Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 1, 2013 – 11:51 A.M. EST MR. CARNEY:  Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.  Happy Friday.  I have no questions — I mean, I have no announcements, so I’ll go straight to questions. Oh, wait, I do have — you probably have in your inbox a statement from the[Read More…]

Berlin, Germany–(ENEWSPF)–February 1, 2013.    VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN:  Chancellor, thank you very much.  It’s a delight to be back in Germany.  I — the President, since I’m the Vice President, sends me mostly to Afghanistan and Iraq.  It’s a pleasure to be back in Germany.  And it’s a pleasure to[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 1, 2013. I want to thank Secretary Chu for his dedicated service on behalf of the American people.   As a Nobel Prize winning scientist, Steve brought to the Energy Department a unique understanding of both the urgent challenge presented by climate change and the tremendous opportunity that clean[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–February 1, 2013. Acting Secretary of Labor Seth D. Harris issued the following statement on the January 2013 Employment Situation report released today: “This morning’s report shows solid, steady growth in jobs. The economy added 157,000 nonfarm payroll jobs in January, while the unemployment rate was unchanged at7.9 percent. “January’s[Read More…]

Government, International Forces Should Prevent Further Atrocities Enlarge© 2013 Human Rights Watch Bamako–(ENEWSPF)–February 1, 2013. Malian government forces summarily executed at least 13 suspected Islamist supporters and forcibly disappeared five others from the garrison town of Sévaré and in Konna during January 2013, Human Rights Watch said today. Islamist armed[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 1, 2013. Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 157,000 in January, and the unemployment rate was essentially unchanged at 7.9 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Retail trade, construction, health care, and wholesale trade added jobs over the month. Household Survey Data The number of[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 31, 2013.  Officials from the United States, Japan and the Republic of Korea met in Tokyo Jan. 30-31 for the annual Defense Trilateral Talks.  The plenary session included discussion on a wide variety of issues including humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, non-proliferation, the regional security situation and North[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 31, 2013. Please see below for a correction (marked with an asterisk) to the transcript.   1:30 P.M. EST   MR. CARNEY:  Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.  Welcome back to the briefing room for your daily briefing.  I do not have any announcements to make at the top,[Read More…]

Legislation estimated to generate $3.6 billion over 10 years by establishing the tax rate on all tobacco products at the same rate as cigarettes WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 31, 2013. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) was joined today by Senators Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) to introduce the Tobacco Tax[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 31, 2013.  Thank you all very, very much. As Kris just said, we’re all like one millisecond away from just collapsing here – (laughter) – because of the emotion and the feelings that are coursing through all of us. And this is my final event in a room[Read More…]