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Boxer, others, to DOT: Ban e-smokes on airplanes

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– Democratic U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer (California), Dick Durbin (Illinois), Tom Harkin (Iowa, Richard Blumenthal (Connecticut), Sherrod Brown (Ohio), Jack Reed (Rhode Island) and Edward J. Markey (Massachusetts) on Tuesday, June 10, urged the Department of Transportation to finally prohibit the use of e-cigarettes on airplanes. DOT first proposed a ban more […]

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Blumenthal celebrates Gold Medal for Puerto Rican unit

WASHINGTON, DC (Press Release) – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut.) on Tuesday, June 10,  joined Connecticut Borinqueneers Celestino Cordova of New Haven and Jose Pickard of Wethersfield at a White House signing ceremony of a bill awarding the Congressional Gold Medal to the renowned 65th Infantry Regiment. The segregated military unit, whose members were known as

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JNS news briefs: June 10, 2014

Israeli public schools seek to integrate Wikipedia into curriculum (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) A new initiative promoted by the Israeli Education Ministry seeks to have public school students produce Wikipedia entries. The program was recently suggested during a meeting between Education Minister Shay Piron and Wikimedia Foundation Chairman Jan-Bart de Vreede, with the Education Ministry

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Veteran’s Affairs Dept. releases national audit results

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) on Monday, June 9, released the results from its Nationwide Access Audit, along with facility level patient access data, medical center quality and efficiency data, and mental health provider survey data, for all Veterans health facilities. Full details made public at VA.gov follow

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Obama orders interest rates capped on student loans

WASHINGTON, D.C (Press Release)–President Obama on Monday, June 9, announced a program to make student loans more affordable.   He outlined his executive order in the following speech at the White House, excerpted below: THE PRESIDENT:  … For 51 months in a row, our businesses have created new jobs — 9.4 million new jobs in total. 

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Polis hails LGBT Pride Month

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — Representative Jared Polis (D-Colorado) on Monday, June 9, made the following statement recognizing Pride month: “The 2014 Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month offers us the opportunity to reflect upon an unprecedented number of victories for the equality movement over the past year. ________________________________ Keeping Up With Jewish Public

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Grayson, House, commend Afghan elections so far

  WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – A resolution introduced by Congressman Alan Grayson (D-Florida) unanimously passed the House of Representatives Monday evening, June 9. H. Res. 600 commends the Afghan people for completing the first round of presidential elections earlier this year, and urges Afghanistan to conduct a credible, inclusive, and transparent run-off election later

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Reform Jewish leader appeals for life of Christian who was sentenced to death for converting from Islam

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – Rabbi David Saperstein of the Religious Action Network of Reform Judiasm joined a delegation of religious leaders on Thursday, June 5, in meeting with Sudan’s Ambassador to the U.S., Maowia Khalid. This meeting comes on the heels of a Sudanese court’s sentencing of Meriam Ibrahim to death for allegedly converting to

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Menendez plans review of U.S. aid to Palestinians

SUMMIT, New Jersey (Press Release)– “Palestinians must choose between peace with Israel as a Jewish state and a marriage with Hamas, a terrorist organization,” Senator Robert Menendez declared at the AJC New Jersey Region Annual Meeting. The “marriage will have severe consequences.” The agreement between the Palestinian Authority, led by Mahmoud Abbas, and Hamas to

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