Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 7, 2009 – 1:25 P.M. EST PRESIDENT OBAMA: I want to extend the warmest of welcomes to Prime Minister Erdogan. I’m glad that I, personally, and the American people have a chance to reciprocate the wonderful hospitality that was extended to me when I visited Turkey in April.[Read More…]
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Officials Announce First Afghanistan Surge Units
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–Dec. 7, 2009 – About 16,000 Marines and soldiers have been notified they will deploy to Afghanistan as part of President Barack Obama’s new strategy. Obama announced his decision to deploy 30,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan in the first half of 2010 on Dec. 1. The troops in today’s announcement[Read More…]
Afghanistan Strategy Sharpens Focus on Mission, Policy Chief Says
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–Dec. 7, 2009 – President Barack Obama’s Afghanistan strategy gives the United States and its allies a clearer set of objectives and a more focused approach to eventually transitioning security responsibilities to the Afghan government, the Defense Department’s policy chief said here today. Speaking to media and other guests during[Read More…]
Secretary-General Ban Urges Sudanese President to Intervene to Secure Release of Abducted Staff
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–7 December 2009 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir to become directly involved in securing the release of two staff members of the joint African Union-United Nations mission in Darfur who have been held hostage now for 100 days, stressing that the situation is critical[Read More…]
U.S. Commerce Department’s Patent and Trademark Office to Accelerate Review of Green Technology Patents
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–December 7, 2009. The U.S. Commerce Department’s Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will pilot a program to accelerate the examination of certain “green” technology patent applications, Secretary Gary Locke announced today. The new initiative, coming days before the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, will accelerate the development[Read More…]
Kerry: EPA Endangerment Finding Sends Important Signal to Congress, Copenhagen
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 7, 2009. Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.), Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee and head of the Congressional delegation to the international climate negotiations beginning today in Copenhagen, Denmark, today responded to reports that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will issue a final ruling that greenhouse gas emissions directly[Read More…]
Agreement on Iraqi Election Law Means Polls Can Go Ahead in February – UN Official
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–7 December 2009 – The head of the United Nations mission in Iraq today congratulated the Council of Representatives on finalizing the country’s election law, making it feasible to hold parliamentary polls next February. Ad Melkert, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Iraq, stated that the mission (UNAMI) has worked[Read More…]
Secretary of State Clinton’s Interview With David Gregory of NBC’s Meet The Press
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 6, 2009. QUESTION: But first, here they are. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, welcome both of you back to Meet The Press. SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you. QUESTION: So much of the heat of this debate this week was not about the going in,[Read More…]
College Inn Initiates Voluntary Recall of Select Canned Chicken Broth Products Due to Mislabeling
PITTSBURGH–(ENEWSPF)–December 7, 2009. As a precautionary measure, due to mislabeling, College Inn is initiating a voluntary recall of College Inn® No MSG Chicken Broth sold in individual 14 ½ oz cans. All other sizes and varieties of College Inn® Chicken Broth are correctly labeled and therefore are not affected by[Read More…]
To the Editor – December 7, 2009
Many of Us Dispute Man Caused Global Warming There are many of us who dispute the concept of man caused global warming and those of us old enough remember the debate over global cooling. In your paper I see a large body of political content taken, it seems, from the[Read More…]
