Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 21, 2012. Index for Today’s Briefing RUSSIA Russian Adoption Bill NORTH KOREA U.S. Citizen Detained DEPARTMENT Secretary Clinton’s Transition with Successor Secretary Clinton’s Health INDIA India-ASEAN Summit SYRIA U.S. Assistance for Winterization Efforts Concerns about Sectarian Nature of Conflict Continued Use of Scud Missiles IRAN P5+1 Meeting Status[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 21, 2012 – 1:40 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT:  Good afternoon, everyone.  When I took office, our nation was engaged in two wars, and al Qaeda was entrenched in their safe havens.  Many of our alliances were frayed, and America’s standing in the world had suffered.  Over the past[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 21, 2012 – 11:50 A.M. EST THE PRESIDENT:  To Irene, Ken, Jennifer, Danny’s friends and former colleagues, it is an extraordinary honor to be here with you in this magnificent place to pay tribute to a man who would probably we wondering what all the fuss is about. [Read More…]

Fairfax, Virginia—(ENEWSPF)—December 21, 2012 DAVID KEENE, PRESIDENT, NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION: Good morning. I’m Dave Keene, president of the National Rifle Association of America. And I’d like to welcome you here this morning for the purposes of beginning our discussion of the topic that’s been on the mind of American parents[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 21, 2012.  Regional and state unemployment rates were generally lower in November. Forty-five states and the District of Columbia recorded unemployment rate decreases and five states had no change, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Forty-three states and the District of Columbia registered unemployment rate decreases[Read More…]

CFPB Announces First Joint-Enforcement Action with the States  WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 21, 2012. Today, at the request of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), a federal district court in Miami entered an order requiring a nationwide debt-relief services company to refund up to $100,000 to consumers who were unlawfully charged advance[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 20, 2012 – 12:53 P.M. EST MR. CARNEY:  Let me just, if I may, begin by making a few observations that reviews where we are.  On Monday, the President, as you know, put forward to Speaker of the House Boehner a compromise proposal that would achieve significant long-term[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 20, 2012 – 1:17 P.M. EST THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Let me start by thanking — I look around this table, and I’ve worked with — excluding the Cabinet and administration officials, I’ve worked some of you for a long, long time.  All the police organizations represented here have[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 20, 2012.  U.S. house prices rose 0.5 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from September to October, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s monthly House Price Index (HPI). The previously reported 0.2 percent increase in September was revised downward to a 0.0 percent change. For the 12[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 20, 2012. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending December 15, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 361,000, an increase of 17,000 from the previous week’s revised figure of 344,000. The 4-week moving average was 367,750, a decrease of 13,750 from the previous week’s unrevised[Read More…]