News from October 2021
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Consistent with the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) border barrier plan , U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), in coordination with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), intends to cancel the remaining border barrier contracts located within U.S. Border Patrol’s (USBP) Laredo Sector and all border barrier contracts located in the Rio Grande Valley Sector.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, Oct. 8, 2021 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack and Deputy Secretary Jewel Bronaugh announced today a $12 million investment to Hispanic-serving Institutions of higher education. This announcement was part of a launch of the first in a series of virtual roundtable engagement sessions with Minority-serving Institutions and Land-grant Universities serving underrepresented students.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida entered a permanent injunction against three individuals and two companies who had been operating an international mail fraud scheme. The order bars defendants from operating or otherwise engaging in a psychic mailing scheme and, more broadly, from engaging in any mass-mail or prize promotion marketing in the United States, the Justice Department announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it will not pursue federal criminal civil rights charges against a Kenosha Police Department (KPD) officer for his involvement in the Aug. 23, 2020, shooting of 30-year-old Jacob Blake.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: A California man was sentenced today to 55 years in prison followed by a lifetime of supervised release for sexual exploitation of a minor and distribution of child pornography.
By State Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: The Troika (Norway, the United Kingdom, and the United States) strongly supports the efforts of Sudan’s government to resolve protests in eastern Sudan which, as the government’s October 3 statement highlighted, risk having a serious impact on the country’s economy and the well-being of its citizens.
By State Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman met yesterday evening in Islamabad with Pakistani National Security Advisor Moeed Yusuf. They discussed developments in Afghanistan and ways to advance cooperation across the bilateral relationship.
By State Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman met today in Islamabad with Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and discussed areas of bilateral cooperation, the importance of the U.S.-Pakistan relationship and the way forward in Afghanistan. Deputy Secretary Sherman emphasized the importance of a coordinated approach to Afghanistan and other issues vital to regional stability.
By State Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: On behalf of the United States of America, I offer my congratulations to the people of Fiji as you celebrate your independence day on October 10.
By State Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: Acting Assistant Secretary for International Security and Nonproliferation (ISN) Dr. Eliot Kang announced the allocation of $1 million in additional U.S. government funding to the Department of State’s Foundational Infrastructure for Responsible Use of Small Modular Reactor Technology (FIRST) program. ...
By State Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: U.S. Special Envoy for Yemen Tim Lenderking arrived in Jordan today. He will then travel on to the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Oman. Special Envoy Lenderking will meet with the Republic of Yemen Government, Yemeni civil society representatives, regional senior government and UN officials, and other international ...
By State Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: From October 11 to Nov. 11, 15 international sports leaders and 13 U.S.-based organizations in the sports sector will take part in the annual U.S. Department of State and espnW Global Sports Mentoring Program (GSMP). In its ninth year, this professional development exchange supports ongoing efforts ...
By State Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: PRESIDENT LOPEZ OBRADOR: (Via interpreter) I wanted to the Secretary of State to look at the murals, so I took him all over the National Palace. We apologize. But we are here now. Welcome, everyone.
By State Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador today in Mexico City. Secretary Blinken was joined by U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas and Attorney General Merrick Garland. President ...
By State Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: The United States condemns in the strongest terms today’s attack on worshippers at Friday prayers in Kunduz, Afghanistan. We offer our deepest condolences to the victims and their families. The Afghan people deserve a future free of terror.
By State Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: FOREIGN SECRETARY EBRARD: (Via translation) Good morning. I want to give the warmest welcome to the U.S. Secretary of State, Mr. Antony Blinken. We want to thank the very special presence of the U.S. Attorney General and Secretary Mayorkas.
By State Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: President Biden today affirmed the United States’ deeply-held commitment to welcoming refugees by issuing the Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions, which raises the refugee admissions target to 125,000 for Fiscal Year 2022. The United States is, and will continue to be, a global leader in ...
By State Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: Under Secretary of State Victoria Nuland will travel to Moscow, Russia on October 11 to meet with senior officials and other interlocutors to discuss a range of bilateral, regional, and global issues. She will then travel to Beirut, Lebanon on October 14 for meetings with Lebanese representatives of ...
By State Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy and Human Rights Uzra Zeya will travel to Haiti and Panama from October 12–16, 2021.
By State Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: FOREIGN SECRETARY EBRARD: (Via interpreter) Thank you. We are here today wrapping up a process that has gone on for several months and that allows us to first affirm that we are leaving the Merida Initiative behind, and that starting today, we start with the Bicentennial Agreement. Why bicentennial? ...
