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Berlusconi Wins No-Confidence Vote

Berlusconi Wins No-Confidence Vote The Guardian reports: Silvio Berlusconi 's rightwing government has survived a second of two votes of confidence in the Italian parliament, beating off a censure motion in the lower house by three votes. The chamber of deputies voted against …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday December 14, 2010

Assange Gets Bail

Assange Gets Bail The New York Times reports: After a week in detention facing possible extradition, Julian Assange, the founder of the WikiLeaks antisecrecy group, was ordered released on $310,000 bail by a court on Tuesday as he challenges a Swedish prosecutor’s demand …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday December 14, 2010

House Dems Intro DADT Repeal Measure

House Dems Intro DADT Repeal Bill The Hill reports: A House Democrat on Tuesday will introduce standalone legislation to repeal the military's ban on openly gay service members in a last-ditch attempt to get rid of the policy. Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-Pa.) — a longtime …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday December 14, 2010

Romney Opposes Tax Cut Deal

Romney Opposes Tax Cut Deal Mitt Romney writes : Death and taxes, it is said, are life's only two certainties. But in the wake of President Obama's tax compromise with congressional Republicans, only death retains the status of certainty: The future for taxes has been left up in …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday December 13, 2010

Miller Takes Case to Alaska Supreme Court

Miller Takes Case to Alaska Supreme Court The Huffington Post reports : JUNEAU, Alaska — Republican Joe Miller is taking his challenge to the Alaska Senate race to the state Supreme Court. The court confirms that Miller filed an appeal Monday. Arguments are set for …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday December 13, 2010

Discharged Vets Sue for Reinstatement

Discharged Vets Sue for Reinstatement The Huffington Post reports : SAN FRANCISCO — Three military veterans who were discharged under the law that prohibits gays from serving openly in uniform sued the government Monday to be reinstated and to pressure lawmakers to repeal the …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday December 13, 2010

Pence to Fundraise in South Carolina

Pence to Fundraise in South Carolina Politico reports : Indiana Rep. Mike Pence is set to headline a high-dollar fundraiser in South Carolina with Gov.-elect Nikki Haley. Pence, who’s weighing a White House bid, will appear at the Wednesday night fundraiser for the South …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday December 13, 2010

Navy Tests New Railgun for Ships

Navy Tests New Railgun for Ships The Washington Post reports : The red and yellow warning flags were out. The gun range was cleared. The klaxon sounded. "System is enabled," the voice on the speakerphone said. There was a pause, then a distant thud that could be felt through the …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday December 13, 2010

Christians Continue to Flee Iraq

Christians Continue to Flee Iraq The New York Times reports : QOSH, Iraq — A new wave of Iraqi Christians has fled to northern Iraq or abroad amid a campaign of violence against them and growing fear that the country’s security forces are unable or, more ominously, unwilling …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday December 13, 2010

American Guns Used in Mexican Drug Wars

American Guns Used in Mexican Drug Wars The Washington Post reports : No other state has produced more guns seized by police in the brutal Mexican drug wars than Texas. In the Lone Star State, no other city has more guns linked to Mexican crime scenes than Houston. And in the Texas …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday December 13, 2010

Spending Bill Bans Moving Gitmo Detainees

Spending Bill Bans Moving Gitmo Detainees The Washington Post reports : The Senate is expected to consider a provision this week that would block the Obama administration from bringing Guantanamo Bay detainees to the United States for trial, including the self-proclaimed …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday December 13, 2010

Thune and Pawlenty Gather Forces in Iowa

Thune and Pawlenty Gather Forces in Iowa Politico reports : While other prospects for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination are already making forays into Iowa, Sen. John Thune has taken pains not to set foot in the first-in-the-nation state at all. The last time he was in the state …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday December 13, 2010

Stockholm Bomber Had Roots in Britain

Stockholm Bomber Had Roots in Britain The Guardian reports : Britain's security services were last night investigating the UK connections of the suicide bomber who struck Stockholm on Saturday night. Taimour Abdulwahab al-Abdaly, an Iraqi-born Swede, who set off a car bomb …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday December 13, 2010

Britain Now "More Thatcherite" Than The '80s

Britain Now "More Thatcherite" Than The '80s The Guardian reports : Britain is now more Thatcherite than when Margaret Thatcher was in power, with people much less supportive of the welfare state and the redistribution of wealth than in the 1980s, according to an authoritativ…

Written by FrumForum News on Monday December 13, 2010

Madoff Suicide Won't Stop Civil Lawsuits

Madoff Suicide Won't Stop Civil Lawsuits The Wall Street Journal reports : The court-appointed trustee recovering assets for victims of Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme will move ahead with lawsuits brought against his elder son Mark Madoff, who killed himself Saturday morning, a lawyer …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday December 13, 2010

Holbrooke Dies

Holbrooke Dies Politico reports : Veteran diplomat strong> Richard Holbrooke

Written by FrumForum News on Monday December 13, 2010

Iran's Foreign Minister Fired

Iran's Foreign Minister Fired Haaretz reports: Iran's hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad appointed the country's top nuclear official as the caretaker foreign minister on Monday. Ahmadinejad wanted the nuclear scientist to be his foreign affairs chief when he became …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday December 13, 2010

Reid Gets Votes to Push Tax Cut

Reid Gets Votes to Push Tax Cut The Hill reports: Senate Democrats and Republicans joined together Monday afternoon to advance an $858 billion package of tax cuts and benefits, setting up a political showdown with the House. As of 4:10 p.m., 62 senators had voted to end a …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday December 13, 2010

Collins Jumps into RNC Chair Race

Collins Jumps into RNC Chair Race ABC News reports : Gentry Collins, a former top aide to current Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele who resigned as political director of the RNC last month in protest of Steele’s leadership, officially announced his bid for …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday December 13, 2010

Judge: Health Care Law Unconstitutional

Federal Judge: Health Care Bill Unconstitutional The AP reports: A federal judge declared the Obama administration's health care law unconstitutional Monday, siding with Virginia's attorney general in a dispute that both sides agree will ultimately be decided by the U.S. Supreme …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday December 13, 2010