Washington, DC–(ENEWPSF)–September 12, 2013. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending September 7, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 292,000, a decrease of 31,000 from the previous week’s unrevised figure of 323,000. The 4-week moving average was 321,250, a decrease of 7,500 from the previous week’s revised[Read More…]
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White House Press Briefing by Jay Carney, September 11, 2013
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 11, 2013 – 12:50 P.M. EDT MR. CARNEY: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for being here at the White House for your daily briefing. Before I take your questions, I just wanted to note, as many of you know, early today in honor of the 12th[Read More…]
Syria: UN Rights Panel Urges Political Solution to Crisis, End to Impunity for War Crimes
GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–11 September 2013 – Citing ongoing incidents of murder, rape, torture, widespread attacks on civilians and hostage-taking committed by Syrian forces and anti-Government armed groups, a United Nations-appointed human rights probe reported today that “the perpetrators of these violations and crimes, on all sides, act in defiance of international law.[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama at the September 11th Observance at the Pentagon Memorial
Arlington, Virginia–(ENEWSPF)–September 11, 2013 – 9:32 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. AUDIENCE: Good morning! THE PRESIDENT: From Scripture, we learn of the miracle of restoration. “You who have made me see many troubles and calamities will revive me again. From the depths of the earth you will bring me[Read More…]
Video and Text: President Obama’s September Speech on Syria
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- President Obama pressed his case to take a firm stand on Syria’s use of chemical weapons on its own citizens. Using a rare prime-time television address to the nation, Obama on Tuesday said it was within the U.S.’ ability to prevent Syrian President Bashar Assad from using chemical[Read More…]
Statement by the White House Press Secretary on President Obama’s Meeting with Senior Administration Officials on Our Preparedness and Security Posture on the Twelfth Anniversary of September 11th
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 10, 2013. Earlier today the President met with key national security principals on our preparedness and security posture on the eve of the twelfth anniversary of September 11th. Over the past several months, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Lisa Monaco has convened numerous meetings[Read More…]
U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Released Videos of August 21 Chemical Weapons Attack in Syria
Warning: The videos in the link below contain disturbing images of dead bodies, including children. VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 10, 2013. As part of a briefing on the response to Syria, members of Congress were shown video taken in multiple locations near Damascus on August 21st, when more[Read More…]
Senators Wyden and Udall Statement on the Declassification of FISA Court Opinions on Bulk Collection of Phone Data
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 10, 2013. U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Mark Udall (D-Colo.) issued the following statement after the declassification — as a result of a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed by the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the American Civil Liberties Union — of more than 1800 pages of[Read More…]
Five More Organizations Join EFF Lawsuit Against NSA Surveillance
National Lawyers Guild, Patient Privacy Rights and The Shalom Center Among 22 Groups Asserting Right to Free Association San Francisco–(ENEWSPF)–September 10, 2013. Five new groups—including civil-rights lawyers, medical-privacy advocates and Jewish social-justice activists—have joined a lawsuit filed by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) against the National Security Agency (NSA) over[Read More…]
Secret NSA Documents Released in Response to ACLU Lawsuit
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–September 10, 2013. The government today declassified 14 documents relating to legal violations by the NSA’s spying program. The documents were released pursuant to an agreement in a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union in May 2011. The ACLU’s FOIA request seeks documents[Read More…]
