Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 20, 2014. The Department of Defense announced today the repatriation of Shawali Khan, Khi Ali Gul, Abdul Ghani, and Mohammed Zahir from the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay to the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. As directed by the president’s Jan. 22, 2009, executive order, the[Read More…]
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Ford Expands Takata Driver-Side Airbag Inflator Safety Recall
Dearborn, Mich.—(ENEWSPF)—December 20, 2014. At the request of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Ford is expanding its recall on Takata driver-side airbag inflators. This recall includes approximately 502,489 vehicles, an addition of approximately 447,310 vehicles. This brings the total number of Ford vehicles being recalled for Takata airbag inflators[Read More…]
Florida Marriage Ruling to Go Into Effect as U.S. Supreme Court Rejects State’s Final Attempt to Delay Implementation
WASHINGTON, D.C. –-(ENEWSPF)–December 19, 2014. Today, the United States Supreme Court rejected a last-ditch attempt by Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi to delay implementation of a federal court’s ruling holding unconstitutional the state’s ban on marriage for same-sex couples. Marriages will now go forward and be recognized in Florida when[Read More…]
White House Weekly Address: America’s Resurgence Is Real
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 20, 2014. Hi, everybody. As 2014 comes to an end, we can enter the New Year with new confidence that America is making significant strides where it counts. The steps we took nearly six years ago to rescue our economy and rebuild it on a new foundation helped[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel and Alderman Dowell Open Motor Row Brewing
New Facility Will Help Motor Row Fulfill Its Role as a Link Between the South Loop and Near South Side CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–December 19, 2014. Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Alderman Pat Dowell today opened Motor Row Brewing, a $2.7 million project to redevelop the former Federal Motor Car Co. showroom at 2337[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel Announces Third Phase of Large Lots Program with Expansion to Austin
Approximately 250 City-owned Lots Available for $1 Through January 2015; Part of Mayor Emanuel’s Five Year Housing Plan to Create, Improve and Preserve More than 41,000 Units of Housing CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–December 19, 2014. Mayor Rahm Emanuel today announced the second expansion of the Large Lots program to Austin. The program will[Read More…]
Statement by Chrysler: Global Air-Bag Inflator Replacement, Dec. 19, 2014
Auburn Hills, Mich. –(ENEWSPF)–December 19, 2014. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) US LLC will replace driver’s-side air-bag inflators in an estimated 3.3 million older-model vehicles worldwide, in an expansion of an ongoing regional field action. Neither FCA US, nor Takata Corporation, the supplier, has identified a defect in this population of[Read More…]
Department of Defense Press Briefing by Rear Adm. Kirby, Dec. 19, 2014
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 19, 2014. KIRBY: Good afternoon, everybody. Just a short announcement at the top, and then we’ll…we’ll get right to it. I do want to announce that this week, Secretary Hagel authorized up to 1,300 more U.S. troops to deploy to Iraq. Approximately 1,000 of them will be soldiers[Read More…]
Statement by Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel on the 2015 National Defense Authorization Act
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 19, 2014. I want to thank members of Congress — and particularly the chairmen of the Senate and House Armed Services Committees, Carl Levin and Buck McKeon — for their bipartisan work to pass the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for the 53rd consecutive year. The fiscal year[Read More…]
Senators Durbin, Kirk Join In Support Of Scott AFB To House Critical New Defense Facility
WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)—December 19, 2014. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee, and U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-IL) joined together today in sending the Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) a letter in support of housing a new NGA facility at Scott Air Force[Read More…]
