Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 26, 2012.  Today, Leader Reid announced the Senate will take-up legislation making it clear that Members of Congress may not engage in insider trading, an important component of the President’s blueprint for an America built to last. As the President said in his State of the Union message,[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 26, 2012.  Index for Today’s Briefing DEPARTMENT Deputy Secretary Burns’ Travel Readout of Ambassador Grossman’s Travel Designated Global Terrorists IRAN/TURKEY Ahmadinejad’s Public Statements U.S. in Contact with Turkey / Foreign Minister Davutoglu MIDDLE EAST PEACE Government of Jordan / A Pause in Talks Quartet / U.S. Urging Parties[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–26 January 2012.  Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned today the killing of the head of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent, Abd-al-Razzaq Jbeiro. According to media reports, Mr. Jbeiro, the Secretary-General of the humanitarian organization, was shot dead in an attack that targeted a vehicle he was driving in that was clearly[Read More…]

FMCSA Obtains Temporary Restraining Order to Shutdown Company WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–January 26, 2012. At the request of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has issued a temporary restraining order against Double Happyness Travel, Inc. of Huntingdon[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–26 January 2012.  Almost 1,100 Palestinians, over half of them children, were displaced due to home demolitions in the West Bank by Israeli forces in 2011 – over 80 per cent more than in the previous year – according to a United Nations report released today. “Demolitions and Forced[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 26, 2012.  In his State of the Union Address, President Obama laid out a Blueprint for an America Built to Last, underscoring his commitment to an all-of-the-above approach that develops every available source of American energy. This commitment includes the safe and responsible production of our oil and[Read More…]

Chandler, Arizona–(ENEWSPF)–January 25, 2012 – 4:31 P.M. MST THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you.  (Applause.)  Thank you.  (Applause.)  Well, thank you, everybody.  It is good to be in Arizona.  (Applause.)  The weather is good.  You can’t have better weather than this, can’t do it. I want to thank Preston for that wonderful introduction. [Read More…]

Doctors Without Borders Suspends Work in Detention Centers in Misrata TRIPOLI/BRUSSELS/NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–JANUARY 26, 2012 – Detainees in the Libyan city of Misrata are being tortured and denied urgent medical care, leading the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) to suspend its operations in detention centers in Misrata, MSF[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 26, 2012.   SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending January 21, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 377,000, an increase of 21,000 from the previous week’s revised figure of 356,000. The 4-week moving average was 377,500, a decrease of 2,500 from the previous week’s revised[Read More…]

From Politico: After nearly a week on the defensive, CNN’s John King reports tonight that Newt Gingrich’sclaim about offering witnesses to ABC News in his defense — to rebut the network’s interview with his second wife, Marianne Gingrich — was not true.