Tarrytown, New York–(ENEWSPF)–May 14, 2014 – 3:37 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Hello, New York!  (Applause.)  It turned out to be a beautiful day.  Well, it’s wonderful to be here with all of you.  Take a seat, take a seat.  Relax.  First of all, I want to thank Governor Cuomo for[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 14, 2014 – 11:52 AM EDT. See below for a follow up to a question (marked with an asterisk) posed in the briefing. *Higher education has never been more important, and it should be affordable for everyone who is willing to work for it, not a luxury for[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–13 May 2014 – Amidst an international community “hopelessly divided” over how to end more than three years of bloodshed in Syria, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced that he has regretfully accepted the resignation of Lakhdar Brahimi, the Joint United Nations-League of Arab States Special Representative on the crisis.[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 13, 2014. Index for Today’s Briefing SUDAN / SOUTH SUDAN Secretary’s Conversations with Salva Kiir and Riek Machar CYPRUS Readout of Secretary’s Meeting with Cypriot Foreign Minister Kasoulides FRANCE Readout of Secretary’s Meeting with French Foreign Minister Fabius BENGHAZI Congressional Subpoena for Secretary Kerry’s Testimony SYRIA Chemical Weapons[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 13, 2014.  The Department of State warns U.S. citizens against all travel to the Central African Republic (CAR) and recommends that those who remain in CAR depart immediately by taking advantage of existing commercial flights.  The Government of Chad closed its border with CAR May 12, 2014.  Only[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 13, 2014 – 12:01 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you, everybody.  (Applause.)  Have a seat.  Have a seat.  Well, it’s wonderful to see all of you.  Some of you I’ve had the chance to get to know working on law enforcement issues and criminal justice issues.  But I[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–May 13 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today introduced legislation to give states a greater role in decommissioning nuclear power plants. Vermont and neighboring states should have more input in the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission process for determining what happens after the shutdown later this year of the 42-year-old Vermont[Read More…]

Civilian Casualties in Barrel Bomb Attacks on 3 Towns New York–(ENEWSPF)–May 13, 2014.  Evidence strongly suggests that Syrian government helicopters dropped barrel bombs embedded with cylinders of chlorine gas on three towns in Northern Syria in mid-April 2014, Human Rights Watch said today. These attacks used an industrial chemical as[Read More…]

Duke University-Trained Medical Doctor To Build Community Support for Ballot Initiative 71 that Would Legalize Marijuana Possession; Organizing Focus Will Be on Racial Disparities and Societal Harms Not Resolved by Marijuana Decriminalization   WASHINGTON, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 13, 2014. Former surgeon, Dr. Malik Burnett has joined Drug Policy Alliance as a full-time[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 12, 2014 – 5:39 P.M. EDT THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to the White House.  I especially want to welcome my old friend, Tommy Nee, and Bill Johnson and everyone in the National Association of Police Organizations.  Ladies and gentlemen, let me begin by saying[Read More…]