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DeMint Plans Presidential Forum

CNN reports : South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint, embracing his role as kingmaker in the Republican race for the White House, has organized a presidential forum scheduled to take place in Columbia on September 5. The Labor Day event, called The Palmetto Freedom Forum, will be more of a …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday July 11, 2011

Suicide Bomber Kills 7 in Pakistan

The Associated Press reports : A suicide bomber blew himself up as he was being searched at a political rally in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, killing seven people, including a 9-month-old girl, officials said. The rally was organized by Ameer Muqam, a senior member of the Pakistan …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday July 11, 2011

Military Leaders From U.S. and China Meet

The New York Times reports : The leaders of China ’s and America’s militaries sought on Monday to cast aside decades of hostility between the two establishments, pledging at a joint news conference here to pursue what they separately called a “great opportunity” to create a “shared …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday July 11, 2011

U.S. Embassy in Syria Is Attacked

The Associated Press reports : Syrian government supporters smashed windows at the U.S. Embassy in Damascus on Monday, raised a Syrian flag and scrawled graffiti calling the American ambassador a "dog" in anger over the envoy's visit last week to an opposition stronghold, witnesses said. …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday July 11, 2011

Bachmann defines 'constitutional conservatism'

Michele Bachmann writes I am a constitutional conservative. So what does that mean? I’ve earned a couple of law degrees, but defining “constitutional conservatism” shouldn’t require a legal scholar. Let me start by pointing out that the conservative movement, as Ronald Reagan …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday July 11, 2011

Top Democrats Split On IPAB

Politico reports : For the past year, Democrats have been mostly united on health care issues, especially in the face of Republican efforts to repeal President Barack Obama’s landmark law. But this week, House Republicans plan to fire their opening salvos against the Independent Payment …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday July 10, 2011

Obama and GOP to Meet Again on Monday

The Hill reports : President Obama and GOP leaders in Congress failed to reach a breakthrough on debt talks Sunday night during a 75-minute White House meeting. Obama and leaders from both parties agreed to meet again Monday at the White House at a time to be determined. The White House …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday July 10, 2011

Bachmann Leads in Iowa

The Iowa Republican reports : Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann has surpassed former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney in a recent Iowa poll that was conducted by TheIowaRepublican.com. With Bachmann now leading in Iowa, Romney has fallen to second place, but he is still well …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday July 10, 2011

IMF Calls on US to Raise Debt Limit

The AP reports : The International Monetary Fund’s new chief foresees “real nasty consequences” for the U.S. and global economies if the U.S. fails to raise its borrowing limit. Christine Lagarde, the first woman to head the lending institution, said in an interview broadcast Sunday …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday July 10, 2011

Palin: I Could Win an Election

Newsweek reports : "I believe that I can win a national election, " Sarah Palin declared one recent evening, sitting in the private dining room of a hotel in rural Iowa. The occasion for her visit to quintessential small-town America was a gathering of the faithful that would have …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday July 10, 2011

Pawlenty: Bachmann Has No Record

The Star Tribune reports : Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty told a national television audience Sunday that 2012 presidential rival Michele Bachmann has a "nonexistent" record of accomplishment in Congress. Echoing a contrast he has begun making against his fellow Minnesota Republican…

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday July 10, 2011

DeMint Sees Job as a Mission From God

The State reports : WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint came close to quitting Congress after one term because of his wife’s difficult battle with cancer and bitter clashes with other GOP senators over his slash-and-burn tactics to cut federal spending. But Debbie DeMint, the senator’s …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday July 10, 2011

US Suspends Some Aid to Pakistan

BBC reports : White House Chief of Staff Bill Daley told ABC television that Pakistan had "taken some steps that have given us reason to pause on some of the aid". He said the US raid that killed Osama Bin Laden in May had affected ties but he insisted the relationship "must be made to …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday July 10, 2011

Lake: US Investigating Syrian Diplomats

Eli Lake reports : The State Department is investigating charges that Syrian diplomats are spying on Syrian anti-government demonstrators in Washington and other U.S. cities in order to intimidate their relatives in the restive Middle Eastern nation. Eric Boswell , assistant …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday July 10, 2011

WH: Boehner Balked Over Taxes

The Hill reports : Boehner "couldn't do revenues from wealthiest Americans," a White House official said. House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) all but extinguished hopes for a big deficit reduction deal because he refused to support any tax increases for the wealthiest Americans, a senior …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday July 9, 2011

In Iraq, No Consensus on U.S. Troops

The Washington Post reports : Iraq’s fragile coalition government failed again Saturday to reach agreement on the formation of a cabinet or on whether to ask some U.S. forces to remain beyond December — leaving the Obama administration with an ever-shorter timetable to complete the …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday July 9, 2011

Panetta: Al-Qaeda Defeat 'Within Reach'

POLITICO reports : New Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Saturday said the U.S. is within reach of defeating the al-Qaeda terror network, in his first remarks to reporters since taking the helm at the Pentagon and making his first visit to Afghanistan since replacing Robert Gates. …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday July 9, 2011

Huntsman Re-Endorses Ryan Plan

POLITICO reports : A Democratic source sends over this video of Jon Huntsman in Pinellas County, Fla., bear-hugging Paul Ryan's budget plan and joking about Florida Democrats referring to the plan — and his support for it — as "radical." "I was called a radical because I’ve embraced …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday July 9, 2011

Feds Rule Pot Has No Medical Purpose

The Huffington Post reports : The federal government ruled on Friday that marijuana has no accepted medical use and should remain in the same class of drugs as heroin. The decision comes nearly nine years after marijuana supporters asked the government to reclassify the drug to take …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday July 9, 2011

U.S. Suspends Pakistani Military Aid

The New York Times reports : The Obama administration is suspending and, in some cases, canceling hundreds of millions of dollars of aid to the Pakistani military, in a move to chasten Pakistan for expelling American military trainers and to press its army to fight militants more …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday July 9, 2011