Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 10, 2014. Index for Today’s Briefing CUBA U.S.-Cuba Migration Accords IRAN Ongoing Technical Discussions INDIA Dr. Khobragade’s Departure / Diplomatic Immunity / Judicial Process / Status of the Maid Foreign Diplomats / Obligations under U.S. Law Expulsion of U.S. Official / U.S.-India Relationship DEPARTMENT Designations of Foreign Terrorist[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 10, 2014 – 1:12 P.M. EST MR. CARNEY:  Good afternoon.  Thanks for being here on Friday, rainy Friday.  I don’t have an announcement at the top.  I do have a week ahead, which if you remind me, I’ll deliver at the end.  So I’ll go straight to your[Read More…]

New York—(ENEWSPF)—January 10, 2014. Yesterday, Shurat HaDin, an Israeli legal organization, threatened to sue the American Studies Association (ASA) for its December, 2013 endorsement of a resolution to boycott Israeli academic institutions in protest of Israel’s discrimination and human rights abuses against Palestinians. The Center for Constitutional Rights and Palestine[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–January 10, 2014.  Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez issued the following statement about the December 2013 Employment Situation report released today: “The U.S. economy closed out 2013 by adding 74,000 jobs, bringing the 2013 total to nearly 2.2 million new jobs. With 87,000 new private-sector jobs in December, that[Read More…]

CHARLESTON, W.Va. –(ENEWSPF)—January 10, 2014. Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin today issued the following statement regarding the current State of Emergency in Boone, Cabell, Clay, Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, Putnam, and Roane counties. The State of Emergency remains in the affected counties.  The Governor dispatched the state’s Department of Environmental Protection[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 10, 2014. The unemployment rate declined from 7.0 percent to 6.7 percent in December, while total nonfarm payroll employment edged up (+74,000), the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment rose in retail trade and wholesale trade but was down in information. Household Survey Data The number[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 9, 2014 – 2:24 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT:  Well, welcome to the White House, everybody. And that was one of the best introductions I’ve ever had.  (Applause.)  So we’re so proud of Kiara for the introduction and for sharing your story, and you’re just so poised.  And I[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 9, 2014 – 1:25 P.M. EST MR. CARNEY:  I did cross a bridge here, but on my way here, I was at a funeral in Falls Church.  I apologize for the delay.  It was a funeral for a remarkable woman, the mother of a friend, who lived a[Read More…]

ACLU of Massachusetts and the ACLU file petition for due process BOSTON–(ENEWSPF)–January 9, 2014.   Today the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts and the national ACLU, together with Foley Hoag LLP, have petitioned the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court—that state’s highest court—to bring justice to tens of thousands of people[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 9, 2014. Index for Today’s Briefing UAE Shezanne Cassim / Other Detainees National Security Law / Freedom of Expression IRAN Talks in Geneva / Under Secretary Sherman Meetings CHINA Hainan Province Fisheries Law JAPAN Emergency Hotline with China AFGHANISTAN Detainee Release BSA IRAQ US Engagement DPRK US-South Korea[Read More…]