WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 23, 2013. Yesterday, the Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reached the decision that 149 federal contract towers will close beginning April 7 as part of the agency’s sequestration implementation plan. The agency has made the decision to keep 24 federal contract towers open that had been previously[Read More…]
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Weekly Address: Helping Protect Our Kids by Reducing Gun Violence (Video/Text)
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 23, 2013. It has now been three months since the tragic events in Newtown, Connecticut. Three months since we lost 20 innocent children and six dedicated adults who had so much left to give. Three months since we, as Americans, began asking ourselves if we’re really doing enough[Read More…]
State Department Briefing by Victoria Nuland, March 22, 2013
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 22, 2013. Index for Today’s Briefing DEPARTMENT UN Commission of Inquiry on North Korea Human Rights Violations Riots in Mandalay, Burma / U.S. Concern SYRIA Claims of Use of Chemical Weapons / Support for UN Effort / Training / Investigation Condemnation of Attack on Iman Mosque in Damascus[Read More…]
Statement by President Obama on the Withdrawal of the Nomination of Caitlin Halligan
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 22, 2013. Today, I accepted Caitlin Halligan’s request to withdraw as a nominee for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. I am deeply disappointed that even after nearly two and a half years, a minority of Senators continued to block a simple up-or-down[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama and His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan in Joint Press Conference
Amman, Jordan–(ENEWSPF)–March 22, 2013 – 8:23 P.M. EEST HIS MAJESTY KING ABDULLAH: First of all, Mr. President, if you allow me, on behalf of myself and all Jordanians, to welcome you and your distinguished delegation back here in Jordan. I fondly remember your visit here several years ago when you[Read More…]
White House Press Briefing by Senior Administration Officials Aboard Air Force One, March 22, 2013
En Route Amman, Jordan–(ENEWSPF)–March 22, 2013 – 4:24 P.M. IST SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: We’ll do this on background — senior administration officials. Do you guys have the statement from the President? Q: Yes, we do. SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: Okay. I’ll just make a couple of comments and then turn it[Read More…]
Senators Manchin and Kirk Seek To Close Iranian Sanctions Loophole
Bipartisan amendment requests additional sanctions to prevent Iranian natural gas exports Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 22, 2013. U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Mark Kirk (R-IL) introduced a bipartisan amendment to the FY2014 Budget Resolution to strengthen sanctions against Iran by preventing the expansion of their natural gas exports that helps fund[Read More…]
Congolese Warlord Bosco Ntaganda Now in Custody of International Criminal Court
GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–22 March 2013 – The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has welcomed the news of the transfer of Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda to The Hague, where he faces charges for a range of alleged war crimes, including rape, murder and the recruitment of children. Mr. Ntaganda has been[Read More…]
Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Declares Georgia-based General Trucking, Inc., to be an Imminent Hazard to Public Safety
Company Ordered to Shut Down WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–March 22, 2013. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has declared General Trucking, Inc., based in Atlanta, Ga., an imminent hazard to public safety and ordered the carrier to immediately shut down its operations and cease all transportation services due[Read More…]
Department of Transportation Orders Shutdown of Michigan-based Highway Star, Inc. Trucking Company and Driver Involved in Fatal Crash
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 22, 2013. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today ordered Oak Park, Mich.-based trucking company Highway Star, Inc. to immediately cease operations and declared the company to be an imminent hazard to public safety for failing to ensure its drivers complied with[Read More…]
