Imperial Valley News Center
Achieving the Mission of the Cancer Moonshot
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Washington, DC - In this week's address, Vice President Joe Biden discussed the progress of the White House Cancer Moonshot, an initiative with the goal to make a decade’s worth of advances in cancer prevention, diagnosis, and treatment, in five years. Recently, the Cancer Moonshot Task Force released a report that outlines what we need to do to achieve this goal, including: enhancing prevention efforts, expanding access to care, increasing collaboration and sharing data amongst cancer researchers, and building an international commitment to the fight against cancer.
Strengthening Efforts to Increase Opportunity and End Poverty
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Washington, DC - In 2008, then-Senator Obama spoke about the importance of working with faith and community leaders to tackle our nation’s greatest challenges. He promised that his Administration would establish an Advisory Council for Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships, a body that would “not just be another name on the White House organization chart” but rather “a critical part of [his] Administration.” In February 2009, President Obama established the first-ever council of faith and community leaders to advise the federal government on ways that we can better work together to serve the common good.
Real GDP grew 2.9 percent at an annual rate in the third quarter, with strong export growth and continued strength in consumer spending
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Washington, DC - The economy grew 2.9 percent at an annual rate in the third quarter of 2016, a noticeably faster pace than in the first half of the year. Exports, which have faced significant headwinds in recent years from slow growth abroad, grew at an annual rate of 10.0 percent in the third quarter, their fastest quarterly pace since 2013.
Governor Brown to Attend Willie L. Brown, Jr. Institute on Politics and Public Service Breakfast
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San Francisco, California - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. will attend a breakfast benefiting the Willie L. Brown, Jr. Institute on Politics and Public Service in San Francisco.
Tipperary Peace Award
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Tipperary, Ireland - Secretary of State John Kerry: "Well, Martin, thank – I’m really incredibly touched, moved, very, very grateful, and hope and pray that there is no way possible that the glen of Aherlow and its beauty will remain a secret anywhere. (Laughter.) Really, you are blessed here in so many ways – blessed by your people.
Chief of Naval Personnel Visits the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet
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Manama, Bahrain - This week, the Navy's top personnel officer is visiting Sailors assigned to the Navy's U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in the Middle East.
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