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U.S. May Speed Afghan Pullout

The New York Times reports : WASHINGTON — President Obama’s national security team is contemplating troop reductions in Afghanistan that would be steeper than those discussed even a few weeks ago, with some officials arguing that such a change is justified by the rising cost of the war and …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 6, 2011

CBS 60 Minutes Visits the City of David

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 6, 2011

Romneycare's Rising Popularity in Massachusetts

Matthew Yglesias writes : As one would hope, with the political din calming and more people seeing it’s operation in action, more people are liking Massachusetts’ universal health care law . Kay Lazar has the story for the Boston Globe: The poll by the Harvard School of Public Health and …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 6, 2011

Strauss-Kahn Pleads Not Guilty

ABC News reports : Dominique Strauss Kahn, the man who was a contender to be the next president of France, pleaded not guilty in a New York criminal court today at his arraignment on multiple charges of sexually assaulting a hotel room maid at a posh Manhattan hotel last month. In …

Written by FrumForum Editors on Monday June 6, 2011

Romney's Climate Change Straight Talk

Tim Pawlenty was rightly praised for speaking out against ethanol subsidies. But why hasn't Romney received accolades for telling a more dangerous truth? When Tim Pawlenty called for a (gradual) end to ethanol subsidies, he won accolades as a "truth teller." Surely he deserved them, even if (as F …

Written by David Frum on Monday June 6, 2011

Palin Apologizes for Upstaging Romney

The Los Angeles Times reports Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin apologized Sunday for upstaging Republican Mitt Romney's formal campaign announcement last week. The 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee said she didn't mean to step on toes when her bus rolled into a nearby town just …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 6, 2011

Circumcision Ban May Soon Be on Ballots

The New York Times reports SANTA MONICA, Calif. — When a group of activists proposed banning circumcision in San Francisco last fall, many people simply brushed them aside. Even in that liberal seaside city, it seemed implausible that thousands of people would support an effort to …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 6, 2011

Cain Rises in Popularity

The New York Times reports MANCHESTER, N.H. — Michele Bachmann was campaigning just north of here, the Sarah Palin tour was rumored to be arriving soon, and Mitt Romney was on his way to announce his entry into the presidential race. Yet here was another voter swooning for Herman …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 6, 2011

Israeli Troops Kill 25 at Syrian Border

CNN reports Golan Heights (CNN) -- Israeli troops fired on protesters trying to cross the fortified border between Syria and the occupied Golan Heights on Sunday, with Syrian authorities reporting more than a dozen dead and hundreds wounded. The protests came on the anniversary of the …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday June 5, 2011

Ron Paul: His Campaign is More Serious Now

Politico reports Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) said Sunday that he knows that his 2008 presidential campaign was regarded in many quarters as a joke, but that no one is treating him that way now as he embarks on another bid for the White House. "During the last campaign I knew what was …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday June 5, 2011

Palin "didn't mess up about Paul Revere"

Politico reports Presidential hopeful or history teacher? After a week on the road visiting national monuments and historical sites, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin repeated her claim Sunday that Revolutionary War hero Paul Revere had warned the British that they weren’t going to …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday June 5, 2011

Dems Stay Quiet on Medicaid Cuts

Politico reports Since Rep. Paul Ryan introduced his budget blueprint in April, Democrats have held countless news conferences and issued even more press releases condemning the plan — as they say — to eliminate, end or kill Medicare as we know it. Yet, for all the Democrats’ …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday June 5, 2011

GOP Women Watch for Palin, Bachmann Bids

The Washington Post reports They don’t like identity politics and aren’t crazy about the word “feminist.” But a lot of conservative women here can’t help but rejoice that they may have a couple of tough-talking, tea-drinking mothers to choose from in the Republican primary. Rep. Michele …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday June 5, 2011

Huntsman Would Skip Iowa Caucuses

ABC News reports : Jon Huntsman has kicked off his three-day, eleven-stop tour of New Hampshire this weekend to appeal to voters in the state holding the nation’s first primary. Voters in Iowa, on the other hand, will not be awarded the same face time. “I'm not competing in Iowa for a …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday June 5, 2011

Gates: Slow Afghan Drawdown

Politico reports : As his final act before leaving the Pentagon, Defense Secretary Robert Gates is working to build support for what he is calling a “modest” drawdown in Afghanistan, even though a war-weary Capitol Hill wants more. Gates, who retires June 30, is hoping that his 12th and …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday June 5, 2011

Yemen's Veep Takes Power

CNN reports : Effective Saturday night, Yemeni Vice President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi took over Ali Abdullah Saleh's responsibilities as president, Yemeni government spokesman Abdu Ganadi told CNN. The power transfer comes as a source close to the Saudi government said that the …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday June 5, 2011

Tanks Surround Syrian Protesters

The New York Times reports : Syrian tanks took up positions outside the city of Hama on Saturday, where tens of thousands of people took to the streets to mourn the deaths of at least 65 protesters gunned down by security forces there the day before. The government’s violent crackdown …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday June 4, 2011

Yemen's Prez in Saudi Arabia

The New York Times reports : Yemen’s embattled president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, arrived in Saudi Arabia on Saturday for urgent medical treatment of wounds sustained in a bold attack on the presidential compound, Saudi officials said, abruptly shifting the political calculus that has …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday June 4, 2011

Dean: Palin Could Beat Obama

The Hill reports : Howard Dean, the former Democratic National Committee chairman who helped Democrats capture the White House in 2008, warns that Sarah Palin could defeat President Obama in 2012. Dean says his fellow Democrats should beware of inside-the-Beltway conventional wisdom …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday June 4, 2011

Gates Heads to Kabul for Talks

The Washington Post reports : U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates landed in Kabul on Saturday afternoon for a series of high-level meetings with U.S. and Afghan officials at a potential turning point in the nearly decade-long war. The arrival of Gates, at the tail end of his tenure as …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday June 4, 2011