Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 4, 2010. INDEX: DEPARTMENT Secretary’s Calls with Ukrainian FM, Greek FM on Gaza, Iran, and other regional issues 21 years since Tiananmen Square, the US joins others in the international community to urge China to release all those still serving sentences for participating in peaceful protests then and[Read More…]
Day: June 4, 2010
May 2010 Employment Report
Washington, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—June 4, 2010. Total nonfarm payroll employment grew by 431,000 in May, reflecting the hiring of 411,000 temporary employees to work on Census 2010, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Private-sector employment changed little (+41,000). Manufacturing, temporary help services, and mining added jobs, while construction employment declined.[Read More…]
McDonald’s Recalls Movie Themed Drinking Glasses Due to Potential Cadmium Risk
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 4, 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. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.[Read More…]
Clinton Foundation Haiti Fund Fact Sheet, June 4, 2010
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–June 4, 2010. The Clinton Foundation Haiti Fund was created in January 2010. To date, the Fund has raised more than $14 million from more than 100,000 individuals for earthquake relief, recovery, and reconstruction assistance. Since the earthquake, the Foundation has spent $7 million and allocated $2 million for[Read More…]
Obama’s Cairo Speech One Year Later
CAP Fellow Brian Katulis Writes That the Obama Administration Should Continue to Focus on Long-Term U.S. Interests While Managing the Current Crisis. Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 4, 2010. The first anniversary of President Barack Obama’s historic address announcing a “new beginning” to the Muslim world in Cairo comes at the end of[Read More…]
NATO and Pakistan Ready to Deepen Political Dialogue
BELGIUM–(ENEWSPF)–4 June 2010. Today, Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, accompanied by a large government and parliamentary delegation, met with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and addressed the North Atlantic Council at NATO Headquarters. Discussions focused on the fight against terrorism, NATO-Pakistan relations, and the security situation in Afghanistan[Read More…]
Security Council Authorizes Extra Police for UN Force in Haiti
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–4 June 2010 – The Security Council today authorized the deployment of additional police officers to serve with the United Nations peacekeeping force in Haiti as part of efforts to help boost the capacity of the country’s national police to deal with the myriad challenges in the wake of[Read More…]
Audubon Launches National Oil Spill Volunteer Response Center
NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—June 4, 2010. A new national Volunteer Response Center is gearing up to channel the energies of a growing force of volunteers seeking to help birds, wildlife and habitat to weather the assault of the Gulf oil spill. The National Audubon Society will use the facility in Moss Point,[Read More…]
Oil Industry Holding Gulf Jobs Hostage
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 4, 2010. As Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, Senator David Vitter and others call on President Obama to end the three-week old off-shore drilling moratorium, they are using local concerns about jobs in an effort to push for more drilling in the devastated region. The Gulf, like all of[Read More…]
Sierra Club to Obama: Move America Beyond Oil in 20 Years
Venice, Louisiana–(ENEWSPF)–June 4, 2010. Today, Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune toured coastal Louisiana to view the impacts of the BP Disaster. Following the boat tour, Brune called on President Obama to launch a plan to move America completely beyond its dependence on oil in the next twenty years. The[Read More…]
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