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Bachmann Will Form Exploratory Committee

CNN reports : Washington (CNN) – CNN has exclusively learned that Rep. Michele Bachmann will form a presidential exploratory committee. The Minnesota Republican plans to file papers for the committee in early June, with an announcement likely around that same time. But a source close to …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday March 24, 2011

Reuters Not Sure Bus Bomb Was 'Terrorist Attack'

Jeffrey Goldberg at The Atlantic writes: This is from a Reuters story on the Jerusalem bombing earlier today: Police said it was a "terrorist attack" -- Israel's term for a Palestinian strike. It was the first time Jerusalem had been hit by such a bomb since 2004. Those Israelis …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday March 24, 2011

Palin: I'm Done 'Whining' About Liberal Media

The Hill reports: Sarah Palin insists she's done complaining about the liberal media. Speaking to Greta Van Susteren on Fox News Wednesday night, the former Alaska governor shrugged off what she contends is a double standard in the way conservative women are treated. "I'm through …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday March 24, 2011

IDF Hits Gaza After Rocket Attack

The Jerusalem Post reports: IDF tanks shot into Gaza on Thursday, injuring one man, according to Palestinian sources, following four Kassam rockets launched from Gaza into Israel. The strike came after the IAF struck four targets in Gaza Strip in the early morning, after Palestini…

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday March 24, 2011

Bomb Sits in Fed Office for Weeks

NBC News reports: A package found by a security guard at a federal office building in Detroit sat three weeks before someone thought to screen it and found it was a bomb, an official who represents unionized guards said on Wednesday. A private contract guard, since suspended, …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday March 24, 2011

Tokyo: Tap Water Safe to Drink

CNN reports: New tests Thursday showed that radioactive iodine in Tokyo's tap water has dropped to levels considered safe for babies -- just hours after authorities announced plans to distribute bottled water to tens of thousands of parents around the Japanese metropolis. Tests from 6 …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday March 24, 2011

Qaddafi Retreats from Rebel Town

The Guardian reports: Nearly 12 hours of allied air strikes have broken the Libyan regime's five-day bloody assault on the key rebel-held town of Misrata. Residents said the aerial bombardment destroyed tanks and artillery and sent many of Muammar Gaddafi's forces fleeing from Misrata, …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday March 24, 2011

Fed Guidelines Won't End Prison Rape

The level of sexual abuse behind prison bars is a national scandal. Unfortunately, the federal guidelines proposed to deal with the problem don't go far enough. Almost eight years after Congress unanimously approved the first-ever federal law to crack down on prison rape and nine months after the …

Written by Eli Lehrer on Thursday March 24, 2011

Soldier Gets 24 Years For Murder of Afghans

The Washington Post reports: JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. — A U.S. soldier who pleaded guilty Wednesday to the murders of three Afghan civilians was sentenced to 24 years in prison after saying “the plan was to kill people” in a conspiracy with four fellow soldiers. Military judge Lt. …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday March 24, 2011

New Rule Limits Protection For Terror Suspects

The Wall Street Journal reports: New rules allow investigators to hold domestic-terror suspects longer than others without giving them a Miranda warning, significantly expanding exceptions to the instructions that have governed the handling of criminal suspects for more than four decades. …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday March 24, 2011

Air Controller Goes AWOL At Reagan Natl

The Wall Street Journal reports: Federal air-safety officials are looking into why the lone air-traffic controller on duty at Washington's Reagan National Airport early Wednesday repeatedly failed to respond to pilots of two approaching aircraft, forcing both jetliners to land without …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday March 24, 2011

Egypt's Facebook Revolutionaries Fractured

The Washington Post reports: A 30-minute walk from Tahrir Square, in a dark, dilapidated room lighted by a single, bare bulb, members of the April 6 movement are meeting to decide the group’s future. What began as a subdued discussion has become a bitter debate. “Who are we?” one …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday March 24, 2011

Libya Siege Brings Humanitarian Crisis

The Washington Post reports: Aid organizations scrambled Wednesday to prepare for large-scale relief operations in Libya, as fears grew of a potential humanitarian crisis in a key city besieged by government forces. International military forces on Wednesday stepped up attacks on …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday March 24, 2011

Palin: Stay Out Of "Zoning Issue"

Politico reports: Hours after a terror attack in Jerusalem, Sarah Palin on Wednesday night hammered President Obama for not standing strongly enough behind Israel, conceding too much to the Palestinians, and interfering in a local “zoning issue” – settlement building on the West Bank. “I …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday March 24, 2011

Japan Crisis Revives Yucca Mountain Debate

The New York Times reports: WASHINGTON — The threat of the release of highly radioactive spent fuel at a Japanese nuclear plant has revived a debate in the United States about how to manage such waste and has led to new recriminations over a derailed plan for a national repository in Nevada. …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday March 24, 2011

How the US Seized $30 Billion of Qaddafi's Money

The Washington Post reports: The Treasury Department team had been working nonstop on a plan to freeze Libyan assets in U.S. banks, hoping they might snare $100 million or more and prevent Moammar Gaddafi from tapping it as he unleashed deadly attacks against protesters who wanted him gone. …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday March 24, 2011

Gates Reassures Egypt on Libya

The Washington Post reports: CAIRO — The United States and its allies are straining to maintain Arab support for the war in Libya as pledges of military participation by outside Arab countries have not materialized and popular opinion in the region begins to shift. On Wednesday, …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday March 24, 2011

Bachmann Rips "Robed Masters"

Politico reports: DES MOINES – Ripping judges as “black-robed masters, ” Michele Bachmann praised conservative Iowans on Wednesday for sacking three members of the state Supreme after they legalized gay marriage. Bachmann, speaking to a group of home school advocates, credited …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday March 24, 2011

New G.I. Bill Chops Student Vet Benefits

Congress’ new G.I. bill seems more concerned with budget balancing than with actually helping our veterans. On August 1st, an update to the G.I. Bill will come into effect. Its most important provision though will do more to satisfy Congress’ sudden concern for budgetary restraint than actually …

Written by Armin Rosen on Thursday March 24, 2011

Waldman: Time for Obama to Explain Libya Policy

Michael Waldman writes at Bloomberg.com: Barack Obama has opened the first new military action of his presidency in Libya. He may believe U.S. missiles speak for themselves. They don’t. He has a duty to explain to his country and to the world why he did what he did. In so doing, he must …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday March 23, 2011