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Clinton To Africa: Dump Qaddafi

CNN reports: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged countries in Africa on Monday to kick out diplomats representing the government of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. Clinton made the remarks at a meeting of the African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. She urged countries to …

Written by FrumForum Editors on Monday June 13, 2011

WH: Weinergate A "Distraction"

CNN reports: President Barack Obama believes U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner was wrong to send a lewd picture of himself over Twitter and then lie about it, and the continuing scandal surrounding the New York Democrat is a distraction from important national business, White House spokesman Jay …

Written by Frum Forum Editors on Monday June 13, 2011

CEOs Give White House Jobs Advice

The Los Angeles Times reports : General Electric Chief Executive Jeff Immelt and 25 other business, labor and academic leaders on Monday will present President Obama with five "fast-action steps" to create 1 million jobs through such moves as increased worker training in advanced manufacturing …

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Cain: Pizza Delivery Is War

The Daily Caller reports : MANCHESTER, N.H. — Is running a pizza chain similar to being commander in chief of the armed forces? Herman Cain, the former CEO of Godfather’s Pizza running for president, said he’s suited to make hard foreign policy decisions because he made tough calls …

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Nuke Crisis Marked By Mistrust

The New York Times reports: On the evening of March 12, the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant’s oldest reactor had suffered a hydrogen explosion and risked a complete meltdown. Prime Minister Naoto Kan asked aides to weigh the risks of injecting seawater into the reactor to cool it down. …

Written by Frum Forum Editors on Monday June 13, 2011

Report: States Deep In Debt Too

POLITICO reports : It’s not just the federal government - the states are broke, too. The 50 state governments owe more than $1 trillion in unfunded pension contributions and health care obligations to retired public employees, according to an Associated Press survey of state-level …

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Poll: Politicians Unethical, Getting Worse

The Hill reports: More than two-thirds of voters think the ethical standards of politicians have declined over the past generation, and almost as many say Capitol Hill lawmakers are downright unscrupulous, according to the results of a new poll commissioned by The Hill. A striking 68 …

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Alleged Israeli Spy A U.S. Citizen

The Jewish Telegraphic Agency reports: lan Grapel, the alleged Mossad agent arrested on Sunday in Egypt, is an American citizen who served in the IDF Paratrooper’s Brigade during the Second Lebanon War and interned last summer at the Israeli Supreme Court. Grapel, originally from New York, …

Written by Frum Forum Editors on Monday June 13, 2011

Chavez Recovering After Surgery

Agence France Press reports: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was recovering satisfactorily Sunday after undergoing surgery in Cuba and was expected to return home "in the coming days," officials from the presidential entourage said. But Information Minister Andres Izarra, who made the …

Written by Frum Forum Editors on Monday June 13, 2011

Pyongyang May Have Nuke Warhead

Reuter reports: North Korea has probably succeeded in miniaturizing a nuclear device, South Korea's defense minister said on Monday, an advance that would in theory allow the hermit state to place an atomic warhead on a rocket. Regional powers have for years tried -- with a mix of aid …

Written by FrumForum Editors on Monday June 13, 2011

FBI Widens Agents' Investigative Power

The Salt Lake Tribune reports: The Federal Bureau of Investigation is giving significant new powers to its roughly 14, 000 agents — allowing them more leeway to search databases, go through household trash or use surveillance teams to scrutinize the lives of people who have attracted …

Written by FrumForum Editors on Monday June 13, 2011

NAACP: Obama Must Focus On Jobs

The Hill reports: The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) wants the Obama administration and Congress to focus above all on addressing unemployment, but is stopping short of calling for a massive new stimulus. “Generally speaking, we first …

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Heavy Fighting In Western Libya

Aljazeera reports: Battles between pro-democracy fighters and Muammar Gaddafi's, the Libyan leader, forces are continuing across the west of the country, as rebels say they are advancing towards the capital. Rebel fighters said they were making gains towards Zlitan from the port city of …

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Polls Show Mitt Underestimated

Politico reports: Everyone just might have underestimated Mitt Romney. Serious competitors for the Republican presidential nomination have dropped out of the running. Romney has flexed his financial muscle with a $10 million-plus one-day fundraising haul. Most of all, his narrow, …

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Hanoi Seeks U.S. Support In China Row

The Financial Times reports: Vietnam has called on the US and other nations to help resolve the escalating territorial disputes in the resource-rich South China Sea, in a move likely to anger Beijing, which opposes what it sees as outside interference. Tensions between China and …

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Obama Woos Wall Street Executives

The New York Times reports: A few weeks before announcing his re-election campaign, President Obama convened two dozen Wall Street executives, many of them longtime donors, in the White House’s Blue Room. The guests were asked for their thoughts on how to speed the economic recovery, …

Written by Frum Forum Editors on Monday June 13, 2011

U.S. Intercepts N. Korea Missile Ship

The New York Times reports: The United States Navy intercepted a North Korean ship it suspected of carrying missile technology to Myanmar two weeks ago and, after a standoff at sea and several days of diplomatic pressure from Washington and Asia nations, forced the vessel to return home, …

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Most Captured 'Taliban' Were Civilians

Inter Press Service reports: During his intensive initial round of media interviews as commander in Afghanistan in August 2010, Gen. David Petraeus released figures to the news media that claimed spectacular success for raids by Special Operations Forces: in a 90-day period from May through …

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Obama Seeks Hispanic Votes

Politico reports President Barack Obama embarks this week on a pilgrimage familiar to generations of New York politicians, making a rare presidential trip to Puerto Rico that accentuates his campaign’s emerging focus on Hispanics as central to his reelection bid. Obama’s attention to …

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NH debate will define candidate standings

Politico reports The quiet, simmering fight for the Republican presidential nomination is about to break out into the open, when seven White House hopefuls take the stage at St. Anselm College for the first New Hampshire debate of the 2012 cycle. The face-off may or may not offer …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 13, 2011