WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 15, 2010. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) announced today that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, part of the U.S. Department of Commerce, has awarded $799,200 in federal grant funding to the University of Illinois in Urbana, Illinois, to help fund the Illinois Height Modernization Program (ILHMP). The[Read More…]
Day: June 15, 2010
Press Gaggle by Deputy White House Press Secretary Bill Burton en Route Andrews Air Force Base, June 15, 2010
Aboard Air Force One En Route Andrews Air Force Base–(ENEWSPF)–June 15, 2010 – 12:45 P.M. EDT MR. BURTON: I figured since there’s a lot of this that it’s just going to get kicked to the afternoon briefing — we’ll just do this right now and — fire away. Q On[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama at an Event with Military Personnel in Pensacola, Florida
Pensacola, Florida–(ENEWSPF)–June 15, 2010 – 10:25 A.M. CDT THE PRESIDENT: Well, hello, Pensacola! (Applause.) It is great to be here. I want everybody, first of all, to give a big round of applause to Chief Elison Talabong for leading us in the pledge and singing our National Anthem — (applause)[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama After Briefing with Admiral Thad Allen and Local Officials on BP Oil Spill, June 15, 2010
Pensacola, Florida–(ENEWSPF)—June 15, 2010 – 9:48 A.M. CDT THE PRESIDENT: We just had a very useful discussion, and I want to thank Governor Crist and the congressional delegation, as well as our owner here, Mike Pinzone, of this wonderful facility overlooking this beautiful beach. I want to also thank the[Read More…]
Army Releases May Suicide Data
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 15, 2010. The Army released suicide data today for the month of May. Among active-duty soldiers, there were nine potential suicides, and all remain under investigation. For April, the Army reported 10 potential suicides among active-duty soldiers. Since the release of that report, four have been confirmed as[Read More…]
Petraeus Blames Dehydration for Temporary Illness
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 15, 2010 – Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander of U.S. Central Command, blamed dehydration for causing him to take ill this morning during a Senate hearing. Petraeus and Michele Flournoy, undersecretary of defense for policy, were testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee about military operations in Afghanistan[Read More…]
Crystal Lake Man Charged with Attempted Bank Robbery
Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)– A criminal complaint was filed late last week in U.S. District Court in Chicago charging a Crystal Lake man with the attempted robbery of the Wauconda Community Bank, located at 495 West Liberty Street, on February 9. The alleged perpetrator, identified as ROBERT M. McINTYRE, age 57, of[Read More…]
Portland Shellfish Company Recall – Possible Health Risk
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–June 15, 2010. Portland Shellfish Company, Inc. is voluntarily recalling the following brands of cooked, ready to eat fresh or frozen lobster meat: Portland Shellfish Co. Inc brand, Claw island, Craig’s All Natural, and Inland Ocean cooked, fresh or frozen lobster claw and knuckle meat as recent tests[Read More…]
Risk of Strangulation Prompts Recall to Repair Roll-Up Blinds by Chicology
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 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. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.[Read More…]
Kyrgyzstan: Secretary General Ban Discusses Crisis with Leaders as UN Mobilizes Aid for Civilians
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–15 June 2010 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon spoke with the head of Kyrgyzstan’s interim Government today regarding the crisis in the south, as United Nations agencies launched operations to assist the thousands of civilians affected by the violence. Mr. Ban told Roza Otunbaeva that the UN is closely coordinating[Read More…]
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