Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 31, 2012 – 12:46 P.M. EDT MR. CARNEY:  Here we go.  Here we go. Q    How’s camp? MR. CARNEY:  I really can’t talk about it.  (Laughter.)  Q    About what? MR. CARNEY:  I was asked about — I took my son to his first overnight camp yesterday.  And it’s[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–July 31, 2012.  A severely fatigued motorcoach driver who lost control of the vehicle, the failure of Sky Express Inc. to manage safe driving practices and a lack of adequate regulatory oversight was the probable cause of a fatal motorcoach crash in Doswell, Va., last May, the National Transportation Safety[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 31, 2012.  Today, I provided a response to numerous congressional inquiries as to whether the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) would direct Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to implement the Home Affordable Modification Program Principal Reduction Alternative (HAMP PRA). After extensive analysis of the revised HAMP PRA, including[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 31, 2012. MR. VENTRELL: Okay. Good afternoon, everyone. We have with us today Ambassador Dan Benjamin, the State Department’s Coordinator for Counterterrorism. He is here today to present our annual report on worldwide terrorism, and without further ado, I’m going to turn it over to him for opening[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 31, 2012. “Because of our efforts, Iran is under greater pressure than ever before…Few thought that sanctions could have an immediate bite on the Iranian regime.  They have, slowing the Iranian nuclear program and virtually grinding the Iranian economy to a halt in 2011.  Many questioned whether we[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 31, 2012. Today, the United States is announcing two significant steps that strengthen our efforts to pressure and isolate the Iranian government for its continued failure to meet its international obligations. First, I have approved a new Executive Order that imposes new sanctions against the Iranian energy and[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 31, 2012. President Obama called Mrs. Ernestina Naadu Mills of Ghana on Monday to express his condolences for the passing of her husband, President John Evans Atta Mills. President Obama expressed his admiration for President Mills’ tireless efforts on behalf of the Ghanaian people, and his efforts to[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 30, 2012.   Today, Senate Republicans blocked the nomination of Judge Robert Bacharach to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in Oklahoma.  Judge Bacharach’s qualifications are beyond dispute: he served as a federal judge for more than a dozen years, he was unanimously[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 30, 2012. IAEA to Collect Seismic Data at Onagawa Industry/Regulatory/Political The International Atomic Energy Agency is leading a “seismic study mission” to collect data about the effects of the 2011 earthquake on Japan’s Onagawa Nuclear Power Station. IAEA said the mission will include regulators from different countries and[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 30, 2012. Index for Today’s Briefing UNITED NATIONS Arms Trade Treaty Negotiations SYRIA Large-Scale Attacks in Aleppo / Assad’s Days Numbered Movement towards a Pluralistic Syria Increase In Nonlethal Support to Opposition / $15 Million in Aid / Communications, Medical and Humanitarian Assistance Political Transition / Support for[Read More…]