WASHINGTON, D.C. (SDJW) –The White House announced Thursday that Vice President Biden spoke earlier in the day with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. The Vice President expressed the United States’ solidarity with Iraq in its fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). The Prime Minister discussed Iraq’s current security situation, and
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)—Seventeen U.S. Senators led by Ben Cardin (MD) Tom Harkin (D-IA) on Thursday, June 12, sent a letter to the ten largest tobacco companies urging them to prohibit child labor in their supply chain. The letter comes on the heels of a new report by Human Rights Watch. The report found
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAWASHINGTON, D.C.—Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) on Thursday, June 12, released the following statement to commemorate LGBT Pride Month: “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month is a time to recognize the diversity, dignity and strength of the LGBT community and reflect on the most pressing civil rights issue of the day. “There is a lot
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (SDJW) — Stanley Fischer, who once governed the Bank of Israel, was confirmed on a 63-24 vote to serve as vice chairman of the U.S. Federal reserve. He succeeds Janet Yellen, who was elevated to the top position in the Fed, succeeding Ben Bernanke. Fischer, Yellen and Bernanke all are members of the
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Middle East, USA
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)— Reps. Mark Pocan (D-WI), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Louise Slaughter (D-NY), and Henry Waxman (D-CA), along with 114 of their House colleagues, on Thursday, June 12, sent a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry and United States Trade Representative Michael Froman insisting the United States stop any further
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer, during a Senate hearing, urged Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson to commit to speeding up the border crossing process between Canada and Buffalo on Buffalo Bills game days. Specifically, Schumer urged Johnson to consider adding more border patrol agents on the Peace Bridge during Buffalo Bills game
WASHINGTON, D.C (Press Release)—Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Dianne Feinstein (D-California) and Vice Chairman Saxby Chambliss (R-Georgia) on Thursday, June 12, praised Senate passage of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014. The measure, which passed by voice vote Wednesday evening, June 11, will now go to the House of Representatives, where it is expected
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NAZARETH, Israel (Press Release) – Some 1 billion people worldwide tuning into the World Cup opening ceremony on Thursday, June 12, witnessed a miracle in Sao Paolo during the opening ceremony, as Juliano Pinto, a paraplegic, stood from his wheelchair, took several steps and kicked a soccer ball, using a brain-controlled bionic exoskeleton built with
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Middle EastSAN DIEGO (SDJW) — Congresswoman Susan Davis was among those questioning Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel about the trade of Taliban operatives for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, at a hearing of the House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday, June 11. According to a U-T story by Mark Walker, Davis wanted to know if there wasn’t a way
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Jewish Religion, San Diego CountyWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – In the face of international protest, Israel’s government is going ahead and approving plans for the construction of 1,084 new housing units in six West Bank settlements, including in outposts that were originally been built in violation of Israeli law and later legalized by the government, Americans for Peace Now
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Middle East, USA
JERUSALEM (WJC) — Peru’s consul in Geneva during World War II, José María Barreto, became the first Peruvian on Thursday to be named by Yad Vashem, Israel’s Holocaust memorial institution, as Righteous Among the Nations, for helping to save Jews from the Holocaust. By 1938, the government of Peru had given instructions to all of
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International, Jewish History
NEW YORK (Press Release)—The Hadassah Foundation announced Dr. Yifat Bitton, founder of Tmura, is the recipient of this year’s Bernice S. Tannenbaum Award. The prize honors annually an outstanding young female leader who advances the status of women and girls in Israel or the United States. The Award was presented at a dinner ceremony
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Middle East, USA
NEW YORK (Press Release) – In his first public appearance with the Russian community, Mayor Bill de Blasio opened the 12th Annual Russian Heritage Month Wednesday night, June 11, at the Temple of Dendur in the Sackler Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The festival, hosted by the Russian American Foundation (RAF), took place
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International, USA
By Joe Gandelman SAN DIEGO — Many Americans probably yawned when they saw the news that Spain’s King Juan Carlos decided to abdicate the throne in favor of his son, Prince Felipe. But they should have been in awe of the King’s name. He’s a historical figure who displayed guts despite personal danger in helping
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