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Security Experts Slam Holder

The Daily Caller reports : Centrist and right-of-center national security experts reacted with contempt to Attorney General Eric Holder’s claim at a legal convention that the courts are the nation’s “most effective terror-fighting weapon.” “That’s utter nonsense … it is simply lunatic, ” …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 20, 2011

Gabrielle Giffords' Homecoming

Politico reports Rep. Gabrielle Giffords visited Tucson over the weekend, touring her hometown for the first time since being shot in the head outside a supermarket there in January. Throughout her rehabilitation at a Houston hospital, the Arizona Democrat has been begging to return …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 20, 2011

Nuke Regulators Lower Standards

CBS reports: Federal regulators have been working closely with the nuclear power industry to keep the nation's aging reactors operating within safety standards by repeatedly weakening those standards, or simply failing to enforce them, an investigation by The Associated Press has found. …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 20, 2011

Pentagon Drone Purchases Soar

The New York Times reports: From blimps to bugs, an explosion in aerial drones is transforming the way America fights and thinks about its wars. Predator drones, the Cessna-sized workhorses that have dominated unmanned flight since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, are by now a brand name, …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 20, 2011

Ben Ali Corruption Trial Begins

The Daily Telegraph reports: Tunisia's former autocratic ruler, whose overthrow triggered a series of Arab world uprisings, went on trial in absentia Monday in the first of what will likely be a long series of court proceedings five months after he went into exile. Zine El Abidine …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 20, 2011

Corporations Push For 'Tax Holiday'

The New York Times reports: Some of the nation’s largest corporations have amassed vast profits outside the country and are pressing Congress and the Obama administration for a tax break to bring the money home. Apple has $12 billion waiting offshore, Google has $17 billion and …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 20, 2011

Perry Sizes Up Roadblocks To Bid

The Wall Street Journal reports: Aides to Texas Gov. Rick Perry said they are scrambling to determine the logistical challenges he would face in making a late entry to the fight for the Republican presidential nomination, the latest sign he is serious about joining the contest. Among …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 20, 2011

Pakistan Car Bomb Kills Two

The Associated Press reports: Police say a car bomb exploded near a women's college in southwestern Pakistan, killing two people and wounding 12 others. Police officer Hamid Shakil says the bomb appears to have been detonated Monday by a timing device. The car was parked near a women's …

Written by Frum Forum Editors on Monday June 20, 2011

Medvedev Rules Out Putin Contest

The BBC reports: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has said he finds it "hard to imagine" that he and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin would run against each other at next year's presidential election. Competition between them could, he said, "be harmful". But, speaking to the Financial …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 20, 2011

Assad: "Saboteurs" To Blame

Voice of America reports: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says "saboteurs" are trying to exploit legitimate calls for change, and there can be no reform in his country through vandalism. President Assad said during a televised speech to the nation Monday there can be no developme…

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 20, 2011

More States Require IDs to Vote

USA Today reports WASHINGTON — State legislatures across the country have passed a record number of laws this year requiring photo identification to vote, a controversial move pushed by Republicans and opposed by Democrats. Proponents say the measures prevent vote fraud. Opponents …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 20, 2011

Bloomberg's Mother Dies at 102

AP reports MEDFORD, Mass (AP) — Charlotte Bloomberg, whose only son grew up to be a billionaire media mogul and then the mayor of New York City, died Sunday. She was 102. She was a petite woman but a huge presence in the life of her son, Michael Bloomberg, who gave away millions of …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 20, 2011

Huntsman Makes Obama Nervous

The New York Times reports Mr. Obama’s decision to name Mr. Huntsman his ambassador to China in 2009 was hailed by members of both parties as another act of political wizardry, a chance to show that the president was trying to infuse his administration with a bipartisan spirit. The …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 20, 2011

Douthat: GOP Foreign Policy Unclear

Ross Douthat writes On domestic policy, the Republican candidates in last week’s primary debate seemed to speak with one voice: Cut taxes, cut spending, repeal Obamacare, declare victory. On foreign policy, though, they sounded a more uncertain trumpet. There were flashes of the old …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 20, 2011

Greek Aid Deal Delayed until July

The New York Times reports Europe’s finance ministers unexpectedly put off approval early Monday of the next installment of aid to debt-laden Greece, delaying the decision until July and demanding that the Greek Parliament first approve spending cuts and financial reforms that include a …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday June 19, 2011

Fear of interest rate hikes cloud deficit talks

The Hill reports Lawmakers are worried that uncertainty over a national default and concern over deficit spending could swell interest rates and cost the government over a trillion dollars in the next decade. The wild card of interest rates has added a wrinkle in the debate over how …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday June 19, 2011

Crook: U.S. Flirts With Fate Like Japan

Clive Crook writes in The Financial Times: The stalling of the US recovery raises big, scary questions. After a recession, this economy usually gets people back to work quickly. Not this time. Progress is so slow, the issue is not so much when America will return to full employment but …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday June 19, 2011

Report Highlights Nuke Plant Chaos

The Associated Press reports: A new report says Japan's tsunami-ravaged nuclear plant was so unprepared for the disaster that workers had to bring protective gear and an emergency manual from distant buildings and borrow equipment from a contractor. The report, released Saturday by plant …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday June 19, 2011

Half Greek Loan May Be Withheld

Bloomberg reports: European governments weighed withholding half of Greece’s next 12 billion-euro ($17.2 billion) aid payment, seeking to keep the country solvent while maintaining pressure on the government to slash the debt that pitched the euro area into crisis. Euro-area finance …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday June 19, 2011

Palestinian Unity Talks On Hold

The BBC reports: A scheduled meeting between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal has been postponed, officials say. Tuesday's talks in Cairo, Egypt, had been aimed at reaching consensus over a new reconciliation government. But continued disagreements …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday June 19, 2011