Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 20, 2014. REAR ADMIRAL JOHN KIRBY: All right. Well, I don’t have an opening statement today, so we can just get right at your questions. Lita? You don’t have one? (Laughter.) Q: I was going to defer to Jamie. REAR ADM. KIRBY: Hey, Jamie. Good to see you.[Read More…]
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Detainee Transfers Announced, Nov. 20, 2014
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 20, 2014. The Department of Defense announced today the transfer of Salah Mohammed Salih Al-Dhabi, Abdel Ghaib Ahmad Hakim, and Abdul Khaled Al-Baydani from the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay to the Government of Georgia. The Department of Defense also announced today the transfer of Hashim Bin Ali[Read More…]
New Report: Walmart’s Dirty Energy Secret
New Report Reveals Retailer’s Heavy Dependency on Coal-Fired Electricity, Undermining Company’s Pledge to Be an Environmental Leader Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–November 20, 2014. As a growing group of environmental leaders call on Walmart to stop greenwashing and commit to real sustainability, a new study finds that Walmart is one of the[Read More…]
State Department Briefing by Jeff Rathke, Nov. 20, 2014
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 20, 2014. Index for Today’s Briefing SECRETARY KERRY’S TRAVEL DEPARTMENT/CONFIRMATIONS IRAN TURKEY DEPARTMENT/AUMF RUSSIA/UKRAINE VENEZUELA IRAQ/ISIL SYRIA TURKEY NORTH KOREA RUSSIA/NORTH KOREA BURKINA FASO CYPRUS MIDDLE EAST PEACE IRAN UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNITED STATES/MEXICO TRANSCRIPT: 1:29 p.m. EST MR. RATHKE: Good afternoon, everybody. QUESTION: Good afternoon. QUESTION:[Read More…]
Eleven Northern California Real Estate Investors Indicted for Bid Rigging and Fraud at Public Foreclosure Auctions
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 20, 2014. A federal grand jury in San Francisco returned three multi-count indictments against eleven real estate investors for their role in bid rigging and fraud schemes at foreclosure auctions in Northern California, the Department of Justice announced. The indictments, filed late yesterday in U.S. District Court for[Read More…]
Twenty-Five Alleged Aryan Brotherhood Members and Associates Indicted on Federal Racketeering Charges in Mississippi and Oklahoma
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 20, 2014. Fourteen alleged members of the Aryan Brotherhood of Mississippi, including four of its most senior leaders, have been indicted by a federal grand jury in the Northern District of Mississippi for conspiring to participate in a racketeering enterprise. In a separate indictment, 11 alleged members and[Read More…]
Remarks by Vice President Joe Biden to the Global Entrepreneurship Summit
Marrakech, Morocco–(ENEWSPF)–November 20, 2014 – 10:35 A.M. (Local) THE VICE PRESIDENT: What a delight to be here. (Laughter.) AUDIENCE MEMBER: Happy birthday. THE VICE PRESIDENT: Thank you. (Applause.) It’s nice of His Majesty to assemble this crowd for my birthday. (Laughter.) I appreciate it. (Applause.) I am getting to the[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama at National Medals of Science and National Medals of Technology and Innovation Award Ceremony
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 20, 2014 – 11:30 A.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, everybody. (Applause.) Please, please, have a seat. Well, hello, everybody. Welcome to the White House. If you’ve ever been in a situation where you’re a little self-conscious because you feel like maybe everybody in the room is a[Read More…]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Proposes Expanded Foreclosure Protections
Proposal Would Provide Surviving Family Members and Other Homeowners with Same Protections as Original Borrower WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)—November 20, 2014. Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) proposed additional measures to ensure that homeowners and struggling borrowers are treated fairly by mortgage servicers. The proposal would require servicers to provide[Read More…]
U.S. House Bill Introduced to Overturn Ban on Veterans Affairs Physicians Recommending Medical Marijuana
“Veterans Equal Access Act” would allow VA physicians to discuss medical marijuana with their patients without federal censure Washington, DC – (ENEWSPF)—November 20, 2014. U.S. House Representatives Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) and Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), along with ten bipartisan Congressional cosponsors introduced the “Veterans Equal Access Act” (VEAA) today, marking a[Read More…]
