Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2011. The 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution tore down the last formal barrier to women’s enfranchisement in our Nation and empowered America’s women to have their voices heard in the halls of power. This Amendment became law only after decades of work by committed[Read More…]
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Remarks by Attorney General Eric Holder at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Civil Rights Luncheon
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 25, 2011. It is a privilege to stand with you, and to join with so many distinguished leaders and old friends, and with so many members of the King family, as we celebrate the life, and the enduring legacy, of our nation’s great “drum major for justice” –[Read More…]
Final Charged Pittsburgh Crips Members Plead Guilty to Racketeering Crimes
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—August 25, 2011. The last two defendants charged for their racketeering crimes as part of the Crips gang in Pittsburgh pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Pittsburgh, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney David J. Hickton of the[Read More…]
Former Department of Defense Employee Sentenced to Prison for Stealing Financial Assistance Funds Intended for Service Members
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—August 25, 2011. A former civilian employee of the Department of Defense was sentenced today to nine months in prison for conversion of Army Emergency Relief (AER) funds while he was employed at Camp Humphreys in the Republic of Korea, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice[Read More…]
Intervention by State Department Deputy Secretary William J. Burns at Libya Contact Group Meeting, August 25, 2011
Istanbul, Turkey–(ENEWSPF)– August 25, 2011. I want to join in thanking Turkey for hosting this meeting of the Libya Contact Group. It comes at an important, even historic, moment. The events in Tripoli this week unquestionably represent a turning point for the people of Libya. The departure of the[Read More…]
Military Bases Prepare for Hurricane Irene
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2011. Military bases along the eastern seaboard are securing for the Category 3 winds and rain of Hurricane Irene, and the Defense Department is working closely with the Federal Emergency Management Agency as part of the U.S. government response, defense officials said today. A GOES-13 infrared satellite[Read More…]
Lawsuit Seeks Information from FBI on Nationwide System for Collecting ‘Suspicious Activity’ Information
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2011. The American Civil Liberties Union today filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit challenging the government’s failure to release documents about the FBI’s nationwide system of collecting and sharing so-called “Suspicious Activity Reports” from local, state and federal law enforcement agencies. The lawsuit seeks information[Read More…]
Doctors Without Borders in Libya: ‘Almost All of the Hospitals’ in Tripoli ‘Are Receiving Wounded’
Libya–(ENEWSPF)–25 August 2011. Libya © 2011 Google Maps A three-person Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) team is currently in Tripoli with supplies and is starting to support facilities that are already overwhelmed with patients wounded in the fighting currently taking place in the Libyan capital. MSF has also dispatched[Read More…]
Department of Energy Announces $41 Million Investment for Carbon Capture Development
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2011. The U.S. Department of Energy announced today the selection of 16 projects aimed at developing advanced post-combustion technologies for capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) from coal–fired power plants. The projects, valued at $41 million over three years, are focused on reducing the energy and cost penalties associated[Read More…]
Operation ‘Little Girl Lost’ Targets Chicago Street Gang Members
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2011. A long term undercover investigation into the forced sex-trafficking of children and young women by Chicago street gang members has resulted in charges against nine offenders in the nation’s first-ever state-based wiretap investigation targeting the crime of human trafficking, Cook County and Chicago law enforcement officials announced[Read More…]
