WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2009. As part of the Obama Administration’s work to change how Washington does business, the White House Tuesday issued the Open Government Directive requiring federal agencies to take immediate, specific steps to open their operations up to the public. The Administration also released an Open Government Progress[Read More…]
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President Obama Announces Proposals to Accelerate Job Growth and Lay the Foundation for Robust Economic Growth
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2009. Today, the President laid out some of the broad steps that he believes should be at the heart of our efforts to help put Americans back to work and get businesses hiring again. This announcement is part of the President’s ongoing effort to take every responsible[Read More…]
Washington Times Continues Anti-Gay War on Kevin Jennings, ‘Obama’s Buggery Czar’
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– The Washington Times continued its anti-gay war on Department of Education official Kevin Jennings in a December 8 editorial entitled "Obama’s buggery czar," the paper’s ninth editorial smearing Jennings since late September. The Times editorial advanced several false and misleading claims in order to paint Jennings as a[Read More…]
Late Nite Catechism Dinner and Comedy
Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2009. The Center for Performing Arts at Governors State University and Nuns4Fun will present “Late Nite Catechism” dinner and show on Saturday, December 12. The event will be held at Jenny’s Steak House, 20 Kansas Street, Frankfort, IL. Dinner begins at 7 p.m. with the show[Read More…]
Remarks by Secretary of State Clinton to U.S. Global Leadership Coalition
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 7, 2009. SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, thank you all very, very much. This is an extraordinary evening, and I am deeply honored to receive this award on behalf of the State Department and USAID, the work that is done every single day by the men and women who serve[Read More…]
Bipartisan Amendment Preserves Federal Standard Disallowing Public Funding of Abortion
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 7, 2009 – Today, Nebraska’s Senator Ben Nelson and a bipartisan group of senators filed an amendment to extend the more than 30-year federal standard disallowing public funding for abortion to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2009, the Senate health care bill. “As written, the[Read More…]
President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts, December 7, 2009
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–December 7, 2009. Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key administration posts: David T. Matsuda, Administrator, Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation Michael P. Huerta, Deputy Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation President Obama said, “I am grateful that such talented individuals have[Read More…]
State Department Briefing by Ian Kelly, December 7, 2009
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 7, 2009. INDEX: SECRETARY Secretary Clinton attend the President’s meeting with Prime Minister Erdogan at the White House Secretary Clinton hold meetings with Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal of Saudi Arabia and Foreign Minister Medelci of Algeria this afternoon Secretary Clinton will attend a reception for families of employees[Read More…]
New York Autopsies Show 2009 H1N1 Influenza Virus Damages Entire Airway
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 7, 2009. In fatal cases of 2009 H1N1 influenza, the virus can damage cells throughout the respiratory airway, much like the viruses that caused the 1918 and 1957 influenza pandemics, report researchers from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the New York City Office of Chief Medical[Read More…]
HHS and Ad Council Launch New Nationwide PSA Campaign Urging Vaccination Against the H1N1 Flu Virus
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 7, 2009. HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is joining with the Ad Council to launch a new nationwide public service advertising (PSA) campaign called “Together We Can All Fight the Flu.” The campaign features television, radio, online[Read More…]
