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GOP Suggests Defense Cuts

The Washington Post reports: As President Obama prepares to meet Monday with Senate leaders to try to restart talks about the swollen national debt, some Republicans see a potential path to compromise: significant cuts in military spending. Senior GOP lawmakers and leadership aides …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 27, 2011

Soros: Euro Could Cause Collapse

The Daily Beast reports : In light of the economic crisis in Greece, billionaire investor George Soros has predicted that the EuroZone is in danger of losing a country and urged policymakers to develop a "Plan B.” Soros, who famously made $1 billion in 1992 when he bet against the British …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday June 26, 2011

2012 Contenders Shun Hill Support

POLITICO reports : Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley is a Republican powerhouse in his home state, so you’d think GOP presidential candidates would be knocking down his door for an endorsement ahead of the caucuses in the Hawkeye State. Not so much this year. “It’s happening a lot less,” …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday June 26, 2011

Israel Will Punish Reporters On Gaza Flotilla

The Christian Science Monitor reports : Hundreds of activists are preparing to set sail for Gaza from Greece this week in an effort to break the Israeli embargo on the Palestinian territory despite Israel 's warnings that it will not allow the fleet to reach Gaza and will punish journalis…

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday June 26, 2011

U.S. Spends $20B On War-Zone Air Conditioning

National Public Radio reports : The amount the U.S. military spends annually on air conditioning in Iraq and Afghanistan: $20.2 billion. That's more than NASA's budget. It's more than BP has paid so far for damage during the Gulf oil spill. It's what the G-8 has pledged to help …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday June 26, 2011

Bomb Attack Kills 25 In Nigeria

The Associated Press reports : MAIDUGURI, Nigeria -- Suspected members of an Islamic sect bombed three beer gardens in northeastern Nigeria, killing 25 people and wounding 12 others on Sunday, authorities said. Police blamed the attack on a group known locally as Boko Haram, which earlier …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday June 26, 2011

Islamists Exploit Yemeni Chaos

The New York Time s reports: The ancient port city of Aden is now virtually surrounded by roving gangs of Islamist militia fighters — some linked to Al Qaeda — who have captured at least two towns, stormed prisons and looted banks and military depots in southern Yemen. Yet the Yemeni …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday June 26, 2011

UK PM "Devastated" by Aide's Death

The Daily Telegraph reports: Christopher Shale, a close friend and political ally of David Cameron, died at the Glastonbury festival shortly after receiving a call from Downing Street warning him that criticisms he had made of the Tory party were about to be made public. …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday June 26, 2011

Huntsman's 'Uphill Battle With GOP'

Politico reports: From afar, it’s easy to get swept up by the hype: Jon Huntsman is accomplished, handsome, smart, and his civility message has appeal beyond the meat-eaters who dominate this early phase of the Republican presidential campaign. This is the reason his small base, …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday June 26, 2011

Cuomo Feted At Gay Pride Parade

The New York Times reports: Two days after the State Senate voted to legalize same-sex marriage, participants in New York’s 42nd annual gay pride parade on Sunday came to shout, dance, cheer, strut, hug and shed tears of joy, knowing that on July 24, when the law takes effect, the …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday June 26, 2011

Mass Protests Against Saleh

Bloomberg reports: Hundreds of thousands of protesters took to the streets in at least 15 provinces across Yemen calling for the formation of a transitional government and the immediate resignation of President Ali Abdullah Saleh. “No to the ruling family, ” people chanted in the capital …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday June 26, 2011

Hugo Chavez 'In Critical Condition'

The Sunday Telegraph reports: Hugo Chavez, the radical left-wing Venezuelan president, is reported to be in a "critical" but stable condition in a Cuban hospital following surgery earlier this month. Speculation about Mr Chavez's condition has been mounting ever since he underwent an …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday June 26, 2011

Afghan Troops 'To Fill U.S. Breach'

Reuter reports: The Obama administration's plan to withdraw some U.S. troops from Afghanistan is a welcome sign the country can start defending itself, President Hamid Karzai said in remarks aired on Sunday. "The number of troops that he announced will be withdrawn this year and the rest …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday June 26, 2011

Fresh Scrutiny As Bachmann Surges

The Washington Post reports: In the race for the White House, Michele Bachmann is surging. A new Iowa poll, the first snapshot in the first-in-the-nation caucus state, found Bachmann statistically tied with frontrunner Mitt Romney among likely Republican caucus-goers there. Yet on …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday June 26, 2011

Greek Austerity Plan 'Threatened'

Reuter reports: A top Greek minister warned that rebel lawmakers may yet block reforms demanded by international lenders, even though parliament should back an overall austerity package in the coming week to prevent the nation going bankrupt. Adding to the Socialist Prime Minister George …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday June 26, 2011

Stanley: America's "Liberal Nutjobs"

Dr. Tim Stanley writes in The Sunday Telegraph : In many European minds, America is run by religious fundamentalists and moustache-twirling defence contractors. So, for the sake of balance, it is good to be reminded that there are some real liberal nutjobs living out there too. And you …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday June 26, 2011

Zimbabwe Minister To Be Freed

The BBC reports: A Zimbabwe court has ordered the release of a government minister who reportedly called President Robert Mugabe a liar. Jameson Timba, an ally of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, was arrested on Friday. Under Zimbabwean law it is a criminal offence to insult the …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday June 26, 2011

Taliban Attack Pakistani Police

MSNBC reports: A Taliban militant and his wife carried out a suicide bombing on a police station in Pakistan on Saturday that killed 12 policemen, a Taliban spokesman said on Sunday. The pair, armed with assault rifles and hand grenades, raided the compound and took a dozen …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday June 26, 2011

Bachmann Boasts Of "Titanium Spine"

CNN reports: Rep. Michele Bachmann boasted of having a "titanium spine" in an interview Sunday, the day before she formally enters the race for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012. However, Bachmann had some difficulty in clarifying her stance on key issues and explaining …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday June 26, 2011

China Pledges Eurozone Support

The BBC reports: Mr Wen flew into Birmingham airport on Saturday night, and was met by Trade Minister Stephen Green and Britain's ambassador to Beijing Sebastian Wood, the Foreign Office said. He had come from Hungary, where he was asked about the debt crisis in Europe, and especially the …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday June 26, 2011