NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–September 25, 2012.  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton urged countries to find cooperative solutions to shared water challenges at a high-level discussion held today at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City, New York. Citing the findings in a recently released United States Intelligence Community Assessment on[Read More…]

Announcement Made in Brooklyn’s Brownsville Neighborhood NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–September 25, 2012.  Attorney General Eric Holder and the Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) Director Denise E. O’Donnell today announced more than $11 million in awards to address neighborhood-level crime in 15 locations nationwide. The awards, administered through the department’s new[Read More…]

New York, New York–(ENEWSPF)–September 25, 2012 – 12:34 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you very much.  (Applause.)  Thank you.  Appreciate it.  Please, please, everybody have a seat.  Well, good afternoon, everybody.  And, President Clinton, thank you for your very kind introduction.  Although I have to admit, I really did like the[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 25, 2012.  “It ought to concern every person, because it’s a debasement of our common humanity.  It ought to concern every community, because it tears at the social fabric.  It ought to concern every business, because it distorts markets.  It ought to concern every nation, because it endangers[Read More…]

New York, New York –(ENEWSPF)–September 25, 2012 – 10:22 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Mr. President, Mr. Secretary General, fellow delegates, ladies and gentleman:  I would like to begin today by telling you about an American named Chris Stevens. Chris was born in a town called Grass Valley, California, the son of[Read More…]

Secretly Installed Software on Rented Computers Collected Information, Took Pictures of Consumers in Their Homes, Tracked Consumers’ Locations Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 25, 2012.  Seven rent-to-own companies and a software design firm have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they spied on consumers using computers that consumers rented from them,[Read More…]

Treat Population Humanely; Release Child Soldiers; End Attacks on Religious Shrines Nairobi–(ENEWSPF)–September 25, 2012.  Three Islamist armed groups controlling northern Mali have committed serious abuses against the local population while enforcing their interpretation of Sharia, or Islamic law, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch in recent weeks has[Read More…]

AFL-CIO Surpasses Union Registration Goals“Get your vote hands ready!” video encourages people to get warmed up to vote: http://bit.ly/UD4dbC Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 25 – The AFL-CIO is joining hundreds of community groups and grassroots organizations for National Voter Registration Day today.  In 2008, six million eligible Americans were unable to vote[Read More…]

Boston, Massachusetts–(ENEWSPF)–September 24, 2012.  Thank you, Steve [Tolman], for your introduction. And thanks to you and Lou Mandarini for inviting me to Boston. It’s an honor to be here. I’m proud to be campaigning with you to build power for working people and to make Elizabeth Warren the next United[Read More…]

Recent shutdown of traffic on the Upper Mississippi near Granite City is latest example of the impact that our deteriorating infrastructure has on economy WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 25, 2012.  U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Mark Kirk (R-IL), Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Tom Harkin (D-IA) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) sent[Read More…]