Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 30, 2014. The Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi and the President of the United States of America Barack Obama met this morning. Marking their first bilateral summit, the President recognized the Prime Minister’s historic election victory in the largest democratic election ever held. The two leaders extolled[Read More…]
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Takes Action for Violating New Mortgage Serving Rules
Flagstar to Pay $37.5 Million for Blocking Mortgage Borrowers’ Attempts to Save Their Homes Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—September 29, 2014. Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) took action against Michigan-based Flagstar Bank for violating the CFPB’s new mortgage servicing rules by illegally blocking borrowers’ attempts to save their homes. At[Read More…]
Watch: President Obama Speech on ISIS Airstrikes Syria Bombing on ISIL
WASHINGTON, DC-(ENEWSPF)- President Obama Speech on #ISIS Airstrikes Syria Bombing on #ISIL.
President’s Weekly Address: The World Is United in the Fight Against ISIL (Video and Text)
WASHINGTON, DC-(ENEWSPF)- In this week’s address, the President thanked Congress for its strong bipartisan support for efforts to train and equip Syrian opposition forces to fight ISIL. This plan is part of the President’s comprehensive counter-terrorism strategy to degrade and destroy the terrorist group, and does not commit our troops[Read More…]
White House Weekly Address: The World Is United in the Fight Against ISIL
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 20, 2014. Over the past week, the United States has continued to lead our friends and allies in the strategy to degrade and ultimately destroy the terrorist group known as ISIL. As I’ve said before, our intelligence community has not yet detected specific plots from these terrorists against[Read More…]
Iraq: Security Council Urges International Support for Government’s Combat Against Insurgents
John Kerry (right), Secretary of State of the United States and President of the Security Council for September, confers with Laurent Fabius, Minister for Foreign Affairs of France, at the Council’s meeting on the situation concerning Iraq. UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–19 September 2014 – The Security Council today strongly[Read More…]
Ukraine: UN Political Chief Says Adverse Security Conditions Hampering Full Access to Crash Site
Members of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine examine the MH17 crash site in July 2014. Photo: OSCE/Evgeniy Maloletka GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–19 September 2014 – Two months after the crash of a Malaysia Airlines flight over Ukraine that killed 298 people on board, the[Read More…]
State Department Briefing by Jeff Rathke, Sept. 19, 2014
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 19, 2014. Index for Today’s Briefing DEPARTMENT/UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY ISIL/IRAQ/SYRIA/AUSTRALIA/TURKEY/IRAN EGYPT MEXICO IRAN SIERRA LEONE MEXICO ARGENTINA ISIL TRANSCRIPT: 1:40 p.m. EDT MR. RATHKE: Hi. Good afternoon, everybody. So I – as you all are aware, we have the Secretary appearing shortly, so I’ll be quick and[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama at ‘It’s On Us’ Campaign Rollout
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 19, 2014 – 12:14 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Welcome to the White House, everybody. And thank you to Joe Biden not just for the introduction, not just for being a great Vice President — but for decades, since long before he was in his current office, Joe has[Read More…]
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell Press Conference Opening Statement, Sept. 19, 2014
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–September 19, 2014 – 3 pm ET Commissioner Roger Goodell: Good afternoon. Thank you for coming today. I’d like to make a few points and then I’ll be happy to take your questions. At our best, the NFL sets an example that makes a positive difference. Unfortunately over the[Read More…]
