Day: July 27, 2012

We Can’t Wait: Obama Administration Announces Atlanta Regional Multimodal Passenger Terminal Project to Be Expedited

  WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–July 27, 2012.  Today, as part of his We Can’t Wait initiative, President Obama announced that the Atlanta Regional Multimodal Passenger Terminal project will be expedited as a nationally and regionally significant infrastructure project, shaving up to a year off the review timeline for the project. The Atlanta Regional[Read More…]

Remarks by the First Lady at a Let’s Move! London Event

London, England–(ENEWSPF)–July 27, 2012 – 11:30 A.M. BST MRS. OBAMA:  Are you all having fun?  (Applause.)  It looks like so much fun!  I am so excited to be here — AUDIENCE MEMBER:  Thank you! MRS. OBAMA:  You are welcome.  (Laughter.)  Thank you.  I am thrilled to be here in London for[Read More…]

International Lawmakers Call on Iran to Release Narges Mohammadi

  Senator Kirk Adds Jailed Human Rights Advocate and Journalist to Iranian Dissident Awareness Program WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 26, 2012.  Senator Mark Kirk (US), Hon. Irwin Cotler (CA), MP Denis MacShane (UK), MP Michael Danby (AU), MP Fiamma Nirenstein (IT) and MP Emanuelis Zingeris (LT), members of the Global Iranian Political[Read More…]

Alliance for Retired Americans Friday Alert, July 27, 2012

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 27, 2012. President Obama Woos Older Voters in Florida In a recent campaign speech to a seniors audience in West Palm Beach, President Barack Obama laid out his platform for older Americans, pointing out the clear differences between his vision for the country and Mitt Romney’s. “You should[Read More…]

Pesticides Detected in Long Island Sound Lobsters for the First Time

 Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 27, 2012.  A Connecticut state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection study has detected residues of mosquito control pesticides in lobsters pulled from Long Island Sound. Using new testing technology that can detect small concentrations of substances, ten lobsters were tested for three common mosquito control chemicals: malathion,[Read More…]

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