Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 31, 2012. President Obama is deeply concerned by today’s announcement that the President of Azerbaijan has pardoned Ramil Safarov following his return from Hungary. Safarov confessed to the murder of Armenian Army officer Gurgen Margaryan in Budapest in 2004, and was serving a life sentence in Hungary for[Read More…]
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Remarks by President Obama to the Troops at Fort Bliss, TX
Fort Bliss, Texas–(ENEWSPF)–August 31, 2012 – 1:06 P.M. MDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello, Team Bliss! (Applause.) Hooah! Thank you so much, everybody. Hooah! AUDIENCE: Hooah! THE PRESIDENT: To General Lloyd Austin, thanks for the introduction and your leadership, leading our troops in Iraq and taking care of our soldiers[Read More…]
NASA Administrator Statement at Neil Armstrong Memorial Service
Apollo 11 Astronauts Michael Collins, left, and Buzz Aldrin talk at a private memorial service celebrating the life of Neil Armstrong, Aug. 31, 2012, at the Camargo Club in Cincinnati. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls More photos from the Aug. 31 service. WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–August 31, 2012. Today, we pay tribute to a[Read More…]
Amnesty International Calls on Afghanistan to Investigate ‘Despicable’ Beheadings of Children
New York–(ENEWSPF)–August 31, 2012. In separate incidents in Afghanistan that Amnesty International called “despicable,” a 12-year-old boy was found beheaded on Wednesday and a 7-year-old girl was reportedly beheaded and had her legs amputated by unknown assailants on Thursday. Amnesty International’s deputy director for Asia, Polly Truscott, said: “These two[Read More…]
Ruling by Federal Judge to Restore Early Voting Weekend in Ohio Before Election Day Should be Expanded
DAYTON–(ENEWSPF)–August 31, 2012. The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio renewed its call on Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted to restore early in-person voting for all registered voters during every weekend while early voting is allowed. The ACLU’s request comes after Judge Peter C. Economus of the Federal District[Read More…]
Energy Department Announces Emergency Oil Loan In Response to Hurricane Isaac-Related Request
WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 31, 2012. Following a request yesterday from Marathon Petroleum Company, U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced today that the Energy Department has agreed to lend 1 million barrels of sweet crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve’s (SPR) Bayou Choctaw site in Louisiana to address the short[Read More…]
Professor Stephen Hawking Calls for New Age of Enlightenment at Spectacular London 2012 Paralympic Games Opening Ceremony
LONDON–(ENEWSPF)–30 August 2012. In a rare public appearance, internationally acclaimed and celebrated British scientist Professor Stephen Hawking inspired the world tonight with a global message of hope and optimism at the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Paralympic Games. Hawking, one of most respected, innovative and original thinkers of our[Read More…]
White House Press Gaggle by Jay Carney Aboard Air Force One, August 31, 2012
En Route El Paso, Texas–(ENEWSPF)–August 31, 2012 – 11:31 A.M. EDT MR. CARNEY: Thank you all for your patience. Thank you for joining us as we make our way to El Paso, Texas, where, as you know, the President will be meeting with — first with troops and their families[Read More…]
Consumer Confidence Improves Slightly in August
ANN ARBOR, Mich.–(ENEWSPF)–August 31, 2012. Consumer confidence improved slightly in August due to consumers’ more favorable evaluations of their present financial situations, according to University of Michigan economist Richard Curtin, director of the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers. The Surveys, conducted by the U-M Institute for Social Research[Read More…]
White House Press Briefing by Jay Carney, August 30, 2012
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 30, 2012 – 1:15 P.M. EDT MR. CARNEY: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Thanks for being here. It’s wonderful to be back here in the White House, in the West Wing. I’m sure you feel the same way. Before I take your questions, I just wanted[Read More…]
