Dubuque, Iowa–(ENEWSPF)–August 15, 2012 – 12:34 P.M. CDT MRS. OBAMA: Oh, my goodness! (Applause.) This is so sweet. AUDIENCE MEMBER: We love you! MRS. OBAMA: We love you guys, too. (Applause.) Let me start by — AUDIENCE: Four more years! Four more years! MRS. OBAMA: Four more! (Applause.) But I want[Read More…]
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State Department Briefing by Victoria Nuland, August 14, 2012
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 14, 2012. Index for Today’s Briefing SYRIA Former Prime Minister Hijab Defection / Removal from U.S. Sanction List U.S.-Turkey Working Group Formation / Conversations with Key Stakeholders Contact with Syrian Opposition / Sectarian Violence YEMEN Clashes between Republican Guards and Military EGYPT Abdel Fattah al-Sisi as Defense Minister[Read More…]
White House Press Gaggle by Jay Carney Aboard Air Force One, August 14, 2012
En Route Oskaloosa, Iowa–(ENEWSPF)–August 14, 2012 – 10:52 A.M. CDT MR. CARNEY: Welcome aboard Press Force One here, the press vehicle as part of the President’s motorcade, as we make our way through Iowa on this glorious day — day two of our trip. As you know, the President is[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama at a Campaign Event — Oskaloosa, Iowa
Oskaloosa, Iowa–(ENEWSPF)–August 14, 2012 – 11:33 A.M. CDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello, Iowa! (Applause.) It is good to be back in Oskaloosa. (Applause.) It is good to see all of you. If you’ve got a chair, please feel free to take a seat. I want everybody to feel relaxed out here. It’s[Read More…]
ISAF Condemns Suicide Bombings in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan–(ENEWSPF)–August 14, 2012 — With the strongest conviction, the International Security Assistance Force condemns the multiple suicide bombings the insurgency carried out today in Nimroz and Kunduz Provinces. “What we saw today were further acts of intentional mass murder,” said Gen. John R. Allen, the ISAF commander. “By targeting innocent[Read More…]
Early Voting Restrictions Could Hurt Over Half of Ohio’s African Americans, Says Ministers’ Group
OHIO–(ENEWSPF)–August 14, 2012. Members of the African American Ministers Leadership Council (AAMLC), a program of People For the American Way Foundation, spoke out today against efforts to restrict early voting opportunities in four Ohio counties that are home to 56 percent of the state’s African American population. “Jim Crow is[Read More…]
NATO Vessel Rotterdam Frees Hijacked Dhow
BELGIUM–(ENEWSPF)–14 Aug. 2012. On 13 August 2012, the armed boarding team of the Dutch naval vessel HNLMS Rotterdam freed a pirated vessel in the Gulf of Aden and detained six suspected pirates. The successful action was the result of a jointly-conducted operation of ships and patrol aircraft from NATO and[Read More…]
First Full-Length Film on Occupy Will Be Screened in D.C. on August 20
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 14, 2012. The documentary film ‘American Autumn: an Occudoc’ will be screened in Washington, DC on Monday, August 20 at 7 p.m. Director Dennis Trainor, Jr., will be present to introduce the film and answer questions afterward. A number of activists featured in the film will be present[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama at Campaign Event — Boone, IA
Boone, Iowa–(ENEWSPF)–August 13, 2012 – 6:10 P.M. CDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody! (Applause.) Thank you! It’s good to be back! Thank you so much. (Applause.) It is good to be back in Iowa, and it’s good to be back in Boone County! (Applause.) A couple of folks I want to acknowledge[Read More…]
Helen Gurley Brown, Cosmopolitan Magazine Editor and Author of ‘Sex and the Single Girl’ Dead at 90
Gurley Brown Redefined Womanhood for Many Women and Built Cosmopolitan Into Global Media Juggernaut NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–August 13, 2012 – Helen Gurley Brown, editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan magazines’ 64 international editions and one of the world’s most popular and influential editors, died today after a brief hospitalization at the McKeen Pavilion at[Read More…]
