Aboard Air Force One, En Route Cape Canaveral, Florida–(ENEWSPF)–April 15, 2010 – 12:46 P.M. EDT MR. BURTON: All right, so, a couple things here before start. Q Sorry, Bill, can you try to speak louder? MR. BURTON: You bet. Tomorrow the President will host a meeting of the President’s Economic[Read More…]
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Interim Fort Hood Recommendations Approved by Department of Defense
Washington, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—April 15, 2010. The Department of Defense announced today near-term actions to address gaps and deficiencies in personnel policies, force protection measures, emergency response, mass casualty preparedness and support to DoD healthcare providers identified by the DoD Independent Review panel. The actions follow-up on 26 of the 79 recommendations[Read More…]
DHS Announces Recovery Act Purchase of 1,200 Explosives Trace Detection Units to Bolster Aviation Security
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 15, 2010. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today announced the purchase of more than 1,200 explosives trace detection units using $35.5 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding—improving explosives detection capabilities at airports nationwide while infusing Recovery Act dollars into local economies. “These[Read More…]
Senate Gridlock Hurts Seniors’ Health: Medicare Physician Payment Comes Down to the Wire Again
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 15, 2010. Statement attributable to J. James Rohack, MD, President, Ameircan Medical Association. “Medicare physician payment comes down to the wire today as the Senate scrambles once again to delay the 21 percent Medicare cut before physicians feel the impact in their payments this week and a Medicare[Read More…]
New Commerce Report Shows Growing Exports Key to Job Creation
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 15, 2010. A U.S. Department of Commerce report released today confirms the importance of exports to the U.S. economy and the increasingly globalized marketplace. According to Exports Support American Jobs, in 2008, exports accounted for a record 12.7 percent of U.S. gross domestic product (GDP), and during a period[Read More…]
Children’s Hooded Sweatshirts with Drawstrings Recalled by GJC International of Florida Due to Strangulation Hazard
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 15, 2010. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. Name of Product: Children’s Hooded Sweatshirts Units: About 3,200 Importer: GJC International of[Read More…]
Le Hing Inc. Announces Recall of Baby Walkers Due to Fall Hazard
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 15, 2010. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. Name of Product: Baby Walkers Units: About 200 Importer: Le Hing Inc., of[Read More…]
UN Welcomes Arrangement Enabling Kyrgyz Ex-President to Depart
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–15 April 2010 – The Secretary-General today welcomed the arrangement between Kyrgyzstan’s Provisional Government and former president Kurmanbek Bakiyev that has enabled him to leave the country. “The Secretary-General believes that this is an important step toward the peaceful, stable, prosperous and democratic development of the country and its[Read More…]
Four Missing AU-UN Peacekeepers Remain Unaccounted For in Darfur
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–15 April 2010 – Four South African peacekeeping serving with the joint African Union-United Nations force in the volatile western Sudanese region of Darfur who went missing on Sunday remain unaccounted for, the mission said, adding that they could have been seized by kidnappers or carjackers. “Despite an all-out[Read More…]
House Of Representatives Holds Hearing On Corporal Punishment In Public Schools
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—April 15, 2010. The House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities held a hearing today examining the role of corporal punishment in public schools and its effect on student achievement. The American Civil Liberties Union strongly opposes the use of physical discipline in public schools and, in[Read More…]
