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Netanyahu Will Push for Settlement Freeze

Netanyahu Will Push for Settlement Freeze The New York Times reports: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has agreed to push his cabinet to freeze most construction on settlements in the West Bank for 90 days to break an impasse in peace negotiations with the Palestinians, …

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Written by FrumForum News on Saturday November 13, 2010

Obama To Senate: Ratify Nuke Treaty

Obama To Senate: Ratify Nuke Treaty Politico reports: President Obama told Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Sunday that he’ll push the Senate in coming weeks to ratify a nuclear arms treaty the two leaders signed earlier this year. “I reiterated my commitment to get the …

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Written by FrumForum News on Saturday November 13, 2010

Cindy McCain: 'I Back John's Stance on DADT'

Cindy McCain: 'I Back John's Stance on DADT' The New York Daily News reports: Cindy McCain announced that she is against the repeal of "Don't ask, don't tell" one day after she appeared in a video where she lends her support to end the ban on gays openly serving in the military. …

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Written by FrumForum News on Saturday November 13, 2010

Saudis Block Facebook

Saudis Block Facebook The Jerusalem Post reports: An official with Saudi Arabia's communications authority said Saturday it has blocked Facebook because the popular social networking website does not conform with the kingdom's conservative values. The official announced that …

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Written by FrumForum News on Saturday November 13, 2010

Poll: Palin's Negatives Hit New High

Palin Unfavorable Rating at New High Politics Daily reports: The number of Americans viewing Sarah Palin unfavorably has hit the highest point since she burst onto the national stage over two years ago, according to a poll out Friday. The Gallup survey conducted in the days …

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Written by FrumForum News on Saturday November 13, 2010

Miller's Lawyers Start Leaving Alaska

Miller's Lawyers Start Going Home The New York Times reports: The lawyers have started leaving. That is perhaps the surest sign that Joe Miller’s chances of becoming the next senator from Alaska are evaporating. With each passing day that election workers here in the state …

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Written by FrumForum News on Saturday November 13, 2010

AZ Voters OK Med Marijuana Use

AZ Voters OK Med Marijuana Use The AP reports: Arizona voters have approved a measure that will legalize medical marijuana use in the state for people with chronic or debilitating diseases. Final vote tallies showed Saturday that Proposition 203 won by a tiny margin of just 4, …

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Written by FrumForum News on Saturday November 13, 2010

CIA Created 'Safe Haven' in US for Nazis

DOJ Report: CIA Created 'Safe Haven' for Nazis The New York Times reports: A secret history of the United States government’s Nazi-hunting operation concludes that American intelligence officials created a “safe haven” in the United States for Nazis and their collaborators after …

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Written by FrumForum News on Saturday November 13, 2010

Kay: Beck's Strange Soros Obsession

Kay: Beck's Weird Soros Obsession Jonathan Kay writes in the National Post : Every radicalized political movement has its anti-Christ. Stalinists had Trotsky. 9/11 conspiracy theorists have Dick Cheney. Islamists have Israel. And now the radical, populist right, led by …

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Written by FrumForum News on Saturday November 13, 2010

Labour Tops Tories in Poll

Labour Tops Tories in Poll Reuters reports: The Labour Party has nosed ahead of the Conservatives since the coalition announced public spending cuts last month, according to an opinion poll published Monday. Chancellor George Osborne outlined in October a five-year austerity …

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Written by FrumForum News on Saturday November 13, 2010

Paul: Speed Up Deficit Panel Cuts

Paul: Speed Up Deficit Panel Cuts The Hill reports: The draft report issued by President Obama's fiscal commission does not do enough to bring down the nation's debt and deficits, Sen.-elect Rand Paul said Friday. Paul (R-Ky.) wants the changes proposed by the bipartisan …

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Written by FrumForum News on Saturday November 13, 2010

Murkowski: DeMint Needs to Play Nice

Murkowski: DeMint Needs to Play Nice The Hill reports: If Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) is interested in apologizing to Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R), he'll have to make the first move, Murkowski said Friday. The Alaska senator, who appears poised to win reelection as a write-in GOP …

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Written by FrumForum News on Saturday November 13, 2010

Boehner to Obama: Veto Bills with Earmarks

Boehner to Obama: Veto Bills with Earmarks Politico reports: The top two House Republican leaders are calling on President Barack Obama to veto any spending bill containing earmarks, raising the stakes in a battle to claim purity on project-specific spending by Congress. The …

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Written by FrumForum News on Saturday November 13, 2010

Hoyer & Clyburn Reach Leadership Deal

Hoyer & Clyburn Both Get Top Posts Politico reports: House Democrats have reached a deal to keep both Reps. Steny Hoyer and James Clyburn in the leadership, with Hoyer (D-Md.) serving as minority whip and Clyburn (D-S.C) taking a new, as-yet-still-undefined number three position. …

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Written by FrumForum News on Saturday November 13, 2010

Post Office Lost $8.5B Last Year

Post Office Lost $8.5B Last Year The AP reports: The Postal Service said Friday it lost $8.5 billion last year despite deep cuts of more than 100, 000 jobs and other reductions in recent years. The post office had estimated it would lose $6 billion to $7 billion, but a sharp …

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Written by FrumForum News on Saturday November 13, 2010

Burma Frees Suu Kyi

Burma Frees Democracy Activist Suu Kyi The New York Times reports: Myanmar's military government freed its archrival, democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi , on Saturday after her latest term of detention expired. Several thousand jubilant supporters streamed to her residence. A …

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Written by FrumForum News on Saturday November 13, 2010

Rick Perry to Lead Republican Governors Association

Rick Perry to Lead GOP Governor's Association Politico reports : Texas Gov. Rick Perry will be tapped as the new chairman of the Republican Governors Association when the organization meets next week in San Diego, GOP sources tell POLITICO. Perry recently released a book …

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Written by FrumForum News on Friday November 12, 2010

Palin Book Tour Heads to Iowa & South Carolina

Palin Book Tour Heads to Iowa & South Carolina The Hill reports: Sarah Palin begins her book tour in two weeks, and she'll stop in two states that play an important role in the GOP primary process. She's scheduled to make stops in Iowa and South Carolina — two early voting …

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Written by FrumForum News on Friday November 12, 2010

SCOTUS Doesn't Suspend 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'

SCOTUS Doesn't Suspend 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' The Hill reports: The U.S. Supreme Court refused on Friday to pause enforcement of the military's ban on openly gay and lesbian service members while that policy faces a legal challenge. The high court sided against the Log Cabin …

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Written by FrumForum News on Friday November 12, 2010