Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 10, 2013 – 12:58 P.M. EDT MR. CARNEY:  Good afternoon.  Thank you for your patience.  Obviously, as almost every day is, a busy day for news and events.  Before I go to your questions I just wanted to mention that in addition to the Senate Democrats and then[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 10, 2013. Index for Today’s Briefing LIBYA Events Over the Last 24 Hours, Prime Minister Zeidan, Secretary Kerry Statement / Monitoring Situation Closely Al-Libi a Threat to the United States, Libyan People and Government / Final Disposition Hasn’t Been Decided / Law of Armed Conflict / Principle of[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 10, 2013.  Today, the President met with members of the Senate Democratic caucus.  The meeting lasted approximately an hour and a half.  The President thanked the Senate Democrats for their efforts this year to try to resolve the budget challenges facing our nation.  Earlier this year, the Senate[Read More…]

Citing Concerns Over NSA’s Impact on Corporate Members, EFF Leaves Industry Group San Francisco–(ENEWSPF)–October 10, 2013.  The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) today withdrew from the Global Network Initiative (GNI), citing a fundamental breakdown in confidence that the group’s corporate members are able to speak freely about their own internal privacy[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 10, 2013. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending October 5, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 374,000, an increase of 66,000 from the previous week’s unrevised figure of 308,000. The 4-week moving average was 325,000, an increase of 20,000 from the previous week’s unrevised[Read More…]

NETHERLANDS–(ENEWSPF)–9 October 2013 – The head of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) today called on all parties in the Syrian conflict to cooperate so that a joint United Nations mission tasked with overseeing the destruction of the country’s chemical stockpiles can carry out its work as[Read More…]

WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—October 10, 2013. Chairman Baucus, Ranking Member Hatch, and members of the Committee, thank you for inviting me here today to discuss the potential impacts of a failure by Congress to increase the debt ceiling.  This is an important moment in American history, and Congress has an important choice to[Read More…]

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia–(ENEWSPF)–October 10, 2013. SECRETARY KERRY: Well, I know that President Obama was very disappointed to cancel his visit, especially given his personal connection and commitment to the region. But I also know that he believes very deeply in the importance of the relationship between the United States and[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 9, 2013 – 3:16 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Good afternoon.  Over the past five years, America has fought its way back from the worst recession since the Great Depression.  We passed historic reforms to prevent another crisis and to protect consumers.  Over the past three and half years,[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 9, 2013.  Today, the President met with the House Democratic Caucus at the White House.  The meeting lasted over an hour.  The President thanked the House Democrats for their support of the clean, short-term continuing resolution that would re-open the government and end the unnecessary pain this shutdown[Read More…]