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Paul: Bring Troops Back Home

The Hill reports Rep. Ron Paul (Texas), a possible Republican candidate for president, said Tuesday that the U.S. should bring its troops home from Iraq and Afghanistan now that Osama bin Laden has been killed. Paul, a long-time skeptic of American interventionism, said that "like all …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday May 3, 2011

Kerry Defends Aid to Pakistan

TPM reports : "I think people need to think twice before they go off on a haphazard hasty way that actually injures our efforts," Kerry told a group of reporters outside the Senate chamber on Tuesday. "We just got Osama bin Laden, and one of the reasons we got him is that we had intelligenc…

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday May 3, 2011

WH Congratulates Harper on Win

The Canadian Press reports : Prime Minister Stephen Harper and U.S. President Barack Obama had a unique phone conversation on Tuesday. They chatted about Canadian politics — and the killing of Osama bin Laden. The president called Harper to congratulate him on his election triumph the …

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WH: No Change in Afghan Policy

The Hill reports : White House press secretary Jay Carney said Tuesday that President Obama will not alter his Afghanistan plans because of the death of Osama bin Laden. A number of anti-war Democrats have said that bin Laden's death represents an ideal occasion in which to declare the …

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Huntsman Forms PAC

Politico reports : Former U.S. Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman took his first step toward a presidential run Tuesday, creating a federal political action committee that will allow him to travel and raise money in the weeks before he’s expected to formally announce a bid. Moving …

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Fatah Military Wing Mourns Bin Laden

Palestinian Media Watch reports : The military wing of Fatah, the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, published a long statement in reaction to the killing of Osama bin Laden calling it a "catastrophe." They said that those who killed Bin Laden were "gangs of heretics." Fatah's military wing …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday May 3, 2011

Carney: Bin Laden Wasn't Armed

USA Today reports : Osama bin Laden was not armed when a U.S. Navy SEAL shot and killed him during the early Monday raid in Pakistan, a White House spokesman said today, contrary to previous accounts provided by Obama administration officials. "He was not armed," spokesman Jay Carney …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday May 3, 2011

Conrad Briefs Dems on Draft Budget

The Hill reports : Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad (D-N.D.), during a party caucus lunch on Tuesday, briefed Democratic colleagues on a budget resolution he has drafted. Conrad wants to move the draft resolution “soon” and signaled that bipartisan Gang of Six talks on the …

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Zardari: Pakistan Did Its Part

Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari writes in the Washington Post : ... Although the events of Sunday were not a joint operation, a decade of cooperation and partnership between the United States and Pakistan led up to the elimination of Osama bin Laden as a continuing threat to the …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday May 3, 2011

Daniels Spoke to Bush About '12 Run

Politico reports : Mitch Daniels revealed Tuesday morning that he's consulted with former President George W. Bush, whose administration he served in as budget director, as he's weighed a 2012 presidential run. "Yes," Daniels replied to the "Fox and Friends" crew when they asked if …

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Pakistan Calls K Street to Save Rep

The Hill reports : Pakistan will likely call upon Washington lobbyists to help repair its fraught U.S. relations after Osama bin Laden was found and killed in the country Sunday. Locke Lord Strategies has been lobbying for the Pakistani embassy since May 2008, earning more than $1.9 …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday May 3, 2011

Cantor May Allow 'Clean' Debt Vote

The Hill reports : House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) suggested Tuesday that Republicans may allow a clean vote on raising the $14.3 trillion debt ceiling in order to demonstrate that it lacks the votes to advance through Congress absent reforms. "If it is necessary for us to tell …

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Obama's Approval Rating Jumps

The Hill reports : President Obama's approval rating jumped into positive territory, according to polls done Monday after the killing of Osama bin Laden. Fifty-six percent of Americans said they approved of how Obama was handling his job, up nine points since last month, according to …

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Panetta: We Feared Pakistan Would Tip Off Bin Laden

Time reports : In his first interview since commanding the mission to kill Osama bin Laden, CIA chief Leon Panetta tells TIME that U.S. officials feared that Pakistan could have undermined the operation by leaking word to its targets. Long before Panetta ordered Vice Admiral William …

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WH Expects New Bin Laden Tape

The New York Daily News reports : A doomsday tape made by Osama Bin Laden was poised to be released Monday by his Al Qaeda disciples. U.S. officials feared the recording would be akin to a voice from the grave calling for a do-or-die jihad against the West, a final order of a terrorist …

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Bin Laden's Wife Not Killed in Raid

Reuters reports : A woman killed during the raid of Osama bin Laden's compound in Pakistan was not his wife and was not used as a human shield by the al Qaeda leader before his death, a U.S. official said on Monday, correcting an earlier description. John Brennan, President Barack …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday May 3, 2011

Palin Drops Neocon Advisers

Politico reports Sarah Palin has parted ways with the neoconservative foreign policy advisers who had been writing speeches and advising her on policy since she joined the McCain campaign. An aide to Palin, Tim Crawford, confirmed that Orion Strategies' Randy Scheunemann and Michael …

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UK Arrests Five in Terror Scare

Reuters reports : British police said Tuesday they had arrested five men close to a nuclear reprocessing plant in northwest England under counter-terrorism laws. The arrests were made after Prime Minister David Cameron urged Britain to remain vigilant against potential reprisals …

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West Won't Run for Higher Office

National Review reports Florida Republican Rep. Allen West, a Tea Party favorite, appeared to rule out any interest in being chosen to be vice president. “I’m humbled by all of your encouragement to run for higher office,” West tweeted . “However, I am focused solely on winning FL-22 in …

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Courier Who Led to Osama Revealed

CNN reports : A diplomatic source told CNN that the courier who was in close contact with Osama bin Laden and who eventually led the United States to him was a Kuwaiti named Abu Ahmad. U.S. officials have said that when the identity of the courier -- who they have not named -- was …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday May 3, 2011