Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 9, 2013. Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you, Anne-Marie, for your kind words and for the invitation to be here today.  And thank you for your principled leadership—both in government, where we worked together so closely, and now at the New America Foundation.  I want to commend you and[Read More…]

Los Angeles, CA–(ENEWSPF)–September 8, 2013.  It’s great to be able to be here with you – even if just for short time. I was just in Washington for a classified briefing on Syria, and I’m headed right back to participate in the Senate debate and the vote on military intervention.[Read More…]

Los Angeles, CA–(ENEWSPF)–September 9, 2013. Thank you. Thank you for being here.  Together.  In Solidarity.  Look around this great hall.  Look at the power represented in this hall. And so the real question for this week is, what are we going to do with it?  Do we intend to build[Read More…]

Majority of Americans Now Support Legalizing and Regulating Marijuana like Alcohol; Senator John McCain: “I Respect the Will of the People” Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 9, 2013. On Tuesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a first-ever Senate hearing on the issue of marijuana legalization and the tension between state and federal[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–9 September 2013 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today said that two-and-half years of conflict in Syria have produced only “embarrassing paralysis” in the Security Council and that he was considering proposals to the 15-member body in the search for a political solution. In his first press conference[Read More…]

Benjamin Todd Jealous will remain in role through December 31, 2013 Baltimore, MD—(ENEWSPF)—September 9, 2013. NAACP President and CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous yesterday announced plans to transition out of his role as President and CEO on December 31, 2013. Roslyn M. Brock, Chairman of the NAACP Board of Directors, accepted[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 9, 2013.  On September 6, the United States and 10 other countries issued a joint statement on Syria, condemning in the strongest terms the Assad regime’s use of chemical weapons on August 21 in the suburbs of Damascus and calling for a strong international response. The statement explicitly[Read More…]

Paris, France–(ENEWSPF)–September 8, 2013. SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you for your patience. I want to start by thanking the Secretary General of the Arab League, Nabil Elaraby. And I particularly want to thank my friend, the Foreign Minister of Qatar, Khalid al-Atiyah. And I want[Read More…]

Paris, France–(ENEWSPF)–September 7, 2013. FOREIGN MINISTER FABIUS: (Via interpreter) — Kerry. I would like to commend both your energy and your ability to convince as well as your very reliable judgment or point of view. Together with the Secretary of State we discussed a number of topics, including, of course,[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 7, 2013. Almost three weeks ago in Syria, more than 1,000 innocent people – including hundreds of children – were murdered in the worst chemical weapons attack of the 21st century.  And the United States has presented a powerful case to the world that the Syrian government was[Read More…]