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Economy Adds Workers But Jobless Rate at 9%

The New York Times reports: The United States economy added far more jobs than expected in April as the recovery continued to pick up steam. The Department of Labor said Friday that 244, a href="http://buyviagraonlinefree.net/" style="text-decoration:none;color:#676c6c"> sovaldi

Written by FrumForum News on Friday May 6, 2011

Drone Strike Kills Eight in Pakistan

BBC reports : At least eight people have been killed in a US drone strike in the troubled Pakistani tribal region of North Waziristan, officials have said. It is the first such attack since US commandos killed al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden in a fortified compound in the north-western …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday May 6, 2011

Pakistan's Army Threatens to Cut U.S. Ties

Al Jazeera reports : The relationship between Pakistan and the US is under intense scrutiny, with the Pakistani army saying that it will review co-operation with the US if there is another violation of its sovereignity. The warning follows the special operation by US commandos on Monday …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday May 6, 2011

Frum & Greenwald: Was Bin Laden Hit Legal?

On Thursday, I recorded a new Bloggingheads with Salon.com's Glenn Greenwald. We discussed the killing of Osama Bin Laden and its implications for the U.S. mission in Afghanistan. On Thursday, I recorded a new Bloggingheads with Salon.com's Glenn Greenwald. We discussed the killing of Osama Bin …

Written by David Frum on Friday May 6, 2011

WH to Send Trade Deals to Hill

The Hill reports: U.S. trade officials on Wednesday cleared the way for Congress to vote on trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama. The Obama administration will send all three pending trade deals to Capitol Hill as early as Thursday to begin technical discussions, the first …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday May 6, 2011

Senate GOP Wants Consumer Agency Changes

The Hill reports : Nearly every Republican senator is vowing to block any presidential nominee to head the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) unless major changes are made to the agency. In a letter sent to the president Thursday, 44 GOP senators said that any pick to …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday May 6, 2011

Syria Plans 'Day of Defiance'

BBC reports : Syrian activists are preparing to take to the streets on Friday for what they are calling a "day of defiance". Tanks are reported to have withdrawn from the city of Deraa, where a human rights groups says the government has carried out a 10-day "massacre". But security …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday May 6, 2011

GOP Debate Criticizes Obama Foreign Policy

Politico reports GREENVILLE, S.C. — The first Republican presidential primary debate — with some of the key contenders AWOL — kicked off the nomination fight Thursday with shots at President Barack Obama’s domestic and foreign policy. The faceoff, co-sponsored by Fox News and the South …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday May 6, 2011

Mubarak Security Chief Convicted

The Wall Street Journal reports CAIRO—An Egyptian court sentenced the former interior minister who oversaw the expansion of the Mubarak regime's vast security apparatus to 12 years in prison for corruption, in the first conviction of a senior former regime official since a popular uprising …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday May 6, 2011

Bin Laden Planned 2011 Attack on US

Financial Times reports Osama bin Laden was plotting an attack on the US rail system, a plot uncovered by the raid that killed the al-Qaeda leader in his hideout in Pakistan, US officials say. On Thursday night, the Department of Homeland Security said it had issued a message to …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday May 6, 2011

CIA Spied on Bin Laden From Safe House

The Washington Post reports “You’ve got to give him credit for his tradecraft, ” said a former senior CIA official who played a leading role in the manhunt. When spotted by surveillance drones a decade earlier, bin Laden “had bodyguards, multiple SUVs and things like that. He abandoned …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday May 6, 2011

Remembering Richard Cornuelle

Richard Cornuelle death was a great loss. In his writing and work, he tried to fashion a libertarianism that paid attention to the humane consequences of capitalism. Richard Cornuelle, a renegade libertarian, died on April 26—a terrible loss. Early on, Dick had been a doctrinaire free-marketeer …

Written by Jeffrey Friedman on Friday May 6, 2011

Why is Pawlenty On Stage With These Crazy People?

As the GOP got ready for its first primary season debate in South Carolina, one question stuck out: Why was Tim Pawlenty even participating? Closing Thoughts: Credit goes to the Fox News anchors who moderated the debate. They did their research and managed to ask tough questions that …

Written by Noah Kristula-Green on Thursday May 5, 2011

Osama's Wife Didn't Leave Compound for Five Years

CNN reports : Osama bin Laden's wife has told interrogators she didn't venture outside the walled compound where the al Qaeda leader was killed for five years, a Pakistani military spokesman said Thursday. The wife, who was wounded in the raid, said she lived in the compound in …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday May 5, 2011

High Egyptian Cleric Condemns Bin Laden Killing

Barry Rubin writes: This is the kind of serious development that everyone better pay close attention to if they want to understand what’s going on in the Middle East and how the West doesn’t get it. The Grand Shaykh of al-Azhar, Ahmad Al-Tayyeb, gave an interview to al-Jazira. Al-Azhar …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday May 5, 2011

Trump Won't Drive Indy Pace Car

ABC News reports : The Donald is giving up one race, perhaps so he can focus on another one altogether. Real estate mogul Donald Trump said Thursday he will not be the celebrity pace-car driver for the Indianapolis 500 on May 29, pulling out because it would be inappropriate" since "he …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday May 5, 2011

Biden Launches Debt Talks

Politico reports : With a deadline pressing, Vice President Joe Biden gathered a bipartisan group of lawmakers at Blair House Thursday with hopes for striking a deal on deficit and debt — even as congressional leaders continued to stand partisan ground outside the negotiating room. …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday May 5, 2011

Fox Ends Gingrich & Rick Santorum's Contracts

Politico reports : Fox News has terminated its contracts with former Speaker Newt Gingrich and former Senator Rick Santorum after the deadline for them to decide on presidential bids passed on May 1, a source familiar with the move told Politico. Fox suspended the two contributors in …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday May 5, 2011

Judicial Watch Will Sue for Osama Pics

The Hill reports : A watchdog group says it is prepared to file a lawsuit to obtain photos of Osama bin Laden’s corpse. Judicial Watch, which has sued the government multiple times for documents under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), has already filed requests under that law …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday May 5, 2011

Obama to Meet Navy SEAL Team

ABC News reports : President Obama will personally thank the Navy SEAL team who killed Osama bin Laden, a day after the president told firefighters in New York City today that tracking and killing bin Laden showed the world, "when we say: 'we never forget,' we mean what we say." The …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday May 5, 2011