Joplin, Missouri–(ENEWSPF)–May 21, 2012 – 8:40 P.M. CDT THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you.  (Applause.)  Thank you, everybody.  Please have a seat.  A few people I want to acknowledge.  First of all, you have an outstanding governor in Jay Nixon, and we are proud of all the work that he’s done.   I want[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 21, 2012. Vice President Biden met today at the White House with representatives of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. The Vice President addressed the Obama Administration’s unprecedented support for Israel’s security; our steadfast opposition to any attempts to delegitimize Israel; and our commitment to[Read More…]

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 21, 2012 – 3:26 P.M. CDT THE PRESIDENT:  Good afternoon, everybody.  Let me begin by saying thank you to my great friend, Rahm Emanuel, the mayor of the city of Chicago and to all my neighbors and friends, the people of the city of Chicago for their extraordinary hospitality[Read More…]

NPA, New Bottom Line urge new director’s name to be revealed and assurances that director will hold Wall Street accountable and push banks to provide restitution for homeowners Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 21, 2012.  While addressing the 40th annual National People’s Action’s conference, HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan said today that a director[Read More…]

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 21, 2012.   Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (right), with NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai, at the NATO Summit in Chicago. Photo/NATO While re-affirming the continued engagement of the United Nations in Afghanistan, Secretary-GeneralBan Ki-moon today urged the country’s international partners to remain committed to[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 21, 2012. Plan to Restart Ohi Reactors Meets Resistance Industry/Regulatory/Political The governors of Kyoto and Shiga prefectures oppose the restart of Ohi’s reactors, which the Ohi town assembly had approved last week. The governors say that the government should first finish investigating the causes of the Fukushima Daiichi[Read More…]

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–21 May 2012.  Leaders from NATO’s 28 nations and the 22 partners in the ISAF coalition today gave Afghanistan a clear, long-term commitment to continue supporting the Afghan National Security Forces after the NATO-led ISAF mission is completed in 2014. Agreeing a NATO Strategic Plan for Afghanistan, the Heads of[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 21, 2012.  Statement by Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory B. Jaczko: “After nearly eight years on the Commission, I am announcing my resignation as Chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, effective upon the confirmation of my successor. My responsibility and commitment to safety will continue to be my[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–May 21, 2012.  A federal appeals court ruled today that the CIA does not have to release cables describing its use of waterboarding, or a photograph of a detainee, Abu Zubaydah, taken around the time that he was subjected to “enhanced interrogation techniques.” A three-judge panel of the Second[Read More…]

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 21, 2012. Thank you very much, Deputy Secretary General Vershbow, for chairing today’s meeting of the North Atlantic Council. I am delighted to be joined by my fellow foreign ministers from the NATO member-states and from the nations of Georgia, Macedonia, Montenegro, and Bosnia-Herzegovina. And let me again welcome[Read More…]