New US military satelitte in orbit, I wonder what it can do by Sir Jeremiah Orion Kennedy

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – An Atlas 5 rocket carrying a national security communications satellite is in orbit after an early morning launch. The rocket launched at 7:07 a.m. Saturday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. It took into space the first of a series of new satellites that will be used for advanced military data.

The Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite, made by Lockheed Martin, has 10 times more capacity and moves data six times more efficiently than the five Milstar II communications satellites currently in use. The higher data rates can send video, battlefield maps, targeting data and other communications in real time.
The program will put six satellites into orbit over the next decade at a cost of $12.4 billion.

Dear GM and Chevy your 2011 Corvette By Sir Jeremiah Kennedy

Wow, In order for the public to want to buy something new it needs to look new. Your
American Chevy Corvette has not been redesigned since 1990. I would suggest the Corporate
or the board members invest as like Chrysler did years ago. Go out get yourself a supercomputer
and start from scratch.

This car does not work in 2010.

Toast

The New Saturday Evening Post by Sir Jeremiah Kennedy No. 8

A. Egypt admits rocket attacks from it soil.

B. Tens of thousands protest in Kashmir

C. - just in Sunday....North Korea kidnaps S. Korea vessel.

D. Castro opens up economy
      Raul Castro said Sunday that his government will scale back controls on small businesses, lay off unnecessary workers and allow more self-employment — significant steps in a country where the state dominates nearly every facet of the economy.

Cuba's president, however, squashed notions of a sweeping overhaul to the country's communist economic system in response to the financial crisis it faces.

"With experience accumulated in more than 55 years of revolutionary struggle, it doesn't seem like we're doing too badly, nor that desperation or frustration have been our companions along the way," the president said.

Breaking News: Israeli PM talks tuff after 3 incidents after Arab Summit meeting last week.

I said it on Friday, its interesting how the firing started right after the meeting of arabs.

I guess the meeting did not go that well.

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu blamed a cell from Hamas's military wing in Gaza for the rockets fired in Eilat and Aqaba, in a video broadcast on Wednesday.

"In recent days we have witnessed three criminal attacks on Israeli territory: an attack from the Gaza Strip on the city of Ashkelon and the settlements surrounding Gaza, the Lebanese army's attack on IDF forces, which were doing routine activity in Israel, I stress, they were in Israeli territory. And another attack from Sinai on the city of Eilat and Aqaba in Jordan."


The prime minister continued: "Immediately after the attack on Ashkelon, I instructed the IDF to respond decisively, which it did...As well yesterday, in the north, the IDF responded quickly and hit the Lebanese army and its facilities."

"I want to make it clear to Hamas and the Lebanese government, which we see responsible for the violent provocation on our soldiers: Do not test our determination to protect Israeli citizens and soldiers," he said sharply. "Our policy is clear: Israel will respond and will continue to respond to any attack against its citizens and soldiers."

Speaking about the Grad rockets which hit Eilat and Aqaba as well as the April attack from Sinai, Netanyahu stated, "We investigated both incidents and proved beyond a doubt that a cell of Hamas's military wing in Gaza, launched the rockets in both cases."

In the video, the prime minister stressed strongly that "the use of a third country's territory, which lives in peace with Israel, in order to launch missiles at Israel, will not help Hamas in escaping responsibility."

Netanyahu added that the government of Israel views the attacks on its citizens and the attempt to harm Israel's relationship with Egypt and Jordan with great severity.

"Whoever shoots at Israeli citizens, doesn't matter from where, we will get to him and hit with immense force."

Today's China vs. the Old China by Sir Jeremiah O. Kennedy../North Korea/Asia/Burma/Siam

           "Cross roads seem to come and go.....Gypsy flys from Coast to Coast"
                                                                           Allman Brothers

First let me say what a pleasure it's been following Eastern Asian philosophy over the past 5 years,
2 years after I arrived in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. After spending 5 years in Boca Raton recouping
with my beautiful nephew and his mother and my bother. During those 5 years going back from what
I new before....an Eastern. I tool Pilates, then Yoga. My Architectural eye and painter always went
towards eastern. In fact my garden is Easten Asian. What I am getting at is the way Diplomacy rains
in China and what China is doing to Poor Asia. My new Yoga teacher said it best the Eastern Culture
is dieing. And I ask why is it a word called COMMUNISM.

                So I arrived in Fort Lauderdale, and when I arrived my mission was to watch the talks of
North Korea and Iran and follow during the 7 years the development of peace regarding the issue
of Nuclear Weapons. So.........Here we are.

              During these years I have followed very closely the weapon sales to not only Iraq and Afganistan
through Iran but also your little close relationship with your friend the Pres. of Sudan. Killing Aficans so
you can get your Oil and sell arms and the same time how Wonderful. And lets not forget your shipment of
arms going to Ziambawa that ways confiscated "Thank God" I could only Imagine what would have happened.
          
              So your Arms go through Iran China, and you want Americans to buy Chinese products. I do not
want to start a war embargo. I do promote the building of goods  in mom and pop stores here in the great
USA. Well were was I going with this O yes. Asia.

              What will happen to Burma, Thailand, Tawian......what will happen.

            My point is you not get tuff on North Korea kind of makes me think you like snifling slaves to the South of you, That is what they are. North Korea is not an Asian Country, quite the opposite actually.. I
see no individulism in that society what so ever. Not for standing an inner peace. So were is the Eastern
culture going. Should I say goodbye now and show my newhews children picture of a Society long gone.

          Should I stand here why this culture is evoporated or say maybe China should think about there own people you now the ones who are different, may speak another language or look alittle different. What will happen to them.

          I am not happy with China being upset with me about Iran sanctions being to difficult in its quest for a nuclear weapon. I am not happy with China helping out North Korea and not showing the Dignity of steaming the profileration of nuclear weapons on Earth. For if not for China North Korea would not exist would it not.
No it would not. And what is happening in this North Korea country in South East Asia we once call Eastern.

         What is happening in on China's boarder. We can't communicate with them. We know now there are slaves thoughout China. In fact in was not 2 years ago we say pic of the brick makers in Western China.

        So being the big D - Diplomat - hotel Miami

         What up China    what the fuck up...

             So lets let kill South East Asia. Lets go back ....a wise man said to me once ....
u must go back before u can move forwards....

             But what happened here since I was in Boca Raton, well my brother died, his name was John Kennedy he died in a plan crash off the coast of Long Island., or did he and there's Princess Diana well
I met here in 1995 right after the Queen Mother Knighted me, in 1995, God rest her soul. I hope that
they were both "erased" meaning there still alive. Any way the reason why I am telling you this is I am
the son of John Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe. But you should now as I work for the ....I try my best
to find Freedom, and peace. Not only in America, but in Asia, in the Sudan, in Gaza....I am there...

I can only do so much to fight for freedom,

          

All the Best,
SJOK

The New Saturday Evening Post by Sir Jeremiah Kennedy No. 7

The New Saturday Evening Post

A Cyberspace Magazine by Sir Jeremiah O. Kennedy

A.  Isreal attacks Gaza days after Arab Summit.
Just days after the Arab Summit, Hamas in Gaza starts to fire rockets once again.
A top Hamas commander was killed and another 11 Gazans were wounded late on Friday night by an Israeli air strike that came in response to a Katyusha attack on Ashkelon earlier in the day.

Palestinians continued firing rockets over the weekend Late Saturday evening, a Kassam rocket was fired from the Gaza Strip toward the western Negev. The rocket landed outside of Sderot, hitting a public building that was empty at the time. There were no reports of casualties, but the building’s roof and three rooms inside it were damaged.

Hamas officials in Gaza identified the dead man as Issa Batran, 42, a commander of the group’s Izzadin Kassam military wing in central Gaza and a senior rocket maker.

B. India slams Pakistan over WikiLeaks charges

NEW DELHI — India has slammed Pakistan over reported links between Islamabad's premier intelligence agency and the Afghan Taliban that were revealed in the recent leak of secret Pentagon files.
Reams of material leaked to Internet whistleblower site WikiLeaks accuse Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) -- the nation's most powerful spy service -- of secretly helping the Afghan insurgency.

"Sponsorship of terrorism, as an instrument of policy, is wholly condemnable and must cease forthwith," an Indian foreign ministry spokesman said late Tuesday.
India has long accused Pakistan of failing to take credible steps to crack down on Islamic militant groups operating on its soil such as Lashkar-e-Taiba, blamed for the 2008 attacks in Mumbai which left 166 people dead.

"The utilization of territory under Pakistan's control to provide sanctuaries for recruiting and sustaining terrorist groups, and to direct terrorist activity against neighbours, must stop," the spokesman said.

Pakistan must not allow its territory to be used as a base for militancy "if our region is to attain its full potential for peaceful development", he added.
The leaks, published in newspapers on Sunday, have fuelled accusations that the ISI since 2004 armed, trained and financed the Taliban. Pakistan has called the documents "skewed" and out of step with reality on the ground.


C. US trying to deport illegals without anyone knowing.
Over the past 4 years in Europe, Italy and France have been a round-up  of illegals and the were deported. Now I guess it will start hear.

According to an internal U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services memo going the rounds of Capitol Hill and obtained by National Review, the agency is considering ways in which it could enact “meaningful immigration reform absent legislative action” — that is, without the consent of the American people through a vote in Congress.

“This memorandum offers administrative relief options to . . . reduce the threat of removal for certain individuals present in the United States without authorization,” it reads.

Also: “In the absence of Comprehensive Immigration Reform, USCIS can extend benefits and/or protections to many individuals and groups by issuing new guidance and regulations, exercising discretion with regard to parole-in-place, deferred action and the issuance of Notices to Appear (NTA), and adopting significant process improvements.”

In recent weeks, Sen. Chuck Grassley and others in Congress have been pressing the administration to disavow rumors that a de facto amnesty is in the works, including in a letter to Department of Homeland Security head Janet Napolitano. “Since the senators first wrote to the president more than a month ago, we have not been reassured that the plans are just rumors, and we have every reason to believe that the memo is legitimate,” a Grassley spokesman tells NR. (NR contacted DHS, but a spokesman did not have a comment on the record.)

D. Afgan War dead climb as surge begins - Summer 2010
Six American soldiers have been killed in separate attacks in southern Afghanistan, making July the deadliest month for U.S. forces in the nine-year war.

The casualties bring the number of U.S. soldiers killed this month to 66, surpassing June's record as the deadliest month for American troops since 2001. U.S. and NATO commanders have warned of an increase in violence as international and Afghan forces work to clear the south of Taliban insurgents.

E. UN extends Darfur force mandate The UN Security Council extended Unamid's mandate until July 31, 2011 [EPA] The United Nations Security Council has extended its peacekeeping mission in Sudan's western Darfur region for another year. The 15-nation council agreed unanimously on Friday to the mission's extension, telling Unamid, the joint African Union/UN peacekeeping force, to focus primarily on protecting civilians and aid deliveries. It also condemned a recent surge of violence in Darfur and called on the Sudanese government to stop hindering the work of Unamid. The peacekeeping force, which stands at about 21,700 troops and police, has been struggling for three years with the Darfur crisis, which erupted when mostly non-Arab fighters took up arms in early 2003, accusing the Sudanese government of neglect. The government responded by mobilising mostly Arab fighters accused of a campaign of rape, murder and looting that created one of the world's worst humanitarian crises. UN officials say that up to 300,000 people have died in the fighting, although the Sudanese government says that number is actually 10,000.

F. AQ head out with new video issuing threats of attack in US.
Al Qaeda's second in command Ayman Al-Zawahiri has surfaced again, this time threatening more attacks against the U.S. and the West.

Al Qaeda's second in command, Ayman Al-Zawahiri, top left, is heard in a new audio message posted

"Oh American people…We offered you a peace plan, and mutual benefit; but your governments were proud and haughty, and so the attacks against you followed one after another, everywhere – from Indonesia to Times Square, by way of Madrid and London. And the attacks are ongoing, and more will come one after another," said Zawahiri, according to a transcript provided by the Middle East Media Research Institute, based in Washington, DC.
Zawahiri also continued his promise of near victory in Iraq and Afghanistan, among other issues.
Former White House national security official Richard Clarke, now an ABC News consultant, said that up until this point, there haven't been any correlations between Zawahiri's past threats and any attacks actually occurring.
"U.S. government and counterterrorism officials are not going to increase their alert based on Zawahiri's statement, because of his previous track record," Clarke said. "But they're on relatively high alert already because of the increase in homegrown terrorist threats related to al Qaeda."


G.Venezuela sends troops to border with Colombia
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Venezuela's president says he has deployed troops to the border with Colombia, as tensions rise between the two South American countries.

Hugo Chavez said Friday he believed the outgoing government of Colombian President Alvaro Uribe could be planning to attack Venezuela.

The move follows Colombia's accusations last week that Venezuela is harboring leftist Colombian rebels.

Mr. Chavez, denying the charge, had harsh words for Mr. Uribe.  In a phone call to a Venezuelan television show Friday, Mr. Chavez said the Colombian President should see a psychologist, saying he sees peace as a "little trap."

Colombia's president-elect, Juan Manuel Santos, has promised to continue Mr. Uribe's security policies.

The head of Colombia's largest leftist rebel group Friday proposed talks with the incoming government to resolve the country's internal conflict.  

Alfonso Cano, who commands the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, issued the proposal in a video message.  There was no immediate response from President-elect Santos.

On Thursday, Colombia and Venezuela brought their grievances to a group of South American foreign ministers meeting in Ecuador..  But members of the Union of South American Nations, or UNASUR, were unable to resolve the crisis.

The Venezuelan president severed ties with Colombia last week after Colombia went before the Organization of American States' permanent council in Washington to present photographs, maps, coordinates and videos it said show 1,500 guerrillas hiding inside Venezuela.

Venezuela said the items did not provide any solid evidence of a guerrilla presence there.


H. Google is blocked in China, first time since March incident.

Google said Thursday that its search engine was “fully blocked” in China, along with Google ads and mobile search.

This is the first time that Google has been blocked since March, when it closed its search service in China and began automatically redirecting users to an uncensored search engine in Hong Kong after a standoff over censorship. Although it has been fairly common since then for the search engine to be partially blocked, which Google describes as between 10 percent and 66 percent blocked, it has not been fully blocked, or 67 percent to 100 percent blocked.

I. Chelsea Clinton and Marc Mezvinsky get Married in Upstate New York
Congratz to the Happy couple and 2 The Clinton’s.

The best sitcom since Steinfeld by SJOK - Neighbors from hell

As a former employee of HBO Inc., with programing and managment. I would like to tell you of a
cartoon that only the intelligent can understand. A perfect cartoon. with characters you actually
become attached to. The little dog or what ever he is since they are alien, is adorable. Congratz
a hugh hit.

All the Best,
Toast

I guess CNN does not cover the Wikileaki coverage live by Sir Jeremiah Orion Kennedy

They can get a camera 5,000 feet under the sea, yet not at a news confrence in the London and Ladies and Gentlemen its called Cable News Network. What Up America???

And its 8:20 Am Monday morning and now Yahoo has taken it off the top 10 list of news stories
for the morning viewer. This is called Russian media control 101. Never mind what story will come
next so that the American public will be in a Weapon of Mass Distraction thanks to Time Warner
and the Corporate help media conglomerates.

So what is the Story - 300 Billion Dollars, the longest American War ever, and now we are doubling
troops there. While we give Pakistan 14 million dollars since 2001, we find out that within this country
is a dual track. One Friend and One Enemy an friend of my enemy.

What is the other Story - No hearings, No public outrage, No media of anti-war marches. And because of
a Psy Op for National Security purposes we Americans are all distracted. The Country is not at War, there is
no draft see we pay a corporation for the help. The Media and the Military and the corporate military does not want the American people to see the war on the 52 in screen like in Vietnam. I guess that's why CNN, decided it was not important to show up in the London with a camera.

Story 3 - Money is going out the door like air and for what. Now the problem just exploded. Try picking up the pieces from this fiasco.

But Dr. Brenzski said it best on his Daughter's new show. - Morning Joe. It is within Pakistan that we have a problem. For the Civil government does not control the Military in what so ever. Judging from the documents released today by wikileaks we now see it in black and white terms of good and evil, for or against. Let us remember how many civilians have died in Pakistan - thousands in a year. So it is there problem for there own countries sake. And yes the Pakistan government did fight against terrorism and has been doing so for well over  a year. Yet ladies and Gentlemen they did stop at a point. They left on region unattacked. One part of
Pakistan where the allow the lawlessness within there own country. They are basically harbouring terrorist that they feel the might need. Now mater how ridiculous that may be for a future fight with India. Mind you that both are now nuclear carrying members.

I think Pakistan might want to rethink its policy regarding hierarchy of Executive Branch and the Military.

The truth will set you free

All the Best,
Toast

Who wants to come back to the table or is it to late? by Sir Jeremiah Orion Kennedy

To the Iranian and North Korean nations, Imagine a big orange flashing light. Kind of like a lighthouse
warding off incoming ships. A few weeks ago an American Aircraft carrier past through the Suez Canal
in route to Iran along with it support ships and 5,000 sailors. Today the United States of America and South Korea are on a training mission that will last a few days and they will sail off into the sunset. Now mater what
reason the USA decided to hold these practice mission, weather it was the sinking of the South Korean vessel, which I never believe North Korea actually pulled off, and when they said they did not to the act of killing over 40 South Koreans I did believe them. For what ever reason the simple fact it is a training mission.

And yes, this does show force and power in the region. Granted.

But the rhetoric that comes from North Korea is not the tone that will bring one back to a negotitating stance
and would seem to me as offensive and not civil. Meaning do you want to come back to the table North Korea. When Hillary said that you needed to change your behavior. She was directing your attention to your number one commodity. Weapons of Mass destruction. It is a pity that this is you countries goal in Life. This is what you North Korea create. I have a problem with that. It represents a security problem for me and my friends. Look into the flashing orange light North Korea.

Iran - Why bother.

All the Best,
Sir Jeremiah

The New Saturday Evening Post by Sir Jeremiah Kennedy No. 6

The New Saturday Evening Post

No. 6

For people who don’t have time for the bullshit corporate media

A. Doubts surface on North Korea's role in ship sinking

Some in South Korea dispute the official version of events: that a North Korean torpedo ripped apart the Cheonan.

July 23, 2010 |By Barbara Demick and John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times
Reporting from Seoul — The way U.S. officials see it, there's little mystery behind the most notorious shipwreck in recent Korean history.

Challenges to the official version of events are coming from an unlikely place: within South Korea. Armed with dossiers of their own scientific studies and bolstered by conspiracy theories, critics dispute the findings announced May 20 by South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, which pointed a finger at Pyongyang.

They also question why Lee made the announcement nearly two months after the ship's sinking, on the very day campaigning opened for fiercely contested local elections. Many accuse the conservative leader of using the deaths of 46 sailors to stir up anti-communist sentiment and sway the vote.

The critics, mostly but not all from the opposition, say it is unlikely that the impoverished North Korean regime could have pulled off a perfectly executed hit against a superior military power, sneaking a submarine into the area and slipping away without detection. They also wonder whether the evidence of a torpedo attack was misinterpreted, or even fabricated.

"I couldn't find the slightest sign of an explosion," said Shin Sang-chul, a former shipbuilding executive-turned-investigative journalist. "The sailors drowned to death. Their bodies were clean. We didn't even find dead fish in the sea."
Shin, who was appointed to the joint investigative panel by the opposition Democratic Party, inspected the damaged ship with other experts April 30. He was removed from the panel shortly afterward, he says, because he had voiced a contrary opinion: that the Cheonan hit ground in the shallow water off the Korean peninsula and then damaged its hull trying to get off a reef.

"It was the equivalent of a simple traffic accident at sea," Shin said.

B.  Kosovo receives independence from UN court

Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia in 2008 did not violate international law, the United Nations' highest court declared Thursday in a closely watched case that could have significant repercussions for secessionist movements around the world.

The opinion by the International Court of Justice, while not binding, is likely to give a big boost to the tiny Balkancountry's quest for full statehood and represents a blow to Serbia, which considers Kosovo part of its territory. At present, 69 nations, including the U.S., recognize Kosovo as a country, but a number of major powers such as Russia andChina do not.

The court, based in The Hague, decided that Kosovo "did not violate general international law" in announcing itself independent in February 2008, because there are no prohibitions against such declarations.

C. Chavez cuts ties with Colombia
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez cut ties on Thursday with Colombia in an escalating dispute between the two Andean neighbors over Bogota's charges that leftist Colombian rebels shelter in Venezuela.

Socialist Chavez, who views U.S.-backed Colombia as a threat, announced he was severing relations after Colombian President Alvaro Uribe's government presented evidence it said showed 1,500 Colombian guerrillas were hiding in Venezuela.

The move elevated tensions in the Andean zone, a regional tinderbox where clashing ideologies and the presence of heavily armed militaries, guerrilla groups and drug-traffickers make for a dangerous and volatile mix.

But an immediate military confrontation between Venezuela, South America's biggest oil producer and a leading U.S. supplier, and Colombia, the region's top U.S. military ally, did not appear immediately likely.

Chavez called the Colombian accusations, which were presented at the Organization of American States (OAS), a U.S.-inspired "aggression," and said he was ordering "a maximum alert" on his country's long border with Colombia.
"We have no other choice but, out of dignity, to totally break our relations with our brother nation of Colombia," Chavez said as he hosted Argentine soccer idol Diego Maradona.
Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro said he had ordered the closing of Venezuela's embassy in Bogota and gave the Colombian mission 72 hours to leave. He said Caracas was considering other measures, such as suspending flights.
Chavez, who portrays himself as an anti-U.S. and anti-capitalist standard bearer in Latin America, faces an opposition challenge in September 26 legislative elections and has ramped up his rhetoric against perceived foes. Critics say he is trying to distract attention from economic and other woes.
Colombia's OAS ambassador, Luis Alfonso Hoyos, called Venezuela's breaking of ties a "historic mistake."
"Venezuela should break relations with the gangs that kidnap and kill and traffic drugs, and not with a legally constituted government," he told reporters.
Chavez blamed the rift on outgoing Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, whom he called "crazed". He accused the United States of inciting Uribe to confront Venezuela.
But he added he hoped that Colombia's newly elected leader, Juan Manuel Santos, who will take office on August 7, would help bring relations back to normal.
President-elect Santos, in Mexico to meet President Felipe Calderon, told reporters: "The best contribution we can make is not to make any pronouncement. President Uribe is president of the republic until August 7.

D. International Montary Funds cancels Haiti’s debt.
PARIS – The IMF says it has canceled Haiti's $268 million debt and will lend the earthquake-devastated country another $60 million to help it with reconstruction plans.
The International Monetary Fund said Wednesday the decision is part of a plan for long-term reconstruction after the Jan. 12 magnitude-7 quake, which killed as many as 300,000 people.

The three-year loan carries a zero interest rate until 2011 which then rises to no more than 0.5 percent.The Washington-based fund says its moves should encourage aid contributions to the impoverished country.

"Donors must start delivering on their promises to Haiti quickly, so reconstruction can be accelerated, living standards quickly improved and social tensions soothed," IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn said in a statement.

In Haiti more than six months after the quake, rubble and collapsed buildings still dominate the landscape.

The number of people in relief camps has nearly doubled to 1.6 million, while the amount of transitional housing built is minuscule. Crime is more prevalent since the quake, with attacks in camps terrorizing thousands, especially women and girls.
Most of the $3.1 billion pledged for humanitarian aid has paid for fieldhospitals, plastic tarps, bandages, and food, plus salaries, transportation and upkeep of relief workers.
At a March conference, donors pledged a total of $9.9 billion — money that is separate from the humanitarian aid — to help Haiti recover.

E. Federal Reserve Chairman says unemployment to remain low for sometime.
WASHINGTON — The chairman of the Federal Reserve, in saying that it had no immediate plans to provide additional support to the economy, dashed the hopes of some economists and executives who have been pushing for action to add momentum to the sluggish recovery.

The chairman, Ben S. Bernanke, saidWednesday that the recovery was continuing at a modest pace, though with a “somewhat weaker outlook.”

He projected that the unemployment rate would remain well above 7 percent through the end of 2012, and the duration ofPresident Obama’s current term. That, too, was a discouraging note to Washington incumbents facing tough re-election fights.
Mr. Bernanke’s statement that the Fed had no imminent plans to go beyond its current strategy of keeping short-term interest rates exceptionally low pushed stock prices down. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 1.07 percent, or 109.43 points, to close at 10,120.53.

In presenting the Fed’s semiannual monetary policy report to Congress, Mr. Bernanke said that it would take “a significant amount of time” to restore the 8.5 million jobs lost in the United States in 2008 and 2009, and that “the economic outlook remains unusually uncertain.”