Tripoli, Libya–(ENEWSPF)–September 20, 2012.    DEPUTY SECRETARY BURNS: Mr. President, Mr. Prime Minister, distinguished guests: We gather with heavy hearts today to remember four remarkable men – Ambassador Chris Stevens, Sean Smith, Tyrone Woods, and Glen Doherty – who gave their lives serving their country and trying to build a[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 20, 2012. Index for Today’s Briefing DEPARTMENT Secretary’s Meeting with Indonesian Foreign Minister Global Business Conference / Infrastructure Markets Deputy Secretary of State Burns Meetings in Libya PAKISTAN Protestors in Islamabad / Status of Embassy and Consulates DEPARTMENT Status of Select U.S. Consulates PAKISTAN Security Cooperation with Pakistani[Read More…]

En Route Miami, Florida–(ENEWSPF)–September 20, 2012 – 12:00 P.M. EDT MR. CARNEY:  Good morning, everyone.  Good day — it’s 12 o’clock noon.  Thank you for joining us as we make our way south to the great state of Florida.  I think you know what the President is doing there today, so[Read More…]

Mogadishu–(ENEWSPF)–20 September 2012 – The top United Nations political official for Somalia today condemned suicide attacks in the Horn of Africa nation’s capital, and called for the country’s progress towards stability to remain on course. “I strongly condemn this cowardly and senseless attack. These acts of terrorism cannot reverse the[Read More…]

BELGIUM–(ENEWSPF)–20 September 2012.  NATO and the Republic of Korea signed a new partnership programme on 20 September 2012 that sets the framework for cooperation and political dialogue. Deputy Secretary General Alexander Vershbow and the Ambassador of the Republic of Korea Kim Chang-beom signed the first Individual Partnership Cooperation Programme (IPCP)[Read More…]

Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–September 20, 2012.  Election watchdog group Open Debates criticized the Commission on Presidential Debates for revealing the subject matters to be covered during the first presidential debate on October 3. Yesterday, for the first time in history, the Commission on Presidential Debates informed the candidates ahead of time[Read More…]

NEW  YORK–(ENEWSPF)–September 20, 2012.  The flogging in public of a 16-year-old girl by a local mullah in the southern Ghazni province of Afghanistan for an “illicit relationship” with a boy is abhorrent and testifies to the precarious situation of women and girls in Afghanistan, said Amnesty International. The girl was[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 20, 2012.  Senate Republicans today refused to allow a vote on 17 pending federal district court nominees before leaving for recess. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid requested unanimous consent to take up and confirm all 17 district court nominations on the calendar. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell refused, despite[Read More…]

CALIFORNIA–(ENEWSPF)–September 20, 2012. Thank you, Maria Elena [Durazo].  Let me tell you this pure and simple. The right wing in America is bent on the defeat of working people. And they’ve got a good one this time. It’s tricky, and it’s slippery. And it’s hard to tell what’s true, so[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–Septeber 20, 2012.  Senate Great Lakes Task Force co-chairs U.S. Senators Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and Carl Levin (D-Mich.), along with Task Force members Senators Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) and Robert Casey (D-Pa.), today introduced the Great Lakes Ecosystem Protection Act, a bill to address the most significant challenges in the[Read More…]