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Iran Sends Subs to Red Sea

The Huffington Post reports : Iran has sent submarines to the Red Sea in the first such deployment by the country's navy in distant waters, a semi-official news agency reported on Tuesday. The deployment reflects Iran's efforts to show off its naval power. Iran has long sought to …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday June 7, 2011

Weinergate: It's None Of Our Business

Do any of us really “win” when a public official is disgraced and humiliated? It seems to me that all of us are losers in this sad and sordid affair. They got him, and they are exulting. “Best. Press. Conference. EVAH!” tweeted a jubilant Robert Stacy McCain after Rep. Anthony Weiner’s …

Written by John Guardiano on Tuesday June 7, 2011

Yemeni Rebels Seize Key City

CNN reports: Tribal fighters took control of a top Yemeni city on Tuesday, a setback for an embattled government whose injured president is confined to a hospital in Saudi Arabia. More than 400 tribal gunmen took over Taiz in southwest Yemen, eyewitnesses there said. The gunmen had …

Written by Frum Forum Editors on Tuesday June 7, 2011

Romney: Palin 'Didn't Ruin My Day'

CNN reports: For any other candidate, raining on a presidential announcement parade would be seen as sabotage. Not former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. The 2012 presidential candidate told CNN’s Piers Morgan Monday that he wasn’t offended when former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin appeared in …

Written by Frum Forum Editors on Tuesday June 7, 2011

Poll Boost For Romney

ABC News reports: An announcement bump for Mitt Romney and a bus-tour boost for Sarah Palin put the pair atop the field for the Republican presidential nomination. But while their primary standings are similar, their broader prospects for election look vastly different. Romney appears …

Written by FrumForum Editors on Tuesday June 7, 2011

GOP Pushes For Two-Year Budget

"The Hill" reports: Republican leaders are considering asking the White House to back a significant reform of the federal budget process in exchange for raising the nation’s debt ceiling. The GOP wish list for hiking the debt ceiling will be long, and Republican sources contend that …

Written by Frum Forum Editors on Tuesday June 7, 2011

Strauss-Kahn Accuser to Testify

The New York Times reports : The housekeeper who accused Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexually assaulting her in his hotel suite has vowed to tell her story from the witness stand, a lawyer for the woman said on Monday. “She is going to come into this courthouse, get on that witness stand …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday June 7, 2011

Schumer: 'Pained' by Weinergate

Politico reports : Sen. Chuck Schumer refused to answer questions Monday evening about the Twitter scandal that has ensnared Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.), his one-time congressional aide. But in a statement, the powerful Democratic senator said he was "deeply pained and saddened" …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday June 7, 2011

Weiner Accuser Speaks Out

ABC News reports : Rep. Anthony Weiner of New York said today he has engaged in "several inappropriate" electronic relationships with six women over three years, and that he publicly lied about a photo of himself sent over Twitter to a college student in Seattle over a week ago. "I …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday June 7, 2011

Pelosi: Ethics Probe for Weiner

Politico reports : House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Rep. Steve Israel, the chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, have called for an investigation into Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) over the series of sexually explicit conversations and lewd photos …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday June 7, 2011

Syria Threatens Assault on Town

BBC News reports : The northern Syrian town of Jisr al-Shughour is bracing for an assault by the military after the government said 120 security forces personnel had been killed there by "armed gangs". The government says it will act "with force" to restore control. Activists say the …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday June 7, 2011

Japan Doubles Radiation Estimates

AFP reports : Japan has more than doubled its initial estimate of radiation released from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant in the week after the March 11 tsunami, ahead of the launch of an official probe Tuesday. The nation's watchdog, the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA), …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday June 7, 2011

Cameron Gets Tough with Islamic Extremists

The New Statesman reports : According to Mark Townsend and Hannah Olivennes writing in the Observer , David Cameron is set to emerge this week as the victor in a long and "bitter cabinet battle" with Nick Clegg by unveiling a "hardline approach to tackling Islamist extremism". Home …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday June 7, 2011

Reporter Gets Payback on Weiner

A few days ago, Rep. Weiner's staff called the police on WCBS New York reporter Marcia Kramer. Kramer though may have gotten the last laugh at today's presser. I noticed an interesting little detail regarding Andrew Breitbart's impromptu introductory remarks at Rep. Anthony Weiner's press …

Written by Mark R. Yzaguirre on Monday June 6, 2011

Louisiana GOP Bill Would Overturn Roe v. Wade

The Huffington Post reports: The Louisiana state legislature is considering a bill that would make performing an abortion a criminal offense, including in cases of rape and incest, and that would force a woman to pay out of pocket for an abortion that is necessary to save her life. …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 6, 2011

Huntsman Wins Over Students for Daniels

The Huffington Post reports : When Students for Daniels found out that the Indiana governor was not going to run for the GOP presidential nomination, they turned their attention to deciding which former governor they would endorse as their second choice: Massachusetts' Mitt Romney, …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 6, 2011

McConnell: Dem Plan is to Do Nothing

T he Hill reports : Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Monday accused Democrats of planning to do nothing about the nation’s financial woes while they prepare for the 2012 elections. "They run the White House and they run the Senate, and yet their entire approach is to …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 6, 2011

Sudan Rejects UN Call for Withdrawal

The Washington Post reports : Sudan has rejected a call by the U.N. Security Council to withdraw its forces from the contested town of Abyei, as internal pressure mounts on South Sudan to respond to the invasion last month . Sudanese Foreign Minister Ali Ahmed Karti, in a statement …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 6, 2011

Support for Afghan War Rises

The Washington Post reports : The number of Americans who say the war in Afghanistan is worth fighting has increased for the first time since President Obama announced at the end of 2009 that he would boost troop levels, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll . The …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 6, 2011

Apple Picks Twitter Over Facebook

The Huffington Post reports : Apple has revamped the software that powers its iPhone, iPad and iPod touch to include, for the first time ever, a major integration with a social network -- but not the one you might think. For the social media features in the new version of its iOS …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 6, 2011