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Steele Backs Govt Shutdown

Steele Backs Govt Shutdown Politico reports: While most Republicans are avoiding talk of a government shutdown, former Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele said Monday that he would support one as the “shocker” that gets big-spending politicians to accept …

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Written by FrumForum News on Monday March 7, 2011

Gates, Petraeus Make Libya Joke

Gates, Petraeus Make Libya Joke ABC News reports: After Secretary of Defense Robert Gates arrived at Kabul Airport this morning where he was greeted by General David Petraeus, microphones picked up the two men joking about launching an attack on Libya. Petraeus and Gates shook …

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Written by FrumForum News on Monday March 7, 2011

UK, France Back Libya No-Fly Zone

UK, France Back Libya No-Fly Zone The AP reports: Britain and France are drafting a U.N. resolution that would establish a no-fly zone over Libya to prevent Moammar Gadhafi's air force from bombing civilians and rebels fighting to oust him from power. A British diplomat at the …

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Written by FrumForum News on Monday March 7, 2011

Obama Restarts Gitmo Tribunals

Obama Restarts Gitmo Tribunals CNN reports: The United States will resume using military commissions to prosecute alleged terrorists held at the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detention facility, President Barack Obama said Monday. The announcement said the Obama administration remains …

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Written by FrumForum News on Monday March 7, 2011

Obama, Aussie PM Visit High School

Obama, Aussie PM Visit High School Washington Post reports: President Barack Obama and Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard made an unexpected visit Monday to an AP History class at Wakefield High School in Arlington. The two leaders, along with Education Secretary Arne …

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Written by FrumForum News on Monday March 7, 2011

Obama: $15M Emergency Aid for Libya

Obama Green Lights $15M in Aid for Libya The Hill reports: President Obama on Monday warned Libyan political leaders to pick a side as violence in the country worsened. Obama, in remarks with visiting Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, said he wanted “to send a very clear …

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Written by FrumForum News on Monday March 7, 2011

Gallup: 2012 GOP Race Wide Open

Gallup: 2012 GOP Race Wide Open The Gallup Poll reports: The wide-open battle for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination -- with nearly a three-way tie among Mike Huckabee, Sarah Palin, and Mitt Romney -- is quite different from the typical pattern observed in past Republican …

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Written by FrumForum News on Monday March 7, 2011

Aide: Palin 'Not Afraid' to Go on Daily Show

Aide: Palin 'Not Afraid' to Go on Daily Show The Huffington Post reports: Since last October, when President Barack Obama visited the set of "The Daily Show," the majority of political guests on the show have been conservatives. Though he leans left, host Jon Stewart has coaxed …

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Written by FrumForum News on Monday March 7, 2011

Walker Rejects Dems' Border Meeting

Walker Won't Meet Dems at Border CNN reports: Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker on Monday dismissed as "ridiculous" a letter from a Democratic state Senate leader who suggested a meeting "near the Wisconsin-Illinois border" to discuss the state's budget impasse. Sen. Mark Miller sent …

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Written by FrumForum News on Monday March 7, 2011

Steele to Romney: Deal with Your Health Bill

Steele to Romney: Deal with Your Health Bill The Hill reports: Former Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele said on Monday that Mitt Romney must assuage concerns about his healthcare law if he wants to win the GOP presidential nomination. Asked about potential …

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Written by FrumForum News on Monday March 7, 2011

Ensign Won't Run for Re-Election

Ensign Won't Run for Re-Election CNN reports: Sen. John Ensign of Nevada will go before cameras in Las Vegas Monday afternoon, to announce that he will not run for re-election next year, two sources tell CNN. The two term Republican will make a statement at noon local (3pm ET) …

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Written by FrumForum News on Monday March 7, 2011

Trump Aide Heads to Iowa

Trump Aide Heads to Iowa ABC News reports: As multimillionaire real estate mogul Donald Trump flirts with a 2012 presidential run, one of his top executives is spending Monday making the rounds of state-based GOP operatives, donors, grassroots organizers and activists in Iowa. …

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Congress Pushes Tougher Libya Response

Congress Pushes For Tougher Libya Response The Washington Post reports: Congressional leaders prodded the Obama administration on Sunday for a more aggressive U.S. response to Libya's increasingly brutal attacks on opposition groups - calling for a no-fly zone and other military …

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Written by FrumForum News on Monday March 7, 2011

Christie Wins 'Hottest Pol' Survey

Christie Wins 'Hottest Pol' Vote CNN reports: Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie nabbed the "hottest politician" title among those in elected office, according to a new national survey . First lady Michelle Obama received 60 degrees on the "feeling thermometer, " …

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Palin's Dad: 'We Sleep with Guns'

Palin's Dad: 'We Sleep with Guns' Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin and her family spoke to  BBC Newsnight about dealing with the public scrutiny: Palin was catapulted from political obscurity to global celebrity almost overnight. ... "Our family is pretty thick-skinned," she …

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Written by FrumForum News on Monday March 7, 2011

Olson: Are Law Schools Hurting America?

Olson: Are Law Schools Hurting America? Jamie Weinstein interviews Walter Olson for the Daily Caller: Walter Olson is the author of “ Schools for Misrule: Legal Academia and an Overlawyered America , ” just released last week. Olson, who is currently a senior fellow at the Cato …

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Written by FrumForum News on Monday March 7, 2011

WI Dems Propose Border Meeting

WI Dems Propose Border Meeting Sam Stein at Huffington Post reports: The Democratic state Senate leader in Wisconsin has written a letter to Gov. Scott Walker asking him to hold a meeting to resolve differences regarding his controversial proposed budget at a neutral site along the …

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Written by FrumForum News on Monday March 7, 2011

Gates: U.S. Has Afghan Role Post-2014

Gates: U.S. Troops May Stay Post-2014 in Afghanistan The AP reports: U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Monday that both the U.S. and Afghan governments agree the American military should remain involved in Afghanistan after the planned 2014 end of combat operations to help …

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Written by FrumForum News on Monday March 7, 2011

Westboro Lawyer: Obama, SCOTUS Going to Hell

Westboro Lawyer: Obama, SCOTUS Going to Hell Politico reports: The attorney who won the Supreme Court case last week affirming the Westboro Baptist Church’s right to stage anti-gay protests outside military funerals suggested on Sunday the high court’s nine justices are going to …

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Written by FrumForum News on Monday March 7, 2011