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Armey: Daniels Needs To Run

CNN reports: (CNN) – Dick Armey wants Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels to run for president. The chairman of FreedomWorks, a national organization that provides much of the organization behind the tea party movement, tells CNN that "Mitch is exactly the kind of candidate that our folks across …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday March 25, 2011

Violence Continues Against Syrian Protesters

CNN reports: (CNN) -- At least 15 people were killed as thousands took to the streets in or made their way to the restive Syrian city of Daraa, where deadly clashes erupted over the last week between protesters and security forces. Sources told CNN the slain people were trying to march to …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday March 25, 2011

Economy Grew 3.1% in 4th Quarter

Bloomberg reports : The U.S. economy grew at a 3.1 percent annual rate in the fourth quarter, led by a jump in consumer spending that will be hard to match early in the year as energy prices surge. The revised increase in gross domestic product compares with a 2.8 percent estimate issued …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday March 25, 2011

Carter Planning North Korea Trip

ABC News reports: Former President Jimmy Carter is planning a trip to North Korea, but not as an envoy of the U.S. government. “We have not had any contact with him other than being informed about the trip. And he's clearly -- or he's traveling in a private capacity,” State Dept spokesman M…

Written by FrumForum News on Friday March 25, 2011

Palin: Qaddafi Will "End Up Dead"

ABC News reports: Sarah Palin thinks President Obama needs to explain the American mission in Libya more clearly, but has much harsher words for the Libyan leader, Col. Muammar Gadhafi , saying he "is going to end up dead." Appearing on "On the Record" with Greta Van Susteren of …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday March 25, 2011

GOP Govt Transparency Bill Flunks Reality Test

GOP Rep. Blake Farenthold's bill to force federal agencies to post their expenditures every two weeks on the web is a neat idea, and completely unworkable. Before he sat on the Supreme Court, Louis Brandeis penned a collection of essays that was published as a book called Other People’s Money . …

Written by Zac Morgan on Friday March 25, 2011

Tea Party: Sheen Makes More Sense Than Boehner

The Huffington Post reports : Tea Party Nation founder Judson Phillips stood by a comparison he recently made between House Speaker John Boehner and Hollywood actor Charlie Sheen in an interview with Fox News published online on Thursday. "Charlie Sheen still makes more sense than John …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday March 25, 2011

Qaddafi Govt, Rebels to Meet

The AP reports: France declared Libya's airspace "under control" on Friday, after NATO agreed to take command of the no-fly zone in a compromise that appeared to set up dual command centers and possibly new confusion. Coalition warplanes struck Moammar Gadhafi's forces outside the strategic …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday March 25, 2011

Bartlett: It's Coburn vs. Norquist on Taxes

Bruce Bartlett writes : There is an important behind the scenes debate going on among Republicans today on whether they really care about the budget deficit and tax reform, or whether they are just posturing. So far, the posturing faction is winning. But there may be hope. Among the very …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday March 25, 2011

Kucinich: Obama Impeachment 'Not Going to Happen'

Politico reports: Democrat Rep. Dennis Kucinich is walking back from his suggestion that President Barack Obama be impeached for authorizing air strikes against Libya without congressional approval. Asked Thursday night if he sees support for impeachment building, the liberal Ohioan …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday March 25, 2011

U.S. Special Ops Leaving Iraq

The Washington Post reports : Several nights a week, Iraqi and U.S. special forces operatives head out in Humvees or Black Hawk helicopters to arrest extremists in the most volatile region of Iraq. After years of training with their U.S. counterparts, the black-clad Iraqi forces are …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday March 25, 2011

Obama Wary of Libya Address

Politico reports : President Barack Obama is resisting pressure to deliver an Oval Office speech explaining his policy on Libya — in part, because he doesn’t want to equate what he regards as a smaller, time-limited mission with the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Administration …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday March 25, 2011

Yemen's Leader in Exit Talks

The New York Times reports : As demonstrators for and against President Ali Abdullah Saleh mustered for a new round of competing rallies on Friday, the Yemeni leader was engaged in serious negotiations over the timing and conditions for the end of his 32-year rule, Yemeni and American …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday March 25, 2011

Japan Suspects Reactor Breach

The AP reports : Japanese nuclear safety officials said Friday that they suspect that the reactor core at one unit of the troubled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant may have breached, raising the possibility of more severe contamination to the environment. "It is possible that …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday March 25, 2011

Giffords Starting to Walk, Speak

ABC News reports : Two and a half months after suffering a gunshot wound to the head in Tucson , Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is beginning to walk and talk, her husband Mark Kelly said today. Kelly, an astronaut scheduled to command the next space shuttle mission in April, shared the good …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday March 25, 2011

Japan Death Toll at 10,000

The AP reports : The official death toll from Japan's devastating earthquake and tsunami passed the 10,000 mark Friday and was still climbing two weeks after the magnitude-9 quake struck off the northeastern coast and unleashed a cascade of disasters. Hundreds of thousands of survivors …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday March 25, 2011

Post Office Plans Big Job Cuts

The Washington Post reports : The U.S. Postal Service announced Thursday that it will reduce its workforce with layoffs and offers of buyouts and will close seven district offices from New England to New Mexico to help address record losses. The reorganization, designed to eliminate …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday March 25, 2011

CO Senate Passes Civil Unions Bill

CNN reports : The Colorado Senate on Thursday approved a civil unions bill that would allow same-sex couples the right to inherit property, apply for family leave and share medical decisions. The bill, approved 23-12, now goes to the House. In Colorado, only a man and woman can …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday March 25, 2011

Air Controller Suspended

The Washington Post reports : The air traffic supervisor who dozed off in the Reagan National Airport control tower early Wednesday, forcing passenger plane pilots to land on their own, was drug-tested by federal authorities before being suspended from his job, federal officials said. …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday March 25, 2011

Europe's Newest Budget Bust

Following the collapse of its government Wednesday, Portugal seems almost certain to become the third EU country to accept an EU-financed bailout. Following the collapse of its government Wednesday and its parliament’s refusal to accept a budget, Portugal seems almost certain to become the third …

Written by Eli Lehrer on Friday March 25, 2011