Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 23, 2013. The United States condemns the ongoing air assault by Syrian government forces on civilians, including the indiscriminate use of SCUD missiles and barrel bombs in and around Aleppo over the last week. The attacks over the weekend killed more than 300 people, many of them children.[Read More…]
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Consumer Confidence Improves in December 2013
ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–December 23, 2013. Consumer confidence rebounded among households with incomes less than $75,000 in December, according to the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers. Conducted by the U-M Institute for Social Research (ISR) since 1946, the Surveys monitor consumer attitudes and expectations. Higher income households reported the same-sized[Read More…]
U.S. Citizen Evacuation in South Sudan
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 23, 2013. Yesterday, the United States — in coordination with the United Nations and in consultation with the South Sudanese government — safely evacuated American citizens from Bor, South Sudan. U.S. citizens and citizens from our partner nations were flown from Bor to Juba on UN and U.S.[Read More…]
White House Weekly Address: Working Together on Behalf of the American People, Dec. 21, 2013
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 21, 2013. Hi, everybody. This week, Congress finished up some important work before heading home for the holidays. For the first time in years, both parties came together in the spirit of compromise to pass a budget – one that helps chart our economic course for the next[Read More…]
Target Data Security Media Update
MINNEAPOLIS–(ENEWSPF)–December 20, 2013. We are continuing the process of reaching out to guests across a number of channels including traditional and social media. Also, we have begun notifying, via email, those guests whose emails we have and who shopped in our U.S. stores with a credit or debit card during[Read More…]
A Message from CEO Gregg Steinhafel about Target’s Payment Card Issues
MINNEAPOLIS–(ENEWSPF)–December 20, 2013. “Yesterday we shared that there was unauthorized access to payment card data at our U.S. stores. The issue has been identified and eliminated. We recognize this has been confusing and disruptive during an already busy holiday season. Our guests’ trust is our top priority at Target and[Read More…]
State Department Briefing by Jen Psaki, December 20, 2013
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 20, 2013. Index for Today’s Briefing DEPARTMENT Readout of Secretary’s travel to Vietnam and the Philippines INDIA India’s Deputy Consul General / Continued Engagement / Importance of U.S.-India Relationship / Secretary’s Calls / Issue of Immunity SYRIA Trilateral Meeting in Geneva / Iran / Participation in Geneva II[Read More…]
Justice Department Recovers $3.8 Billion from False Claims Act Cases in Fiscal Year 2013
Second Largest Annual Recovery in History Whistleblower Lawsuits Soar to 752 Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 20, 2013. The Justice Department secured $3. 8 billion in settlements and judgments from civil cases involving fraud against the government in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2013, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division Stuart[Read More…]
Press Conference by President Obama, December 20, 2013
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 20, 2013 – 2:18 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everybody. I know you are all eager to skip town and spend some time with your families. Not surprisingly, I am, too. But you know what they say — it’s the most wonderful press conference of the year[Read More…]
US Civil Society Leaders Call on State Department to Denounce Attack on US Human Rights Defender by Honduran Military Officer
New York—(ENEWSPF)—December 20, 2013. Today, 33 representatives of U.S. human rights, labor and faith organizations sent a letter to Roberta Jacobson, Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, asking that the U.S. government “firmly and publicly condemn” a verbal attack directed at human rights defender Annie Bird by Honduran[Read More…]
