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Is Baltimore Bouncing Back?

As a new resident of Baltimore's Federal Hill neighborhood, my impression of the city has done a complete one-eighty. Thanks to popular shows like The Wire , Baltimore isn’t exactly known for being a thriving metropolis. After four years as an undergraduate at Johns Hopkins University, …

Written by Rachel Ryan on Sunday June 12, 2011

'No Ethics Case Against Weiner'

Politico reports: Leading Democratic and Republican congressmen on Sunday downplayed the possibility of pursuing ethics charges against embattled colleague Anthony Weiner, hours after additional racy photos surfaced appearing to show him shirtless and towel-clad in a congressional gym. …

Written by Frum Forum Editors on Sunday June 12, 2011

Ex-Agent On Bullet He Took For Reagan

NWI.com reports: Timothy McCarthy vividly remembers the suit he was wearing when he was shot protecting President Ronald Reagan 30 years ago. McCarthy was working as a Secret Service agent when a man fired six rounds toward Reagan on March 30, 1981, outside the Washington Hilton Hotel. …

Written by FrumForum Editors on Sunday June 12, 2011

T-Paw Ridicules 'Obamaneycare'

Politico reports: In a calculated attack, Tim Pawlenty on Sunday took his most aggressive swipe yet at GOP frontrunner Mitt Romney, using a television interview to coin a cutting phrase that lumped together the health care plans of the former Massachusetts governor and President Obama. …

Written by Frum Forum Editors on Sunday June 12, 2011

Huntsman: WH Fails On Economy

Newsmax reports: Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman says President Barack Obama has failed on the economic front and the country is fiscally in “bad shape.” Huntsman also indicated in an interview broadcast Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union" that he was about a “week and a half away” from …

Written by FrumForum Editors on Sunday June 12, 2011

Speaker Mulls Weiner Request

The Hill We may not be there yet, but we are getting very close, so if you really care about protecting the Syrian people from slaughter, now is the time to let Assad know that all options are on the table,” said Graham, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee." reports: …

Written by Frum Forum Editors on Sunday June 12, 2011

Graham: Time To Consider Syria Action

The Hill reports: Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Sunday that it’s time to consider international intervention in Syria to avoid the further “slaughter” of people there by President Bashar al-Assad’s forces. “If it made sense to protect the Libyan people against Gadhafi, and it did …

Written by Frum Forum Editors on Sunday June 12, 2011

Plane Intercepted Near Camp David

USA Today reports: This weekend provides another lesson for private airplane pilots. Don't get too close to presidential locations. Two US F-15 fighters intercepted a small civilian plane Saturday when it flew too close to Camp David, where the president and his family are spending …

Written by Frum Forum Editors on Sunday June 12, 2011

Weiner Gym Photos Surface On TMZ

The Daily Telegraph reports: Congressman Anthony Weiner is under further pressure to resign after more lewd photographs, apparently taken using mirrors and his own mobile phone in the House of Representatives gym, were published on the Internet. In several of the photographs, the New …

Written by Frum Forum Editors on Sunday June 12, 2011

President's Florida Strategy

The Associated Press reports: President Barack Obama has problems in Florida that he didn't have when he won the prized state in 2008. The state's economy is worse than elsewhere. Foreclosures are high. Property values are low. As president, Obama could be blamed. Voters' shifting …

Written by Frum Forum Editors on Sunday June 12, 2011

Suburban Voters Key To '12 Races

CNN reports: Since at least 1984, including the last six presidential elections, swing suburban voters have determined which party controls the White House and Congress. And the suburbs should remain politically fickle through next year. Take a recent special election in a congressional …

Written by Frum Forum Editors on Sunday June 12, 2011

Clinton: Embassy Bomber's 'Just End'

The Daily Telegraph reports: The leader of al-Qaeda in Africa, suspected of masterminding the 1998 US embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania, has been killed. Fazul Abdullah Mohammed was on the FBI's most-wanted terrorist list with a £3.5 million bounty on his head for planning the …

Written by Frum Forum Editors on Sunday June 12, 2011

Libya Rebels Set To Break Stalemate

The Daily Telegraph reports: A renewed battle for the west of Libya could end the month-long stalemate in the struggle between Colonel Gaddafi's ugly regime and the rebels fighting for control. In the Jebel Nafusa mountains southwest of Tripoli, lightly-armed mountain farmers drove …

Written by FrumForum Editors on Sunday June 12, 2011

Obama's Afghan Exit Formula

The Daily Beast reports: By July 15, President Obama will unveil a plan to reduce U.S. forces in Afghanistan by upward of 30,000, but to withdraw them slowly under military guidance over 12 to 18 months, according to administration officials. In sum, the quick exiters get the big …

Written by Frum Forum Editors on Sunday June 12, 2011

Fighting Rages In Syrian Town

The Daily Telegraph reports: Syrian state television reported heavy clashes between army troops and gunmen in the northern town of Jisr al-Shughour on Sunday, and said a large number of people had been arrested. "Heavy confrontations are raging between army units and members of armed …

Written by FrumForum Editors on Sunday June 12, 2011

Billionaire Eyes Yemen Presidency

The Daily Beast reports: The smoke had barely cleared from the mosque where Yemen’s President Ali Abdullah Saleh lay bleeding and burned when his government set out for payback. He had been wounded in an attack during Friday prayers two weeks ago, and in retaliation his security forces …

Written by Frum Forum Editors on Sunday June 12, 2011

U.S. Funding 'Shadow Internet'

The New York Times reports: The Obama administration is leading a global effort to deploy “shadow” Internet and mobile phone systems that dissidents can use to undermine repressive governments that seek to silence them by censoring or shutting down telecommunications networks. The effort …

Written by Frum Forum Editors on Sunday June 12, 2011

Ellsberg: RN 'Would Feel Vindicated'

CNN reports: Officially titled "United States-Viet Nam Relations, 1945-1967: A Study Prepared by the Department of Defense," the Pentagon Papers -- as they became known -- also showed that the government had lied to Congress and the public about the progress of the war. In 1969, defense …

Written by Frum Forum Editors on Sunday June 12, 2011

First Gifford Photos Released

The BBC reports: US Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords has released the first pictures of herself since she was shot in the head in January. Two pictures appeared on her Facebook page.. Ms Giffords, 41, was seriously injured during a shooting spree by a gunman in Tucson, Arizona, that …

Written by FrumForum Editors on Sunday June 12, 2011

Arab League's Silence On Syria

NOW Lebanon reports: Known for his stanch support for freedom of expression in Lebanon, Tarek Mitri has served in a number of key positions in the Lebanese government since 2005. A former academic, Mitri headed the Environment and Culture ministries prior to his current role as …

Written by Frum Forum Editors on Sunday June 12, 2011