OREGON—(ENEWSPF)—September 5, 2014. This November, Oregonians will have the opportunity to vote on Measure 91 intended to regulate, legalize and tax the use of marijuana by adults 21 and over. While recent polls show that the majority of voters favor this Measure, there are also those that do not. Allegedly,[Read More…]
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Statement of US Secretary of Labor Perez on August 2014 Employment Numbers
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)—September 5, 2014. U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez issued the following statement about the August 2014 Employment Situation report released today: “With today’s report, businesses have added more than 10 million jobs over the last four and a half years. That makes 54 consecutive months of private-sector[Read More…]
Allied Leaders Pledge to Reverse Defence Cuts, Reaffirm Transatlantic Bond
WALES–(ENEWSPF)–5 September 2014. The Alliance’s 28 leaders agreed at their Wales Summit on Friday (5 September 2014) to reverse the trend of declining defence budgets and raise them over the coming decade, a move that will further strengthen the transatlantic bond. “In this dangerous world we recognise that we need[Read More…]
NATO Leaders Take Decisions to Ensure Robust Alliance
WALES–(ENEWSPF)–5 September 2014. The Alliance’s 28 leaders at their Wales Summit on Friday (5 September 2014) agreed on a Readiness Action Plan to strengthen NATO’s collective defence and to ensure the Alliance is ready to deal with any challenge. “This is a demonstration of our solidarity and resolve,” said NATO[Read More…]
Statement by the White House Press Secretary on the Death of Ahmed Godane
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 5, 2014. Today, the Department of Defense confirmed that Ahmed Godane, the leader of al-Shabaab, is dead as a result of a U.S. military targeted airstrike in Somalia undertaken over the weekend. Godane’s removal is a major symbolic and operational loss to the largest al-Qaida affiliate in Africa[Read More…]
Statement by the White House Press Secretary on the Death of Ahmed Godane
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 5, 2014. Today, the Department of Defense confirmed that Ahmed Godane, the leader of al-Shabaab, is dead as a result of a U.S. military targeted airstrike in Somalia undertaken over the weekend. Godane’s removal is a major symbolic and operational loss to the largest al-Qaida affiliate in Africa[Read More…]
Payroll Employment Increases in August, 2014 (+142,000); Unemployment Rate Changes Little (6.1%)
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 5, 2014. Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 142,000 in August, and the unemployment rate was little changed at 6.1 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Job gains occurred in professional and business services and in health care. Household Survey Data In August, both the[Read More…]
Court Allows Ag-Gag Lawsuit to Proceed, Rights Attorneys Call Law Unconstitutional
Boise—(ENEWSPF)—September 4, 2014. Today, a federal judge denied Idaho’s motion to dismiss Animal Legal Defense Fund v. Otter, a federal lawsuit challenging the state’s “ag-gag” law, which punishes undercover investigations and whistleblowing inside of animal agricultural facilities. The Center for Constitutional Rights, which filed an amicus brief arguing that the[Read More…]
NATO Leaders Pledge Support to Ukraine at Wales Summit
WALES–(ENEWSPF)–4 September 2014. NATO leaders at the Wales Summit on Thursday (4 September 2014) pledged to provide strong support to help Ukraine improve its own security at a meeting with Ukraine President Poroshenko. “Our support is concrete and tangible,” said NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen. “We highly value Ukraine’s[Read More…]
NATO Reaffirms Continued Support to Afghanistan
WALES–(ENEWSPF)–4 September 2014. NATO Leaders at the Wales Summit reaffirmed on Thursday (4 September 2014) their commitment to supporting Afghanistan and called on the two presidential candidates to work together and to conclude the necessary security agreements as soon as possible, as they have said they will. The ISAF Heads[Read More…]
