Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 17, 2014.  In the latter half of 2013 and early 2014, the United States Government undertook a broad-ranging and unprecedented review of our signals intelligence programs, led by the White House with relevant Departments and Agencies across the Government. In addition to our own intensive work, the review[Read More…]

Washington–(ENEWSPF)–January 16, 2014.  Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, today released the following statement: “Statements on the Senate floor this morning and some media reports about the Senate Intelligence Committee’s bipartisan report on the attack against our diplomatic mission and CIA annex in Benghazi, Libya, intimate[Read More…]

Legislation Would Codify U.S. Commitment to Promote Women’s Leadership in Peace and Security Efforts Worldwide WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–January 16, 2014.  U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) today introduced the Women, Peace and Security Act of 2014. The bipartisan legislation would ensure future implementation of the Obama Administration’s “United[Read More…]

Ohio Should Stop Finding New Ways to Kill People and Focus on Reforming an Overburdened Criminal Justice System CLEVELAND–(ENEWSPF)–January 16, 2014.  Today, Ohio continued its march in the wrong direction with the execution of Dennis McGuire, who became the first inmate in history to be executed using an untested two-drug[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 16, 2014. Good morning, everybody. Good afternoon. And let me just say that I know you’d like to ask some questions, and unfortunately I have to go straight from here over to the White House for a meeting, but I will have an availability tomorrow in the morning[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 16, 2014. Index for Today’s Briefing LEBANON Condemnation of Bombing in Hermel SYRIA Secretary’s Remarks on Geneva II Participation in Geneva II / Opposition / Iran SOC Representation at Conference Purpose of Geneva II TURKEY Turkish Legal System Ongoing Corruption Investigations Turkish Domestic Politics IRAN Undersecretary Sherman Briefing[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 16, 2014.  On January 12, 2014, the P5+1 (the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Russia, and China, coordinated by EU High Representative Catherine Ashton) and Iran arrived at technical understandings for the Joint Plan of Action, which will be implemented beginning on January 20, 2014. The Joint[Read More…]

Bureau Orders Missouri Lender to Pay $81,000 for Illegal Kickback Scheme WASHINGTON, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—January 16, 2014. Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ordered a Missouri mortgage lender, Fidelity Mortgage Corporation, and its former owner and current president, Mark Figert, to pay $81,076 for funneling illegal kickbacks to a bank in exchange[Read More…]

Vatican Representatives Try to Relegate Issue to the Past Geneva—(ENEWSPF)—January 16, 2014. Today, the Vatican was summoned before the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child to report on its record in addressing widespread sexual violence within the Catholic Church.  Members of the Survivors Network of those Abused[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 16, 2014. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending January 11, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 326,000, a decrease of 2,000 from the previous week’s revised figure of 328,000. The 4-week moving average was 335,000, a decrease of 13,500 from the previous week’s revised[Read More…]