NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–27 January 2012. A senior United Nations official has called for an immediate end to Israel’s demolition of Palestinian homes in the occupied West Bank, as he witnessed first hand the suffering and destruction caused by this ongoing practice. “Israel, as the occupying Power, has a fundamental responsibility to[Read More…]
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UN Honours Memory of Children Who Perished in the Holocaust
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–27 January 2012. The United Nations today honoured the memory of the more than 1.5 million boys and girls who perished in the Holocaust, with top officials stressing the need to speak out against intolerance and to protect the lives and human rights of children around the world. “We[Read More…]
Statement by Commerce Secretary John Bryson on the Advance Estimate of Gross Domestic Product in the Fourth Quarter 2011
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 27, 2012. The U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis today released the advance estimate of gross domestic product (GDP) for the fourth quarter of 2011. Real GDP rose 2.8 percent at an annual rate, up from 1.8 percent in the third quarter. Real GDP for 2011 overall[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama at the House Democrats Issues Conference
Cambridge, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–January 27, 2012 – 1:36 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Thank you! Thank you, everybody. (Applause.) Thank you. All right, everybody have a seat. Now, let me begin by saying I was told that on a CD that I’ve just received — (laughter) — that all of you participated in a[Read More…]
White House Press Gaggle by Jay Carney Aboard Air Force One, January 27, 2012
En Route Joint Base Andrews–(ENEWSPF)–January 27, 2012 – 12:11 P.M. EST MR. CARNEY: Okay, welcome to the sort of final leg of this journey. I know you have all the fact sheets and stuff on the President’s college affordability proposals that he talked in front of a very enthusiastic University of[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama on College Affordability, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan–(ENEWSPF)–January 27, 2012 – 10:00 A.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Hello, Michigan! (Applause.) Oh, it is good to be back in Ann Arbor. (Applause.) Thank you, Christina, for that introduction. I also want to thank your president, Mary Sue Coleman. (Applause.) The mayor of Ann Arbor, John Hieftje, is here. [Read More…]
U.S. Attorney General Holder, State and Federal Officials Announce Collaboration to Investigate Residential Mortgage-backed Securities Market
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–January 27, 2012. Attorney General Eric Holder along with Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Director of Enforcement Robert Khuzami and New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced the formation of the Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities Working Group under President Obama’s Financial[Read More…]
Union Membership Rate in 2011 Was 11.8%, Little Changed From 11.9% in 2010
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 27, 2012. In 2011, the union membership rate–the percent of wage and salary workers who were members of a union–was 11.8 percent, essentially unchanged from 11.9 percent in 2010, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The number of wage and salary workers belonging to unions, at[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama on American Energy, Aurora, Colorado
Aurora, Colorado–(ENEWSPF)–January 16, 2012 – 3:34 P.M. MST THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody! (Applause.) Hello, Team Buckley! (Applause.) It is great to be here. Everybody please have a seat, have a seat. Al, thank you for that introduction and for your years of service. I brought a few folks with me here[Read More…]
White House Press Gaggle by Jay Carney Aboard Air Force One, January 26, 2012
En Route Buckley Air Force Base, Colorado–(ENEWSPF)–January 26, 2012 – 12:34 P.M. PST MR. CARNEY: Okay. Thank you all for joining us here today as we make our way from Nevada to Colorado. I know you were there. The President had an excellent event at the UPS facility just now talking[Read More…]
