Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 17, 2010. Today, the President met for over an hour with twelve leaders from some of the nation’s largest labor organizations to discuss ways to work together to strengthen the economy. The group talked about creating good jobs for the American people and how the partnership with labor is[Read More…]
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Man Charged With Homicide in Death of Park Forest Woman
Mark Williams. (Photo: PFPD) Update: Memorial Service Set For Park Forest Murder Victim Aisha Nettle-Boone Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Police issued a press release Friday afternoon regarding the strangulation death of a Park Forest woman. According to the release, on Thursday, December 16, 2010, at approximately 9:52 a.m., Park Forest Police dispatched[Read More…]
Pakistan: Dwindling Funding Could Leave Flood Survivors Without Aid – UN
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–17 December 2010 – Even as Pakistanis displaced by the devastating floods that hit their country this year continue streaming back to their homes, many of them destroyed by the deluge, the United Nations and its partners warned today that humanitarian needs remain enormous amid dwindling resources. “Under-funding remains[Read More…]
Federal Oil Spill Response Transitions to Regional Structure, Releases Scientific Report
NEW ORLEANS–(ENEWSPF)–December 17, 2010. As planned and in coordination and consultation with state and local partners, the federal government’s response framework for the Deepwater Horizon BP oil spill will transition on Friday, allowing for long-term response operations to be overseen by regional U.S. Coast Guard units rather than surge forces.[Read More…]
Remarks by the First Lady at the National Medal for Museum and Library Services Ceremony
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 17, 2010 – 11:14 A.M. EST MRS. OBAMA: Thank you. (Applause.) Good morning. (Applause.) Thank you all. Please rest, rest. (Laughter.) Welcome to the White House. It is wonderful to have you all here. You’ve got snow, you’ve got Christmas, it’s the best time of year. So, welcome.[Read More…]
Treasury Department Statement on House Passage of Tax Cut, Unemployment Insurance Package
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—December 17, 2010. The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released the following statement from Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner regarding the passage of the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Act of 2010 by the House of Representatives: “We had a responsibility to protect middle class families from[Read More…]
Pelosi: Democratic Provisions of Tax Cut Bill Benefit Middle Class; Republicans Insist on an Extra Tax Cut for the Wealthiest
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 17, 2010. Speaker Nancy Pelosi spoke on the House floor tonight on H.R. 4853, the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010. The bill, which the House passed by a vote of 277 to 148 late Thursday night, was passed by the Senate on[Read More…]
Looking Back, Secretary General Ban Calls 2010 ‘a Big Year For the United Nations’
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–17 December 2010 – In his end-of-year “state of the world” news conference, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called 2010 “a big year for the United Nations,” with progress on issues from biodiversity to electoral support in Iraq and Afghanistan, but warned of challenges ahead in Sudan, the Middle East[Read More…]
Statement by the NATO Secretary General on the United States Review on Afghanistan and Pakistan
BELGIUM–(ENEWSPF)–17 December 2010. The following statement was released 16 December 2010 by NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen: I welcome the release today of the United States’ annual review on Afghanistan and Pakistan. It builds on the decisions on Afghanistan that NATO Allies and Partners took at our summit in[Read More…]
Presidential Proclamation–Wright Brothers Day
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 17, 2010. On December 17, 1903, after years of determination and creativity, Orville and Wilbur Wright’s wooden aircraft sailed the steady winds of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, and conquered the age old dream of manned flight. That day, the two brothers from Dayton, Ohio, could only imagine what[Read More…]
