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Manchin Apologizes for Missing Key Senate Votes

Manchin Apologizes for Missing Key Senate Votes Metro News reports : U.S. Senator Joe Manchin apologized to his constituents Tuesday for missing two key votes over the weekend. Manchin has caught heat from friends and foes alike for failing to be on the Senate floor Saturday …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday December 22, 2010

Building a Smarter Bailout

Building a Smarter Bailout The Fiscal Times writes : As this year comes to a close, and as we finally begin the recovery stage of the recession, it’s a good time to look back and ask how policymakers could have improved their response to the downturn. What can we learn from …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday December 22, 2010

Iraq Approves New Government

Iraq Approves New Government The New York Times reports : BAGHDAD — Iraq ’s Parliament approved a new government on Tuesday, ending nine months of infighting that threatened to throw the nation into a constitutional crisis but leaving many festering problems unresolved. …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday December 22, 2010

US Military Expand Pakistan Operations

US Military Expand Pakistan Operations The New York Times reports : WASHINGTON — Senior American military commanders in Afghanistan are pushing for an expanded campaign of Special Operations ground raids across the border into Pakistan ’s tribal areas, a risky strategy …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday December 22, 2010

Applebaum: Belarus Shows its Weakness

Applebaum: Belarus Shows its Weakness Anne Applebaum writes : Police arrested journalists, too, breaking into offices and shutting down their operations. Later, they also arrested artists and actors at home. Just for good measure, cyber police also shut down Web sites and social …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday December 22, 2010

Hitchens: Afghanistan, or the Karzai Government?

Hitchens: Who do we support in Afghanistan? Christopher Hitchens writes : Friends of his would enjoy disputing whether his heart or his ego was the larger, but it was sad to know, as Richard Holbrooke's heart eventually burst, that he had strained a good deal of it in upholding a …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday December 22, 2010

Immigration Accounts for 3/4 of Population Growth

Immigration Accounts for 3/4 of Population Growth The Center for Immigration Studies reports : WASHINGTON (December 21, 2010) – Most of the media coverage of the 2010 Census will likely focus on the country's changing racial composition and the redistribution of seats in Congress. But …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday December 21, 2010

Barbour: Citizen Councils Were "Indefensible"

Barbour: Citizen Councils Were "Indefensible" Greg Sargent reports : UPDATE, 12:17 p.m.: Barbour issues a statement cleaning things up and denouncing the Citizens Councils and segregation as "indefensible": "When asked why my hometown in Mississippi did not suffer the same …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday December 21, 2010

GOP Gains With Final Census Tally

GOP Gains With Final Census Tally Politico reports : Tom Bonier, one of the Democratic Party's leading redistricting wizards, emails: With seats shifting mostly from the Northeast and Midwest into the South and West, if you apply the new apportionment to the 2008 results, Obama …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday December 21, 2010

ROTC To Return to Ivy League Schools

ROTC To Return to Ivy League Schools CNN reports : (CNN) -- The presidents of Harvard and Yale universities have expressed interest in ROTC programs after Congress voted to repeal the military's controversial "don't ask, don't tell" policy that has banned openly gay and lesbian …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday December 21, 2010

Violence Mars Shiite Holy Day in Saudi Arabia

Violence Mars Shiite Holy Day in Saudi Arabia The AP reports : RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Violent clashes broke out between residents of the Saudi holy city of Medina on the day minority Shiite Muslims commemorated the death of their most sacred saint, a security official said …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday December 21, 2010

Latest Terror Threat Aimed at Salad Bars

Latest Terror Threat Aimed at Salad Bars CBS News reports: CBS News chief investigative correspondent Armen Keteyian reports the latest terror attack to America involves the possible use of poisons - simultaneous attacks targeting hotels and restaurants at many locations over a …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday December 21, 2010

Gitmo Transfer Ban Part of DADT Deal

Gitmo Transfer Ban Part of DADT Deal Talking Points Memo reports : A provision banning the Obama administration from transferring detainees from Guantanamo Bay to the United States , even for trial, made its way into the National Defense Authorization Act that passed the House …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday December 21, 2010

START Treaty Gains Votes for Ratification

START Treaty Gains Votes for Ratification The Hill reports : Senate Democrats appear to have the nine Republican votes they need to ratify the New START nuclear treaty this week and give President Obama his third major victory of the lame-duck session. Sen. Scott Brown …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday December 21, 2010

Pelosi Goes Awol in Lame Duck

Pelosi Goes Awol in Lame Duck Suzy Khimm reports : In the basement of the Capitol building, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi briefly exited a meeting where the members of her Democratic caucus were wringing their hands over President Barack Obama's tax bill last Tuesday night. A scrum of …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday December 21, 2010

FCC Prepares to Rule on Net Neutrality

FCC Prepares to Rule on Net Neutrality CNN reports : (CNN) -- The Federal Communications Commission is set to vote Tuesday on set of regulations designed to ensure that internet providers grant everyone equal access to the Web. The "net neutrality" rules, proposed by the …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday December 21, 2010

Pence Prepares for "Big Decision" in January

Pence Prepares for "Big Decision" in January Politico reports : If Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.) decides to run for president, he’ll announce his candidacy before the end of January. A source close to Pence told POLITICO that the conservative congressman still hasn’t decided …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday December 21, 2010

Barbour Doesn't Recall Civil Rights Era Being 'That Bad'

Barbour Doesn't Recall Civil Rights Era Being 'That Bad' The Hill reports: Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour says he doesn't remember the Civil Rights era being "that bad," citing his attendance at a Martin Luther King Jr. rally nearly 50 years ago. "I just don’t remember it as …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday December 20, 2010

Obama May Sign DADT Repeal Wed

Obama May Sign DADT Repeal Wed The Hill reports: White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said President Obama will likely sign the law repealing "Don't ask, don't tell" on Wednesday morning. The president is already missing part of his Christmas vacation, so his schedule is …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday December 20, 2010

12 Arrested in UK Anti-Terror Raid

12 Arrested in UK Anti-Terror Raid The Guardian reports: Counter-terrorism detectives today arrested 12 people amid fears of a Christmas bombing attack in the UK. The men, aged between 17 and 28, were held in Birmingham, Cardiff, London and Stoke-on-Trent on suspicion of …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday December 20, 2010