Month: September 2015

Justice Department Announces $8.5 Million in Grants to Reduce Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence and Stalking on College Campuses

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 2, 2015. The Justice Department’s Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) today announced 27 awards totaling $8.5 million to enhance victim services and develop programs to prevent, investigate and respond to sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence and stalking on campus.  The awards are made with funds from[Read More…]

Reaction to Hillary Clinton’s Plan to Combat Drug and Alcohol Abuse

NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—September 3, 2015. Hillary Clinton announced her Initiative to Combat America’s Deadly Epidemic of Drug and Alcohol Addiction yesterday. You can read her op-ed and check out the full factsheet for Clinton’s comprehensive plan HERE. See below for some reaction… Tim Kaine — Senator from Virginia and Former Chairman[Read More…]

Statement by President Obama on the 70th Anniversary Commemorating the End of World War II in the Pacific

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 2, 2015. Today we commemorate the 70th anniversary of the formal end of World War II in the Pacific, a conflict that tragically claimed millions of lives across Asia and Oceania and stretched several months beyond the war’s conclusion in the European theater. We salute the American servicemen[Read More…]

Remarks by President Obama at Seward Harbor

President Barack Obama tours Kenai Fjords National Park by boat in Alaska, Sept. 1, 2015. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) Seward, Alaska–(ENEWSPF)–September 2, 2015 – 4:24 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  We’re going to go out and look at some of these spectacular fjords on one of our Coast[Read More…]

Senator Barbara Mikulski Statement in Support of Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action to Prevent Iran from Developing Nuclear Weapons

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 2, 2015. Statement from Sen. Barbara Mikulski: “In accordance with the law, Congress has been reviewing the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action for the past 45 days. I have spent countless hours reading, being briefed and pouring over the intelligence. I have diligently worked to make an informed[Read More…]

Congresswoman Robin Kelly States Support for Iran Nuclear Deal

(Image Supplied) Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- Congresswoman Robin Kelly, a Democrat from the 2nd Congressional District of Illinois, announced today that she would support the Iranian Nuclear Deal heralded by President Obama and five other world powers. The diplomatic landmark agreement prevents war with Iran, which would cost the United States countless[Read More…]

Ron Anderson, Southland College Prep College Senior Counselor, Earns Yale Educator Award

RICHTON PARK, ILL.—(ENEWSPF)–September 2, 2015– Ron Anderson, a Southland College Prep Charter High School senior college counselor, has received a Yale Educator Award by Yale University.  Anderson and 28 other secondary school counselors from 40 U.S. states and 15 countries have been recognized for the support, inspiration and encouragement of[Read More…]

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