Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 23, 2012. Index for Today’s Briefing IRAN Baghdad Meeting / IAEA Obligations / Sanctions New Sanctions Bill in the Senate PAKISTAN Shakeel Afridi Case Iran-Pakistan Pipeline SOUTH CENTRAL ASIA TAPI Pipeline / New Silk Road Initiative EGYPT Presidential Elections DEPARTMENT Foreign Operations Related Programs Appropriations Bill Smith-Mundt Modernization[Read More…]

Colorado Springs, Colorado–(ENEWSPF)–May 23, 2012 – 10:29 A.M. MDT THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you so much.  (Applause.)  Please be seated.  Good morning, everybody!  It is wonderful to be at the United States Air Force Academy on such a spectacular day.  And it is a privilege to join you in honoring the Class[Read More…]

En Route Colorado Springs, Colorado–(ENEWSPF)–May 23, 2012 – 9:28 A.M. EDT MR. CARNEY:  Good morning, everyone.  Thank you for starting early with us as we make our way over a number of states to Colorado — Colorado Springs — where the President will, with great pleasure, deliver the commencement address at[Read More…]

New Directive to Make Federal Services Available on Mobile Devices, Spur “App Economy” and Entrepreneurship WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–May 23, 2012.  Today, the Obama Administration is launching a new initiative to accelerate efforts to make new and useful services available to consumers on their mobile devices. As part of the President’s[Read More…]

Egypt-(ENEWSPF)- Egyptians vote for the first time in over three decades, a historic election, although it remains unclear what powers that new president will wield. From Al Jazeera: Voting in Egypt’s first democratic presidential election has been unfolding peacefully, with election observers and media sources reporting calm lines and few[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 22, 2012.  On Thursday, President Obama will visit a wind manufacturer in Newton, Iowa. Newton is a city of roughly 16,000 residents, located 35 miles east of Des Moines. For many years, Maytag manufactured washers and dryers at its corporate headquarters in Newton, employing 3,500 at its peak.[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 22, 2012. Index for Today’s Briefing IRAN IAEA / P-5+1 / Baghdad Meeting DEPARTMENT Assistant Secretary Feltman’s Retirement NORTH KOREA Possible Nuclear Test / Glyn Davies Leap Day Agreement SERBIA Presidential Elections CHINA Law of the Sea PAKISTAN President Zardari’s Meeting with Secretary Clinton / U.S.-Pakistan Relations Haqqani[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–22 May 2012.  Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon strongly condemned today an attack against Mali’s interim President Dioncounda Traoré, which reportedly left the leader with head injuries. “The Secretary-General urges the Malian military and security institutions to fulfil their primary function of protecting the State and its legitimate interim authorities, and underscores[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 22, 2012. “Today’s Census Bureau report shows that not only was the 2010 Census delivered on time and significantly under budget–but even more important, it was extremely accurate,” said Deputy U.S. Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank. “I am proud of the extraordinary accomplishment by the Census Bureau and the[Read More…]

MSF Forced to Suspend Lifesaving Medical Activities After Restrictions Imposed on Its Work KHARTOUM/BARCELONA/NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–May 22, 2012—As a result of increasing restrictions imposed by Sudanese authorities, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been forced to suspend most of its medical activities in the Jebel[Read More…]