Washington, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—April 16, 2010. Photos of the First Lady Michelle Obama’s trip to Mexico can be viewed at: http://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/photogallery/first-lady-mexico Source: whitehouse.gov
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Remarks by President Obama at a Meeting with the President’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 16, 2010 – 1:38 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody. All right — don’t break anything. (Laughter.) You guys all set? All right. Well, thank you all for coming. We have a few topics to discuss today and I’m eager to hear from all of you about how[Read More…]
State Department Briefing by Phillip J. Crowley, April 16, 2010
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 16, 2010. INDEX: AFGHANISTAN US strongly condemns bombings in Kandahar / two Americans contractors for USAID were among the wounded PAKISTAN US is reviewing UN report on assassination of Benazir Bhutto / US will continue to work with Pakistan to build and defend institutions of democracy /regarding Bhutto’s[Read More…]
On-the-Record-Briefing on by State Department Re: Trips to Afghanistan and Pakistan
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 16, 2010. The following briefing relates to the respective trips of Jacob J. Lew, Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources and Rajiv Shah, USAID Administrator on their respective trips to Afghanistan and Pakistan. MR. CROWLEY: Good afternoon and welcome to the Department of State. We’ve got a couple[Read More…]
Democratic Republic of the Congo: ICRC Confirms Release of Eight Staff Members in South Kivu
Geneva/Kinshasa–(ENEWSPF)–16 April 2010. The eight staff members of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) held since 9 April by an armed group operating in South Kivu province were released today in the Fizi area and handed over to ICRC personnel. The ICRC team received logistical support from the[Read More…]
Oxfam’s Teams and Aid on Their Way to Qinghai Earthquake
HONG KONG–(ENEWSPF)–16 April 2010. International agency Oxfam has sent out two teams of aid experts to earthquake hit Quinhai and Sichuan provinces in China. The teams have been sent from the agency’s offices in Lanzhou and Chengdu in Sichuan and the neighboring province of Gansu. The teams will be distributing[Read More…]
Top Insurers Divert 1 in 4 Premium Dollars Away from Patient Care
New Health Reform Law to Crack Down on the Practice WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 16 – An investigation of six of America’s largest health insurers concluded that over one quarter of policy-holders’ premiums on the individual health insurance market did not go to medical care in 2009, according to a Senate Commerce, Science,[Read More…]
Congress Delays Medicare Physician Payment Cut Again to June 1
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 16, 2010. Statement attributable to J. James Rohack, MD, President, American Medical Association. “Late last night Congress again delayed the 21 percent Medicare physician payment cut until June 1 to avoid a Medicare meltdown for seniors. Repeated delays and continued uncertainty combined with the fact that Medicare payments,[Read More…]
SEC Charges Goldman Sachs With Fraud in Structuring and Marketing of CDO Tied to Subprime Mortgages
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 16, 2010 — The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Goldman, Sachs & Co. and one of its vice presidents for defrauding investors by misstating and omitting key facts about a financial product tied to subprime mortgages as the U.S. housing market was beginning to falter. The SEC[Read More…]
Illinois Weekly H1N1 Activity Information Estimates, April 16, 2010
Springfield, IL–(ENEWSPF)–April 16, 2010. Illinois H1N1 CumulativeVaccine Allocation*(As of April 16, 2010) Allocated 4,105,200 Ordered 3,588,600 Shipped 3,584,320 * The above table represents H1N1 vaccine allocation for the 10 million people in Illinois who live outside the city of Chicago. Chicago receives an H1N1 vaccine allotment for its3 million residents[Read More…]
