Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 25, 2014. By Erik Altieri, NORML Communications Director In an interview with NPR released yesterday, retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens came out in support for marijuana legalization. When asked if he believed the federal government should legalize marijuana, the 94 year old former Justice replied: “Yes,[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 25, 2014. Today the President spoke with President Hollande of France, Chancellor Merkel of Germany, Prime Minister Renzi of Italy, and Prime Minister Cameron of the UK to consult about the alarming situation in eastern Ukraine.  The leaders noted the positive steps that Ukraine had taken to move[Read More…]

En Route Seoul, Republic of Korea–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2014 – 11:04 A.M. KST MR. CARNEY:  Here to talk to you about negotiations in Japan and broadly on TPP, I turn it over to a senior administration official. SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL:  So this was a very important couple of days for TPP. [Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2014 – 11:10 A.M. EDT MRS. OBAMA:  (Applause.)  Hey, you guys.  How are you doing? CHILDREN:  Good. MRS. OBAMA:  Have you been having — awesome.  Have you been having fun today? CHILDREN:  Yes. MRS. OBAMA:  All right.  Give me — what’s the best thing you’ve done so[Read More…]

Seoul, Republic of Korea–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2014 – 5:49 P.M. KST PRESIDENT OBAMA:  So we just had an excellent meeting, and I know that we’ll have the opportunity to answer questions from the press about policy.  But I just wanted to make a brief remark about these remarkable artifacts.  These are[Read More…]

Seoul, Republic of Korea–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2014 – 4:21 P.M. KST PRESIDENT OBAMA:  I would like to thank President Park for welcoming me here today.  I’m so grateful for the opportunity to come back to the Republic of Korea.  But I am very mindful that my visit comes at a time[Read More…]

JAPAN–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2014.  The relationship between the United States of America and Japan is founded on mutual trust, a common vision for a rules-based international order, a shared commitment to upholding democratic values and promoting open markets, and deep cultural and people-to-people ties. The U.S.-Japan Alliance is the cornerstone for[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 24, 2014. The United States condemns the attack today in Kabul that killed three Americans working to provide health care to Afghans.  Any such attack on civilians at a hospital is despicable and cowardly.  We send our deepest condolences to the families of all those killed and injured.[Read More…]

BURLINGTON, Vt.–(ENEWSPF)–April 24 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today in response to a Federal Communications Commission proposal to let companies pay for faster delivery over the Internet: “Under this terribly misguided proposal, the Internet as we have come to know it would cease to exist[Read More…]

Docs Confirm Lack of Due Process in Communications Management Units, Attorneys Say Washington D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—April 23, 2014. For the first time, hundreds of documents detailing the Bureau of Prisons’ process for designating prisoners to controversial Communications Management Units (CMUs) are public. The documents had been under a protective order in the Center[Read More…]