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Obama Offered To Raise Medicare Age In Debt Deal

The Huffington Post reports : In his press conference on Monday morning, President Barack Obama repeatedly insisted that he was willing to tackle some sacred cows as part of a larger package to raise the debt ceiling. Just how sacred, however, may surprise political observers. …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday July 11, 2011

Don't Mourn the End of Murdoch's Tabloid

Rupert Murdoch’s decision to shut down the News of the World is more of a blessing than a tragedy. The general reaction to media tycoon Rupert Murdoch’s decision to shut down the 168-year-old British weekly, News of the World , is that it’s something of a journalistic tragedy. In my …

Written by Peter Worthington on Monday July 11, 2011

12 Killed in Blast at Cyprus Navy Base

Reuters reports : The head of the Cypriot navy, a navy base commander and six firefighters were among 12 people killed early on Monday by a blast at a munitions dump which knocked out the island's biggest power station, police said. The firefighters were called to the Evangelos Florakis …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday July 11, 2011

Boehner: House Won't Back Deal With Tax Hike

The Associated Press reports : Speaker John Boehner says he agrees with President Barack Obama that the nation's borrowing limit must be raised to avoid a government default but insists that House Republicans won't back any deal with tax increases. Talking to reporters shortly before a …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday July 11, 2011

DSK's French Accuser Heard By Paris Police

The Associated Press reports : French police investigators have taken a statement from a French writer who contends former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn tried to rape her. Tristane Banon brought a criminal complaint last week, and the Paris prosecutor's office has …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday July 11, 2011

Pro-Immigrant Group Calls For Cain To Leave Race

The Huffington Post reports : Somos Republicans, a national pro-immigration organization, wants former Godfather's Pizza CEO Herman Cain to abandon his campaign for the GOP presidential nomination in the next election cycle. Controversial remarks Cain recently made on the issue of …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday July 11, 2011

Cantor Hopeful On Debt Deal

Reuters reports : House of Representatives Republican leader Eric Cantor said on Monday he was hopeful that both sides could come together on a bipartisan deal to reduce the U.S. debt but said he still opposed any increase in taxes in 2013. Cantor, who was speaking to reporters before a …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday July 11, 2011

York: Ryan Accuser Won't Talk

Byron York writes : Susan Feinberg, an associate professor of management and global business at Rutgers University, caused a stir in the left-wing blogosphere over the weekend with her account of witnessing House Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan drinking a glass of $350-a-bottle wine at an …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday July 11, 2011

Panetta Seems To Tie Iraq Invasion To War On Al-Qaeda

The Washington Post reports : Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Monday appeared to justify the U.S. invasion of Iraq as part of the war against al-Qaeda, an argument controversially made by the Bush administration but refuted by President Obama and many Democrats. Panetta made his …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday July 11, 2011

Obama Calls On GOP To Compromise In News Conference

The Associated Press reports : President Barack Obama declared on Monday there would be no deal on raising the government's debt limit if Republicans won't compromise, and he said he would not sign a short-term extension — raising the stakes on volatile negotiations with the clock ticking …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday July 11, 2011

Club for Growth Slams Lugar, Hatch on Debt Ceiling

The Hill reports : The Club for Growth is running television advertisements warning two veteran Republican senators facing primary threats, warning them to vote against any increase in the debt ceiling or face repercussions. The deep-pocketed fiscally conservative group also attacked Senators …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday July 11, 2011

Murdoch Paper Got Former PM's Medical Records

Politico reports : Rupert Murdoch will delay indefinitely his attempted $19 billion acquisition of satellite provider BSkyB as new revelations surfaced that the private medical records of then-Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s family were illegally obtained by other News Corp. outlets, …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday July 11, 2011

U.S. Tells Yemen Leader To Leave Office Soon

Politico reports : The Obama administration’s chief counter terrorism adviser told Yemen’s troubled president during a face-to-face meeting that he needs to “fulfill expeditiously” his promise to resign. John Brennan met with Ali Abdullah Saleh in Saudi Arabia, where he is recovering …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday July 11, 2011

Panetta to Iraq: Make a Decision

Politico reports : Defense Secretary Leon Panetta let his frustration about Iraqi officials’ indecision on whether to request that U.S. troops stay in the country past the end of the year show while talking to troops in Baghdad on Monday, saying, “Damn it, make a decision.” Panetta’s …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday July 11, 2011

House GOP Balking At Defense Cuts

Politico reports : After months of tough talk, House Republicans ran away from defense cuts last week –and that spells more trouble now for deficit reduction talks at the White House, already beset by differences over taxes. In three days of floor debate, even modest reductions at the …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday July 11, 2011

DeMint Plans Presidential Forum

CNN reports : South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint, embracing his role as kingmaker in the Republican race for the White House, has organized a presidential forum scheduled to take place in Columbia on September 5. The Labor Day event, called The Palmetto Freedom Forum, will be more of a …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday July 11, 2011

Suicide Bomber Kills 7 in Pakistan

The Associated Press reports : A suicide bomber blew himself up as he was being searched at a political rally in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, killing seven people, including a 9-month-old girl, officials said. The rally was organized by Ameer Muqam, a senior member of the Pakistan …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday July 11, 2011

Boehner Shows Leadership in Debt Negotiations

Boehner’s acknowledgement that a smaller debt deal makes sense seems to allow a path to avoid default and lets the GOP make the best of the politically disastrous decision to play with the debt limit. Let’s have some genuine applause for John Boehner’s leadership: his acknowledgement that a …

Written by Eli Lehrer on Monday July 11, 2011

Military Leaders From U.S. and China Meet

The New York Times reports : The leaders of China ’s and America’s militaries sought on Monday to cast aside decades of hostility between the two establishments, pledging at a joint news conference here to pursue what they separately called a “great opportunity” to create a “shared …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday July 11, 2011

U.S. Embassy in Syria Is Attacked

The Associated Press reports : Syrian government supporters smashed windows at the U.S. Embassy in Damascus on Monday, raised a Syrian flag and scrawled graffiti calling the American ambassador a "dog" in anger over the envoy's visit last week to an opposition stronghold, witnesses said. …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday July 11, 2011