WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–September 14, 2012 – A Marine Corps fleet antiterrorism security team, called a “FAST team” is now on the ground in Yemen to help with security at the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa, Pentagon Press Secretary George Little said today. This is the second FAST team, consisting of about 50 Marines,[Read More…]
Day: September 14, 2012
Remarks by the President and the First Lady Welcoming the 2012 U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Teams
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 14, 2012 – 10:14 A.M. EDT MRS. OBAMA: All right. While they’re shaking hands — because the President has vowed to stay out here to meet everyone, even if it blows his schedule. (Laughter and applause.) So I’m going to get things started while Joe and Barack do[Read More…]
Letter to Congress from President Obama Regarding the War Powers Resolution Report for Libya
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 14, 2012. Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:) On September 12, 2012, in response to an attack on our diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four U.S. citizens, including U.S. Ambassador John Christopher Stevens, a security force from the U.S. Africa Command deployed to Libya to support[Read More…]
Pocahontas Star Arrested for Filming with Phone at Secretive Free Trade Talks
Actress Q’orianka Kilcher returns to VA to demand release of controversial Trans Paciific Partnership texts Lansdowne, VA –(ENEWSPF)–Septemer 14, 2012. Actress Q’orianka Kilcher was arrested yesterday evening at an upscale golf resort in Virginia after helping to deliverer over 350,000 protest signatures to an official with the US Trade[Read More…]
Secretary General Ban Disturbed by Violence in Libya and the Middle East, Calls for Restraint
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–4 September 2012 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is “deeply disturbed” by the recent violence in Libya and elsewhere in the Middle East and has called for calm and restraint to end hostilities, according to his spokesperson. In a statement issued on Thursday night, the spokesperson said Mr.[Read More…]
Getting (Drugs) Under Your Skin
Using ultrasound waves, researchers boost skin’s permeability to drugs. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(ENEWSPF)–September 14, 2012. Using ultrasound waves, MIT engineers have found a way to enhance the permeability of skin to drugs, making transdermal drug delivery more efficient. This technology could pave the way for noninvasive drug delivery or needle-free vaccinations, according[Read More…]
New Study of Stem Cell Differentiation Could Help Researchers Better Understand the Genetic Basis of Heart Disease.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. –(ENEWSPF)–September 14, 2012. The fate of an embryonic stem cell, which has the potential to become any type of body cell, is determined by a complex interaction of genes, proteins that bind DNA, and molecules that modify those genes and proteins. In a new paper, biologists from MIT[Read More…]
Transportation Secretary LaHood Announces $59.3 Million for Clean, Energy-Efficient Transit Projects Across the United States
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–September 14, 2012. U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced that 27 projects will receive a combined $59.3 million to help transit agencies purchase and support cleaner, greener buses that reduce harmful emissions and improve fuel economy while also delivering a more comfortable, reliable ride for passengers. The funds from[Read More…]
Amnesty International Calls on Egypt to Arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir Upon Entry into Egypt
Sudanese President Wanted for War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity Must Not Be Granted Safe Haven, Says Human Rights Group New York–(ENEWSPF)–September 14, 2012. Amnesty International said today that the Egyptian government should immediately withdraw its invitation to Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir and arrest him if he travels to Cairo.[Read More…]
Southern Poverty Law Center, Human Rights Groups Urge Public Officials Not to Attend Values Voter Summit, Avoid Legitimizing Anti-LGBT Extremism
ALABAMA–(ENEWSPF)–September 14, 2012. The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and a coalition of human rights groups are calling on public officials not to attend the upcoming Values Voter Summit in Washington, D.C., because its host, the Family Research Council, has spread demonizing lies about the LGBT community, and because one[Read More…]