SALIDA, COLORADO–(ENEWSPF)–February 19, 2015. The Obama administration today designated Colorado’s Browns Canyon as a national monument. The designation will safeguard the waters, rugged landscape and lower-elevation recreation opportunities of the area and comes in response to a tremendous outpouring of support from local businesses, community leaders, and conservation groups. In[Read More…]
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DOD Announces Operation Freedom’s Sentinel Qualifies for Campaign Medal
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 19, 2015. The Department of Defense announced today Operation Freedom’s Sentinel as a qualifying operation for award of the Afghanistan Campaign Medal. Additionally, the transition from Operation Enduring Freedom to Freedom’s Sentinel also marks a new campaign phase, “Transition II,” for the Afghanistan Campaign Medal. Undersecretary of Defense[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan, FTC & States Sue to Block Sysco-US Foods Merger
Lawsuit Alleges Proposed Merger Will Eliminate Competition Among Food Distributors & Lead to Higher Prices Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—February 19, 2015. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today, with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and 10 other states, sought to block Sysco Corporation’s proposed $8.2 billion acquisition of its rival, the Rosemont-based US Foods[Read More…]
Florida Man Pleads Guilty in Prescription Drug Diversion Scheme
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 19, 2015. Yusef Yassin Gomez (Yassin), 49, of Fort Myers, Florida, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in the Southern District of Ohio to one count of conspiracy to commit an offense against the United States in the distribution of prescription drugs without a license. Acting Assistant[Read More…]
Arlington Heights, Illinois, Company and its Owner and Employee Charged with Illegal Export and Import of Military Articles
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—February 19, 2015. Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin, U.S. Attorney Zachary T. Fardon of the Northern District of Illinois, Special Agent in Charge Gary Hartwig of Homeland Security Investigations Chicago, Special Agent in Charge James C. Lee of the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) Chicago Office and[Read More…]
U.S. District Court Rules that American Express Violated Antitrust Laws
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 19, 2015. Attorney General Eric Holder today praised the decision by a judge in the United States District Court in the Eastern District of New York who found in favor of the Justice Department’s lawsuit claiming that American Express’ rules for merchants violate antitrust laws. “Today’s decision is[Read More…]
Rabbi Pleads Guilty to Voyeurism Charges, Admits Secretly Taking Video Recordings of Dozens of Women
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 19, 2015. U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. of the District of Colombia and Chief Cathy L. Lanier of the Metropolitan Police Department announced that Bernard Freundel, a rabbi who had worked for a Jewish congregation in Washington, D.C., pleaded guilty today to 52 counts of voyeurism stemming[Read More…]
Hamza Naj Ahmed Indicted for Conspiring to Provide Material Support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Ahmed Stopped in New York While Attempting to Fly Overseas to Join Terror Organization; Defendant Also Charged with Lying to Federal Agents during Terrorism Investigation Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 19, 2015. Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin and U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger for the District of Minnesota announced[Read More…]
White House Press Gaggle by Eric Schultz Aboard Air Force One, Feb. 19, 2015
En Route Chicago, Illinois–(ENEWSPF)–February 19, 2015 – 12:35 P.M. EST MR. SCHULTZ: My name is Eric Schultz. Welcome aboard Air Force One on our trip to Chicago. To lead us off, I brought with us with us Christy Goldfuss, who is a senior advisor at the Council on Environmental Quality,[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama at Designation of Three New National Monuments
The above image is a detail from the mural designed and created by students of the American Academy of Art in 1996. Entitled “Visual Interpretations of Pullman,” and is found on the rear wall of the Pullman Visitor’s Center. Photo Credit: Pullman Visitor’s Center. CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–February 19, 2015 – 2:00 P.M.[Read More…]
