Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 21, 2013. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending March 16, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 336,000, an increase of 2,000 from the previous week’s revised figure of 334,000. The 4-week moving average was 339,750, a decrease of 7,500 from the previous week’s revised[Read More…]

Prime Minister’s Residence, Jerusalem–(ENEWSPF)–March 20, 2013 – 8:30 P.M. IDT PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU: Mr. President, Barack, it’s a great pleasure for me to host you here in Jerusalem. You’ve graciously hosted me many times in Washington, so I’m very pleased to have this opportunity to reciprocate. I hope that the[Read More…]

President Barack Obama and Israeli President Shimon Peres inspect an honor guard during the official arrival ceremony at Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel, March 20, 2013. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) ISRAEL–(ENEWSPF)–March 20, 2013. On the first day of his visit to the Middle East, the[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 20, 2013. COMMANDER BILL SPEAKS: I’d like to welcome back Lieutenant General Nick Carter, British Army, to the Pentagon briefing room. Lieutenant General Carter assumed duties as ISAF deputy commander and commander of the United Kingdom’s contingent in Afghanistan in October of last year. He was commissioned in[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 20, 2013. After many years of being prohibited from travel outside of Cuba, Yoani Sanchez, a respected advocate for the freedom of information and winner of the State Department’s International Women of Courage Award, is visiting the United States. Today we welcomed her to the White House to[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 20, 2013 – The Senate Judiciary Committee is currently holding a hearing entitled, “Building an Immigration System Worthy of American Values.” The hearing is being chaired by Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), and marks the third immigration-related of the committee since last month. Committee Chairman Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), who[Read More…]

GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–20 March 2013 – The top United Nations refugee official has warned that Syria’s worsening humanitarian crisis risks overwhelming the international community’s capacity to respond, and that some aid agencies could run out of money for relief activities as early as the end of this month. “What is happening in[Read More…]

Bill Would Expand ‘Safety Valve’ To All Federal Crimes WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 20, 2013)– Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) introduced bipartisan legislation Wednesday to allow judges greater flexibility in sentencing federal crimes where a mandatory minimum punishment is considered unnecessary. The bipartisan Justice Safety Valve[Read More…]

GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–March 20, 2013. As the United Nation’s Human Rights Council prepares to debate a draft motion on social protest, human rights organizations from around the world have joined their voices to call on the U.N. to provide meaningful protection for this essential democratic right. On March 7, a letter signed[Read More…]

Remarks by Rose Gottemoeller, Acting Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy Geneva, Switzerland–(ENEWSPF)–March 20, 2013.  Remarks as Delivered: Thank you, Fred, and thank you to the staff here at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP) for hosting me.  It is great to[Read More…]