Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 14, 2012 – 10:14 A.M. EDT MRS. OBAMA:  All right.  While they’re shaking hands — because the President has vowed to stay out here to meet everyone, even if it blows his schedule.  (Laughter and applause.)  So I’m going to get things started while Joe and Barack do[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 14, 2012. Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:) On September 12, 2012, in response to an attack on our diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four U.S. citizens, including U.S. Ambassador John Christopher Stevens, a security force from the U.S. Africa Command deployed to Libya to support[Read More…]

Actress Q’orianka Kilcher returns to VA to demand release of controversial Trans Paciific Partnership texts Lansdowne, VA –(ENEWSPF)–Septemer 14, 2012.   Actress Q’orianka Kilcher was arrested yesterday evening at an upscale golf resort in Virginia after helping to deliverer over 350,000 protest signatures to an official with the US Trade[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–4 September 2012 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is “deeply disturbed” by the recent violence in Libya and elsewhere in the Middle East and has called for calm and restraint to end hostilities, according to his spokesperson. In a statement issued on Thursday night, the spokesperson said Mr.[Read More…]

Sudanese President Wanted for War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity Must Not Be Granted Safe Haven, Says Human Rights Group  New York–(ENEWSPF)–September 14, 2012.  Amnesty International said today that the Egyptian government should immediately withdraw its invitation to Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir and arrest him if he travels to Cairo.[Read More…]

Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–September 14, 2012.  People For the American Way today challenged the Romney campaign for its decision to send vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan to speak today at the Values Voter Summit, an event organized by groups that regularly push false and demeaning smears about gays and lesbians, Muslim-Americans[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 14, 2012.  Yesterday, Hassine Abassi, Gerneral Secretary, Tunisian General Union of Labor (UGTT) and S. Salman Jaddar Al Mahfoodh, General Secretary, General Federation of Bahrain Trade Unions (GFBTU), received the 2012 George Meany-Lane Kirkland Human Rights Award on behalf of their respective labor movements, as emblematic of the[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSP)—September 14, 2012.  The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.6 percent in August on a seasonally adjusted basis, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the last 12 months, the all items index increased 1.7 percent before seasonal adjustment. The seasonally adjusted increase[Read More…]

Housing Indicators Show Sustained Progress in Home Prices and Relief to Underwater Borrowers; Homeowners in the Making Home Affordable Program Continue to Benefit from Deep and Sustainable Assistance as Quarterly Servicer Assessments Show Mortgage Servicers Continue to Demonstrate Significant Improvement in Program Implementation WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–September 13,. 2012.  The U.S. Department of[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 13, 2012. This afternoon, President Obama called Yemeni President Hadi to discuss the assault on the U.S. Embassy in Sana’a and express concern about the security of American personnel and diplomatic facilities in Yemen.  President Obama thanked President Hadi for his swift condemnation of today’s violence, and welcomed[Read More…]