LOS ANGELES (Press Release)–Following is the text of the speech given by President Barack Obama on Wednesday evening, May 7, to a USC Shoah Foundation dinner at the Century Plaza Hotel: THE PRESIDENT: Thank you so much. (Applause.) Thank you. Thank you so much. Please, please, everybody have a seat. Well, thank you, Steven {Spielberg}, for […]
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JERUSALEM (Press Release) — President Shimon Peres held a diplomatic working meeting on Wednesday, May, with US National Security Advisor Susan Rice at the President’s Residence. They discussed the major issues on the agenda today including the diplomatic situation between Israel and the Palestinians, the Iranian negotiations and the strategic relations between Israel and the
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-New York), a veteran member of the House Judiciary Committee, delivered a statement during the markup Wednesday, May 7, of the USA Freedom Act. “Since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the United States government has aggressively expanded surveillance in and outside the United States at a high cost to individual
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – On the second anniversary of the Russian Government’s crackdown on Bolotnaya Square protests in Moscow, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a senior member of the Senator Foreign Relations Committee and Chairman of the U.S. Helsinki Commission, met at the U.S. Capitol with Nadya Tolokonnikova and Maria [Masha] Alyokhina of the Russian protest group Pussy Riot. The
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International, USASACRAMENTO (Press Release) — A Constitutional Amendment that would allow each house of the Legislature to withhold pay and benefits of a lawmaker who is suspended has cleared its first legislative hurdle Tuesday, May 6, with the approval of the Senate Committee on Elections and Constitutional Amendments. SCA 17 by Senate President pro tempore Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento)
NEW YORK (WJC)–A former New York City police officer has been arrested on charges that he spray-painted anti-Semitic profanities on cars and buildings in a mostly Jewish neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY, including the front doors of a religious elementary school. Michael Setiawan was picked up before dawn on Sunday after police received a 911 call
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USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–The Obama administration on Tuesday, May 6, released the third U.S. National Climate Assessment, a comprehensive report on climate change and how it will affect the country and economy. The report, which summarizes effects of climate change on the United States, was compiled by a team of more than 300 experts. According to
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators led by Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Mary Landrieu (D-LA) hailed the Senate passage of a resolution condemning the abduction of more than 200 Nigerian school girls by the terrorist group Boko Haram on April 14. Most of the abducted girls – the majority of them between 16
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i) on Tuesday, May 6, introduced today with Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and colleagues the Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act, legislation that would allow those with outstanding student loan debt to refinance at the lower interest rates currently offered to new borrowers. Over the last
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – The failure of the Nigerian government to take immediate and effective steps to rescue hundreds of girls kidnapped from their school with the intention that they be sold into marital slavery highlights the need for more assertive U.S. leadership in protecting human rights, said the Jewish Council for Public Affairs. “For
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International, Middle East, USANEW YORK (Press Release)– AJC (American Jewish Committee) has expressed “gratitude and admiration” to Secretary of State John Kerry for “the noble initiative” for Israeli-Palestinian peace he launched last June at the AJC Global Forum. Kerry’s address to AJC was his first speech in Washington as Secretary of State. “When you spoke to us in Washington
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey (D-New York) on Monday, May 5, released the following statement in honor of Israeli Independence Day: “This year, we celebrate 66 years of Israeli independence as well as over six decades of steadfast friendship between Israel and the United States. “When President Truman recognized the state of
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. –U.S. Senator Michael Bennet (D-Colorado) on Monday, May 5, marked Cinco de Mayo by recognizing the many contributions Mexican-Americans make to Colorado and the United States. Cinco de Mayo commemorates May 5, 1862, when Mexicans won an unlikely victory over the French in the Battle of Puebla, part of their struggle for independence
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International, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release). – U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) on Monday, May 5, sent a letter to Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan, urging him to quickly finalize and release regulations that will provide clear guidance to universities on how to address sexual assault on campus. A recent report issued by the White House Task Force to
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