Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2011. Today a partisan group of Republicans in the Senate blocked our Ambassador to El Salvador from returning to her job, choosing instead to play politics with America’s national interests. Ambassador Aponte has served our nation with distinction over the past year, accumulating an impressive list of[Read More…]
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Durbin, Quinn, Costello, Emanuel, Hoechst Announce Illinois to Receive $44 Million Investment Through Tiger Grant Program
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2011. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL), Illinois Governor Pat Quinn and U.S. Representative Jerry Costello (D-IL) joined Mayors Rahm Emanuel of Chicago and Tom Hoechst of Alton today in announcing that Illinois will receive a total of $44,288,000 in TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) grant funding[Read More…]
Secretary General Ban Voices Deep Concern Over Settlement Expansion in the West Bank
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–12 December 2011. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed deep concern after reports emerged today that the Israeli Government has approved the construction of another 40 houses and a farm in the occupied Palestinian territories. The reports indicate that the construction has been approved near the settlement of Efrat, close to the[Read More…]
GOP Iowa Debate: Candidates Prefer Postville-style Immigration Enforcement
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2011. Just 200 miles northeast of the GOP debate podiums in Des Moines, Iowa, lies the town of Postville, where the embers of destructive “enforcement only” immigration policies supported by Republicans still smolder. About 20 percent of Postville’s population of 2000 was rounded up in a federal[Read More…]
Dr. Huber Lays it All Out: Roundup is Killing Us
MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2011. Lips quivered on ashen faces. Hair stood on forearms. Heads shook and, in some cases, tears formed. The forum, at the Acres USA conference in Columbus, Ohio, last Friday, lasted two and a half hours. For 150 minutes, Dr. Don Huber dispassionately laid out fact after fact,[Read More…]
DOT Awards $177 Million to Illinois to Connect Chicago and the Quad Cities
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2011. U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced more than $177 million for the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) for a passenger rail project that will operate twice daily round-trip service between Chicago and the Quad Cities and put nearly 2,000 Americans back to work this spring.[Read More…]
Public Makes Voice Heard at National Organic Standards Board Meeting
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2011. Continuing a long tradition of public participation in setting organic standards, more than one thousand people submitted comments leading up to the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) meeting in Savannah, GA between November 30 and December 1. View webcast of 4-day meeting. The comments were in[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama and Prime Minister al-Maliki of Iraq in a Joint Press Conference
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2011 – 12:24 P.M. EST PRESIDENT OBAMA: Please have a seat. Good afternoon, everyone. When I took office, nearly 150,000 American troops were deployed in Iraq, and I pledged to end this war, responsibly. Today, only several thousand troops remain there, and more are coming home every[Read More…]
White House Press Gaggle by Jay Carney, December 12, 2011
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2011 – 10:52 A.M. EST MR. CARNEY: As you know, Iraqi Prime Minister al-Maliki is here to meet with the President. You will be seeing them both fairly soon. And if I could just note, this is a momentous visit because, as you know, the Iraq war[Read More…]
President Obama Names Commerce Secretary John Bryson, NEC Chair Gene Sperling as Co-Chairs of White House Office of Manufacturing Policy
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2011. President Obama today announced that Secretary John Bryson would join National Economic Council Director Gene Sperling as co-chair of the White House Office of Manufacturing Policy. The Office of Manufacturing Policy is part of the National Economic Council in the White House and works across federal government[Read More…]
