Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 5, 2012. Index for Today’s Briefing LIBYA Accountability Review Board Aircraft Assets in Libya, Region Security Infrastructure Investigation / Close Cooperation between DOD, FBI, Interagency, Libyans TURKEY Arrests at Airport UNITED KINGDOM Extraditions of Suspects to U.S. on Terrorism Charges YEMEN FTO Designations / Ansar al-Sharia / al-Qaida[Read More…]

 NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–5 October 2012 – The members of the United Nations Security Council today condemned “in the strongest terms” the terrorist attacks which took place on Wednesday in the Syrian city of Aleppo, causing dozens of deaths and leaving more than a hundred civilians injured. “They [Council members] expressed their[Read More…]

 WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–October 5, 2012.  Arizona State Representative Paul Ben Arredondo pleaded guilty today in Phoenix federal court, admitting that he solicited and took a bribe in exchange for promises of official action both as a city councilmember and a state representative.  Arredondo also pleaded guilty to mail fraud, admitting that he[Read More…]

En Route Cleveland, Ohio–(ENEWSPF)–October 5, 2012 – 12:50 P.M. EDT MR. EARNEST:  I don’t think either Jen or I have anything to start, so we’ll just take a few questions. Q    The President today sort of seemed like he was running through a litany of things that he could have or[Read More…]

BOSTON–(ENEWSPF)–October 5, 2012.  Mitt Romney today released the following statement on the September unemployment report:  “This is not what a real recovery looks like. We created fewer jobs in September than in August, and fewer jobs in August than in July, and we’ve lost over 600,000 manufacturing jobs since President[Read More…]

Fairfax, Virginia–(ENEWSPF)–October 5, 2012 – 11:20 A.M. EDT  THE PRESIDENT:  Hello, everybody!  (Applause.)  Hello, George Mason!  (Applause.)  Hello, Patriots!  (Applause.)  It’s good to see you guys!  (Applause.)  Thank you.  Thank you.  (Applause.)  Thank you.  Thank you so much.  AUDIENCE:  Four more years!  Four more years!  (Applause.)  THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you!  Everybody,[Read More…]

For the First Time Fans Can Officially Cast Their Vote for 2013 Inductees New York, New York–(ENEWSPF)–October 5, 2012 — The nominees for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2013 are: The Paul Butterfield Blues Band     Chic     Deep Purple     Heart     Joan Jett[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–5 October 2012 – Some 1.7 million more teachers are needed to achieve universal primary education by 2015, the second of the eight anti-poverty Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the heads of various United Nations agencies said today in a joint statement marking World Teachers’ Day. “On this day, we[Read More…]

Vow to hold successor of Village Voice Media accountable for deliberately avoiding the elimination of Backpage.com’s “adult entertainment” page WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–October 5, 2012.  U.S. Senators Mark Kirk (R-IL), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), John Cornyn (R-TX), Richard Durbin (D-IL) and Daniel Akaka (D-HI) today wrote to Scott Tobias, CEO of[Read More…]

WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–October 5, 2012.  Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis issued the following statement on the September 2012 Employment Situation report released today: “Our nation’s labor market added 114,000 nonfarm payroll jobs in September, while the unemployment rate dropped to 7.8 percent, its lowest level since January 2009. Additionally, 86,000[Read More…]