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Assange Plans Sit Down with British Cops

Assange Plans Sit Down with Cops NBC reports: British police were negotiating to meet with Julian Assange on Monday as the renegade WikiLeaks founder came under more international pressure for leaking secret U.S. government diplomatic cables. Mark Stephens, attorney for Julian …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday December 6, 2010

Bush Approval Rating Tops Obama

Bush Approval Rating Tops Obama Politico reports: George W. Bush’s job approval rating as president has spiked to 47 percent, according to a Gallup poll released Monday . That’s 1 point higher than President Barack Obama’s job approval rating in a poll taken the same week. …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday December 6, 2010

Swiss Freeze Wikileaks Bank Account

Wikileaks' Bank Account Frozen The AP reports: Swiss authorities stripped WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange of a key fundraising tool Monday — his new bank account — and the secret-spilling web site fended off more suspected computer attacks as it maneuvered to stay online. …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday December 6, 2010

Too Fat to Fight

With one in four Americans too overweight to enlist, our military is facing a new national security threat. More soldiers are discharged from military service because of obesity than because of the much debated "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy. As my latest column for CNN points out, with one in …

Written by David Frum on Monday December 6, 2010

House Dems Angry Over Tax Talks

House Dems Angry Over Tax Talks Howard Fineman at The Huffington Post reports: While the public focus of the Great Tax Battle remains riveted on the U.S. Senate, top Democratic insiders are privately worried about the real lame-duck end game: a last-minute, potentially deal-breakin…

Written by FrumForum News on Monday December 6, 2010

Iran Returns to Nuke Talks

Iran Returns to Nuke Talks The Washington Post reports: Iran and major world powers began meeting Monday for their first talks in 14 months, amid low expectations and public posturing by both sides on Iran's nuclear ambitions. Iran said Sunday that it would begin to use …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday December 6, 2010

Poll: Afghans Want Talks with Taliban

Poll: Afghans Want Talks with Taliban The Washington Post reports: Afghans are more pessimistic about the direction of their country, less confident in the ability of the United States and its allies to provide security and more willing to negotiate with the Taliban than they …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday December 6, 2010

Tea Partiers to Palin: Run for RNC Chair

Tea Party to Palin: Run for RNC Chair Politico reports: The Tea Party Nation founder Judson Phillips has sent a letter to former Alaska GOP Gov. Sarah Palin asking her to run for chairman of the Republican National Committee. "In order for the Tea Party/Conservative movement …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday December 6, 2010

Ginni Thomas: Hill Call a 'Mistake'

Ginni Thomas: Hill Call a 'Mistake' Alex Pappas at The Daily Caller reports: Ginni Thomas, a conservative activist married to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, says she is not abandoning the Tea Party-affiliated organization she founded. In an exclusive …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday December 6, 2010

Priebus to Run for RNC Chair

Priebus to Run for RNC Chair Reid Wilson at Hotline on Call reports: A former top ally of Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele will run against him for chairman this year. Wisconsin Republican Party chairman Reince Priebus announced his candidacy for national …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday December 6, 2010

Rangel Faces New Ethics Probe

Rangel Faces New Ethics Probe The Hill reports: Censured Rep. Charles Rangel is not in the clear yet when it comes to his ethics problems: he faces a Federal Election Commission (FEC) probe into alleged misuse of campaign funds for his legal defense. The FEC, according to the …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday December 6, 2010

Petraeus: 'Not Sure' Afghans Can Take Over by 2014

Petraeus: 'Not Sure' Afghans Can Take Over by 2014 ABC News reports: In my exclusive interview with General David Petraeus he was encouraged by the progress made since President Obama's surge of forces into Afghanistan, but is he confident that the Afghan army can take the lead …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday December 6, 2010

Assange Threatens to Release Unfiltered Docs

Assange Threatens to Release All Unfiltered Docs The Globe and Mail reports: At the centre of a tightening web of death threats, sex-crime accusations and high-level demands for a treason trial, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange threatened to unleash a “thermonuclear device” of …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday December 6, 2010

Lugar: Senate Close to Vote on START

Lugar: Senate Close to START Treaty Vote The Hill reports: Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Ind.) on Sunday said he is optimistic that the START arms control treaty between the U.S. and Russia has "pretty strong bipartisan support" in the Senate and that a lame-duck vote this month will be …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday December 6, 2010

FF's RNC Chair Whip Count

Updated: Reince Priebus has decided to jump into the RNC chairman's contest. Click here for F F 's whip count and track all of the endorsements in the race. The Republican National Committee has a unique role to play in the GOP, a role that is particularly important during presidential …

Written by Tim Mak on Monday December 6, 2010

The Dems' Tax Cut Flip-Flop

Saturday, the Senate nixed plans to extend the Bush tax cuts. But lost in the partisan fight is the fact that the cuts were once backed by many senior Dems. This weekend, the Senate blocked proposals which would have extended the Bush era-tax cut. But lost in the partisan fight is the fact that …

Written by Hank Adler on Monday December 6, 2010

Tax Cut Deal Might Be at Hand

Tax Cut Deal Might Be at Hand The New York Times reports : WASHINGTON — White House officials and Congressional Republicans said Sunday they were closing in on a deal to temporarily continue the Bush-era tax cuts at all income levels, while bitterly frustrated Democratic …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday December 6, 2010

Wikileaks Lists "Vital" US Security Sites

Wikileaks Lists "Vital" US Sites BBC reports : A long list of key facilities around the world that the US describes as vital to its national security has been released by Wikileaks. The US State Department in February 2009 asked all US missions abroad to list all installatio…

Written by FrumForum News on Monday December 6, 2010

Iran Claims it Can Produce Uranium Powder

Iran Claims it Can Produce Uranium Powder The LA Times reports : The head of Iran's atomic energy organization said on television Sunday that Iran had achieved the ability to produce its own yellow cake, uranium powder that is a step in the process for creating nuclear fuel. …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday December 6, 2010

Cables Shows Chinese Obsession with Google

Wiki Cables: China Obsessed with Google The New York Times reports : As China ratcheted up the pressure on Google to censor its Internet searches last year, the American Embassy sent a secret cable to Washington detailing one reason top Chinese leaders had become so …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday December 6, 2010