6%.  Over the past four and a half years, our businesses have created more than 10 million new jobs.  That’s the longest uninterrupted stretch of private sector job creation in[Read More…]