Mandatory 25-Year Sentence for Stealing 1 Million or More Credit Card Numbers WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–February 3, 2014.  U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) announced at a Banking Subcommittee on National Security and International Trade and Finance hearing today that he will introduce The Computer Crimes Sentencing Act, which would create mandatory sentences for individuals found[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 3, 2014. Index for Today’s Briefing DEPARTMENT U.S. Condemns Recent Terrorist Bombings in Lebanon ISRAEL/PALESTINIANS/REGION U.S. Opposed to Attempts to Boycott Israel / EU Secretary’s Voting Record in the U.S. Senate Molho / Livni / Netanyahu Ambassador Indyk Turkey KEYSTONE XL Process Ongoing, Released Final SEIS Last Friday,[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 3, 2014. The security environment remains complex in Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza, and U.S. citizens need to be aware of the continuing risks of travel to these areas, particularly to areas described in this Travel Warning where there are heightened tensions and security risks.  The Department[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 1, 2014. Hi, everybody.  This week, I delivered my State of the Union Address. Today, here’s the three-minute version. After four years of economic growth with eight million new private sector jobs, our unemployment rate is the lowest it’s been in more than five years.  And with the[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 31, 2014. Americans have long celebrated our Nation as a beacon of liberty and opportunity — home to patriots who threw off an empire, refuge to multitudes who fled oppression and despair. Yet we must also remember that while many came to our shores to pursue their own[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 31, 2014. The Department of State urges U.S. citizens to avoid all travel to Lebanon because of current safety and security concerns.  U.S. citizens living and working in Lebanon should understand that they accept risks in remaining and should carefully consider those risks.  This supersedes the Travel Warning[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 31, 2014. Index for Today’s Briefing DEPARTMENT Human Rights Violations in Ukraine / Missing Activists / Secretary Kerry to Meet with Ukrainian Opposition Leaders Update on Secretary Kerry’s Travel to Germany / Munich Security Conference Video of Team U.S.A Olympians / Sports Diplomacy KEYSTONE XL Release of Environmental[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 31, 2014 – 11:39 A.M. EST THE PRESIDENT:  (Applause.)  Thank you.  Thank you so much.  Thank you, everybody.  (Applause.)  Everybody, please have a seat.  Well, first of all, let me just thank Erick for being here, for sharing his story, for his service to our country.  I hope[Read More…]

Advocates Seek to Combat Detention Bed Quota During Upcoming Congressional Appropriations Debate New York—(ENEWSPF)—January 31, 2014. Detention Watch Network and the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) yesterday filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit seeking immediate release of documents that the United States government has refused to provide regarding[Read More…]

ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–January 31, 2014.  Consumer confidence edged downward in January, although the overall falloff was minor, according to the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers. Conducted by the U-M Institute for Social Research since 1946, the surveys monitor consumer attitudes and expectations. Unfortunately, in the months ahead larger-than-normal home[Read More…]