Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 8, 2014. Earlier today, Associate Attorney General Tony West, Assistant Attorney General Stuart F. Delery for the Civil Division and members of the Department’s Elder Justice Initiative met with stakeholders in the field of elder abuse and financial exploitation to launch the Elder Justice website in an effort to[Read More…]
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Senate Poised to Vote on Constitutional Amendment to Undo Citizens United
BURLINGTON, Vt.–(ENEWSPF)—Sept. 7 – One day before the U.S. Senate votes on a constitutional amendment to restore limits on big money in politics, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) called the drive to undo Supreme Court decisions that gutted campaign finance laws “the major issue of our time” and said Monday’s showdown[Read More…]
Remarks of Treasury Secretary Lew at the Urban Institute
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—September 8, 2014. Thank you, Sarah Rosen Wartell. Thank you to the Urban Institute for having me here this morning. For nearly half a century, the Urban Institute has applied rigorous research and analysis to help advance our understanding of the public policy challenges facing our nation. And we will[Read More…]
Florida Couples Can Be Arrested If Caught Living Together Before Marriage
Hundreds of Floridians are still sent to jail for unwedded cohabitation Florida-(ENEWSPF)- Hundreds of Floridians are being fined and imprisoned for the crime of living with a romantic partner without government permission, thanks to an old-time cohabitation law that is still in effect. As stated in Chapter 798 of the Florida[Read More…]
White House Weekly Address: Time to Give the Middle Class a Chance
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 6, 2014. Ladies and gentlemen, this is Joe Biden, I’m filling in for President Obama, while he addresses the NATO summit in Wales. When the President and I took office in January of 2009, this nation was in the midst of the greatest economic crisis since the great[Read More…]
State Department Briefing by Marie Harf, Sept. 5, 2014
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 5, 2014. Index for Today’s Briefing NATO IRAQ UKRAINE / RUSSIA NATO DEPARTMENT IRAQ / SYRIA / REGION IRAN UNITED STATES/CUBA/BAHAMAS LIBYA MIDDLE EAST PEACE NORTH KOREA BAHRAIN MIDDLE EAST PEACE IRAQ / SYRIA / REGION TRANSCRIPT: 1:41 p.m. EDT MS. HARF: Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to[Read More…]
U.S. State Dept. Updates Afghanistan Travel Warning, Sept. 5, 2014
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 5, 2014. The Department of State warns U.S. citizens against travel to Afghanistan. The security situation in Afghanistan is extremely unstable, and the threat to all U.S. citizens in Afghanistan remains critical. This Travel Warning supersedes the Travel Warning for Afghanistan issued on February 20, 2014. No province[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama at NATO Summit Press Conference, Sept. 5, 2014
Newport, Wales–(ENEWSPF)–September 5, 2014 – 4:50 P.M. BST PRESIDENT OBAMA: Good afternoon. Let me begin by thanking my great friend, Prime Minister Cameron — and his entire team — for hosting this NATO Summit and making it such a success. And I want to thank the people of Newport and[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama and President Erdoğan of Turkey Before Bilateral Meeting
Newport, Wales–(ENEWSPF)–September 5, 2014 – 3:08 P.M. BST PRESIDENT OBAMA: I very much appreciate the opportunity to once again meet with former Prime Minister Erdoğan, now President Erdoğan. And I want to congratulate him on his election victory. President Erdoğan is one of the key leaders of our Alliance, and[Read More…]
Ukraine: Rebels Subject Civilians to Forced Labor
‘Punishment Brigades’ Put in Danger, Abused Berlin—(ENEWSPF)—5 September 2014. Insurgent forces are detaining civilians on allegations of violating public order and then subjecting them to forced labor. Rebels appear to be using public order infractions as a pretext to obtain unpaid labor. In some cases, the members of these “punishment[Read More…]
