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Treasury Extends Debt Deadline

The Hill reports : The Treasury Department on Monday said it has extended the deadline for raising the federal debt ceiling to Aug. 2. Treasury said it is beginning extraordinary maneuvers to keep the U.S. out of default in anticipation of Congress not raising the debt ceiling before it …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday May 2, 2011

Ensign Apologizes on Senate Floor

The Hill reports : Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) gave a farewell speech on the Senate floor Monday in which he apologized to his colleagues for having an affair with a campaign aide and warned other senators to guard against the strain of self-importance that led him to stray from his beliefs. …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday May 2, 2011

WH: 'Inconceivable' Bin Laden Didn't Have Pakistani Aid

The Hill reports : President Obama's top counterterrorism adviser called it "inconceivable" that Pakistan was not providing a "support system" for Osama bin Laden, who was killed Sunday in a raid in a mansion north of the capital city of Islamabad. "We are pursuing all leads on this …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday May 2, 2011

Lieberman: Release Bin Laden Pics

Politico reports : Sens. Joe Lieberman and Susan Collins said the White House should release the photos taken of Osama bin Laden’s body to “quell any doubts” about the terrorist leader’s death. The senators, top members of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, both said they …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday May 2, 2011

Brennan: U.S. Was Ready to Take Bin Laden Alive

Politico reports : White House counterterrorism adviser John Brennan said Monday that U.S. forces were prepared to take Osama bin Laden alive from the suburban compound in Pakistan, but the opportunity to do so was considered “remote.” The Al Qaeda leader took his wife as a human …

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Obama: 'World Safer' With Bin Laden Dead

The Hill reports : President Obama declared "this is a good day for America" in comments from the White House just hours after his announcement that Osama bin Laden is dead. Obama, speaking about bin Laden at the beginning of a ceremony to honor two Medal of Honor recipients, said "the …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday May 2, 2011

Did Pakistan Knowingly Harbor Bin Laden?

Steve Coll at The New Yorker writes: No doubt there will be time to reflect more deeply about the news announced by President Obama last night. For now, I thought it might be useful to annotate some of the initial headlines. On where he was found : Abbottabad is essentially a …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday May 2, 2011

Rush: 'Thank God for Obama'

Huffington Post reports : Rush Limbaugh did something he rarely does: he praised President Obama on his Monday show for the death of Osama bin Laden. "We need to open the program today by congratulating President Obama," he said. "President Obama has done something extremely effective, …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday May 2, 2011

DNA Confirms Bin Laden's Death

The Daily Telegraph reports : When his sister, who has not been named, died from brain cancer several years ago in Boston the FBI immediately subpoenaed her body so that it could later be used to identify the al-Qaeda leader if he was caught, it was claimed. US officials confirmed …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday May 2, 2011

Chait: GOP Fears Big Govt, Not Debt

Jonathan Chait writes : It's worth noting that, when republicans invoke the horrors of the national debt, they don't actually mean the national debt. They mean big government. Here's one way to think about this. Among Democrats, you have a split between moderates who consider the deficit a …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday May 2, 2011

Hillary: Al Qaeda 'Cannot Defeat Us'

CBS News reports : Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Monday that the killing of Osama bin Laden offered a clear message to al Qaeda's Taliban allies in Afghanistan: "You cannot wait us out, you cannot defeat us, but you can make the choice to abandon al Qaeda and participate in a …

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Applebaum: Intel Network Defeated Bin Laden

Anne Applebaum writes : The U.S. Air Force, with its extraordinary range and flexibility, is the best in the world. The U.S. Navy, with its vast aircraft carriers and global reach, has no real rivals. In technological sophistication and sheer firepower, the American military doesn't even have …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday May 2, 2011

Cheney: 'The War Goes On'

Former Vice-President Dick Cheney released the following statement on the death of Osama Bin Laden: The death of Usama bin Laden at the hands of American forces is a victory for the United States and a tremendous achievement for the military and intelligence professionals who carried out …

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Bush: A 'Momentous Achievement'

Former President Bush released the following statement on Osama Bin Laden's death: Earlier this evening, President Obama called to inform me that American forces killed Osama bin Laden, the leader of the al Qaeda network that attacked America on September 11, 2001. I congratulated …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday May 2, 2011

Watch: Video of Bin Laden's Kill Site

ABC News reports :

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Musharraf: U.S. Violated Pakistan's Sovereignty

Politico reports : Reaction to Osama bin Laden’s killing was mixed in the Arab world, including in Pakistan, where former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf said that the United States should not have executed a mission within his country’s borders. “America coming to our …

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How U.S. Tracked Bin Laden

NBC News reports : It started with a courier's name. Senior White House officials said early Monday that the trail that led to Osama bin Laden began before 9/11, before the terror attacks that brought bin Laden to prominence. The trail warmed up last fall, when it discovered an elaborate …

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Bin Laden Death: Embarrassing for Pakistan?

Simon Tisdall writes at The Guardian : The extraordinary discovery that Osama bin Laden had been living, possibly since 2005, in a luxury compound in a popular summer resort a short drive from the national capital, Islamabad, is an enormous and dangerous embarrassment for Pakistan's …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday May 2, 2011

Watch: Video of Bin Laden Compound

ABC News reports:

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Pakistani Taliban Vows Revenge

Reuters reports : The Pakistani Taliban threatened attacks against government leaders, including President Asif Ali Zardari, the Pakistan army and the United States on Monday, after the killing of Osama bin Laden in the country. "Now Pakistani rulers, President Zardari and the army …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday May 2, 2011