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Obama Wants 'Genuine' Reform in Egypt

Obama: Egypt Needs 'Genuine' Reform The AP reports: Bristling with impatience, President Barack Obama on Thursday openly and sharply questioned whether Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's pledge to shift power to his vice president is an "immediate, meaningful or sufficient" sign …

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Written by FrumForum News on Thursday February 10, 2011

Obama Wants Funds to Expand Wifi Access

Obama Wants Funds to Expand Wifi The New York Times reports: Declaring that “we can’t expect tomorrow’s economy to take root using yesterday’s infrastructure, ” President Obama traveled to this snowbound town in a remote corner of Michigan on Thursday to make the case that …

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Written by FrumForum News on Thursday February 10, 2011

Elbaradei: 'Egypt Will Explode'

Elbaradei: 'Egypt Will Explode' CNN reports: Major Egyptian opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei warned of potential violent unrest after President Hosni Mubarak announced late Thursday he would not step down before September elections. Mubarak "is gambling with his country" in …

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Written by FrumForum News on Thursday February 10, 2011

Arizona to Sue Feds Over Border Security

AZ to Sue Feds Over Border Security CNN reports: Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer says she has "no other choice" than to sue the federal government for what she calls Washington's failure to secure her state's border and enforce immigration laws. Brewer and Arizona Attorney General Tom …

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Written by FrumForum News on Thursday February 10, 2011

CIA Director: 'Strong Likelihood' Mubarak Will Quit

CIA Director: 'Strong Likelihood' Mubarak Will Quit CNN reports: Embattled President Hosni Mubarak's three-decade authoritarian rule in Egypt could possibly come to an end Thursday night, CIA Director Leon Panetta told the U.S. Congress. "As you can see I got the same informati…

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Written by FrumForum News on Thursday February 10, 2011

Palin Calls Santorum: 'Neanderthal'

Palin Calls Santorum: 'Neanderthal' CNN reports: Sarah Palin is mixing it up with potential rival Rick Santorum, suggesting the former Pennsylvania senator and presidential hopeful is a "knuckle-dragging Neanderthal." The eyebrow-raising slap came in response to Santorum's …

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Written by FrumForum News on Thursday February 10, 2011

Bernanke Ally on Fed Board Resigns

Bernanke Ally on Fed Board Resigns Bloomberg reports: Federal Reserve Governor Kevin Warsh, who was one of Chairman Ben S. Bernanke’s closest financial-crisis advisers before becoming the only governor to question the expansion of record monetary stimulus in November, resigned …

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Written by FrumForum News on Thursday February 10, 2011

Report: Mubarak to Step Down Tonight

Mubarak May Step Down Tonight NBC News reports: Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak is to step down tonight, two sources told NBC News, amid widespread protests against his 30-year rule that have gripped the country. Following an all-day meeting of the country's supreme military …

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Written by FrumForum News on Thursday February 10, 2011

Kyl to Retire

Kyl to Retire Washington Post reports: Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl (R) plans to announce his retirement at a press conference later today, according to a high level source familiar with his thinking. Kyl will be the fifth Senator to announce he is leaving the chamber in 2012. He …

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Written by FrumForum News on Thursday February 10, 2011

Pakistan: 12 Yr Old Bomber Kills 32

Pakistan: 12 Yr Old Bomber Kills 32 The Los Angeles Times reports: The death toll in a suicide bomb blast at a military training school in the northwest city of Mardan rose to 32 Thursday in an attack that underscored militants' ability to strike sensitive Pakistani installation…

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Written by FrumForum News on Thursday February 10, 2011

Saudis Warn U.S.: Don't 'Humiliate' Mubarak

Saudis to U.S.: Don't 'Humiliate' Mubarak Fox News reports: Saudi Arabia has threatened to prop up embattled Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak if the Obama administration tries to force a swift change of regime in Egypt, The Times of London reported Thursday. In a testy personal …

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Written by FrumForum News on Thursday February 10, 2011

Army Accused of Torture in Egypt

Army Accused of Torture in Egypt The Guardian reports: The Egyptian military has secretly detained hundreds and possibly thousands of suspected government opponents since mass protests against President Hosni Mubarak began, and at least some of these detainees have been …

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Written by FrumForum News on Thursday February 10, 2011

Boehner Warned Lee About Partying Too Much

Boehner Warned Lee About Partying Politico reports: Rep. Christopher Lee resigned Wednesday evening after it was revealed that he sent a suggestive photograph to a woman he met on the Internet, a swift outcome for a scandal that was over before it even began. The New York …

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Written by FrumForum News on Thursday February 10, 2011

Trump Gets CPAC Speaking Slot

Trump Gets CPAC Speaking Slot Politico reports: The Donald is set to meet the conservatives. Donald Trump, the real estate mogul turned reality TV star, is reportedly a surprise late add to CPAC as he seriously weighs a run for the White House. Organizers and his confirmed the …

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Written by FrumForum News on Thursday February 10, 2011

Will Cardenas Advocate for a "Big Tent"?

Will Cardenas Advocate for a "Big Tent"? Talking Points Memo reports : Here's some bad news for South Carolina Republican Sen. Jim DeMint and others who want to ban gay groups from the Conservative Political Action Conference -- the new chair of the group that runs CPAC plans to …

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Written by FrumForum News on Thursday February 10, 2011

Talks with North Korea Collapse

Talks with North Korea Collapse The Wall Street Journal reports : SEOUL—Midlevel military officials from South and North Korea ended two days of talks Wednesday without agreeing to higher-level discussions, closing for now a slim opening they had created to discuss a flare-up of …

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Written by FrumForum News on Thursday February 10, 2011

Romney Rewriting 'No Apology'

Romney Rewriting 'No Apology' The Boston Phoenix reports : When Mitt Romney's second book, No Apology , came out a year ago, it looked like he was moving away from the far-right demagoguery of his 2008 bid for the presidency, and toward a more moderate centrism for the 2012 …

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Written by FrumForum News on Thursday February 10, 2011

Horowitz Comes to Beck's Support

Horowitz Comes to Beck's Support David Horowitz writes : Bill Kristol is entitled to his optimism about democratic revolutions in the Islamic world . Perhaps the elections in Egypt will turn out better than those in Gaza where Hamas now rules a terrorist state; Iraq, which …

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Written by FrumForum News on Thursday February 10, 2011

Home Foreclosures Rise in January

Home Foreclosures Rise in January Reuters reports : (Reuters) - U.S. home foreclosures jumped 12 percent last month, but the sharp divide between states suggests the industry remains backlogged by investigations into the foreclosure process. According to a report from real …

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Written by FrumForum News on Thursday February 10, 2011