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China: Military Action Won't Solve Libyan Crisis

The Associated Press reports : Military action alone won't resolve the Libyan crisis, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Monday in a warning to nations conducting the NATO-led air campaign in Libya. Following talks in London with British Prime Minister David Cameron, the Chinese leader said …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 27, 2011

Bachmann Launches Campaign

The Associated Press reports : Republican Michele Bachmann is casting herself as the "bold choice" in the 2012 presidential race. The outspoken congresswoman and tea party favorite formally launched her bid Monday in her Iowa birthplace, after first making her intentions clear at a debate …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 27, 2011

Syria Lets Opposition Meet

The New York Times reports : Scores of opposition figures met publicly for the first time in Damascus on Monday in a government-sanctioned gathering that underlined both the changes a three-month uprising has wrought in Syria and the challenges ahead in breaking a brutal cycle of protests …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 27, 2011

TSA Stands By Pat-down Of Elderly Woman

CNN reports : The Transportation Security Administration stood by its security officers Sunday after a Florida woman complained that her cancer-stricken, 95-year-old mother was patted down and forced to remove her adult diaper while going through security. Reports of the incident took hold …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 27, 2011

Choosing Our Energy Priorities

We want three things from our energy policy but we can achieve (at most) two at the same time: Energy that is cheap, energy that is secure, and energy that is clean. Human Eve nts offers a "Top 10" list of reasons to think that President Obama favors expensive energy. Here's number eight: …

Written by David Frum on Monday June 27, 2011

Fukushima Radiation 'Poses No Health Threat'

CNN reports: Japanese researchers have found radiation in all 15 people tested last month from the area near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Cesium was found in the participants, ranging from 4 to 77 years old, through two rounds of testing conducted by Nanao Kamada …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 27, 2011

Weiss: Syria's Web Crackdown

Michael Weiss writes in The Daily Telegraph : One of the ways Bashar al-Assad has tried to clamp down on the Syrian revolution is by restricting people’s access to the Internet. Since March 15, when the first protests in Syria began, anti-regime activists have uploaded thousands of …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 27, 2011

Florida: GOP Showdown Looms

USA Today reports: The opening Iowa caucuses are emerging as a contest to be the standard-bearer for the party's social conservatives, a battle that draws Michele Bachmann, Tim Pawlenty, Rick Santorum and Herman Cain. The first primary, in New Hampshire, is shaping up as a fight to represent …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 27, 2011

Khmer Rouge Leaders On Trial

The Associated Press reports: The top four surviving members of the brutal Khmer Rouge went on trial Monday before a tribunal aimed at finding justice for the estimated 1.7 million people who died in Cambodia's "killing fields" of the 1970s. With the aging leaders all in their late 70s or …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 27, 2011

Obama's Election Game Plan

Newsweek reports: It was a rare confessional moment for Barack Obama. At a Miami fundraiser in mid-June, the president acknowledged that it’s “not as cool” as it was in 2008 to support him. It isn’t just a matter of fewer hip posters and viral videos. It’s a matter of votes. Rekindlin…

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 27, 2011

Debt Talks 'Likely To Miss Deadline'

The Hill reports: President Obama will now take a leading role in negotiations to raise the debt limit, a test of his leadership that will have profound economic effects. It appears negotiators will miss the July 1 deadline they set for themselves to reach an agreement after House …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 27, 2011

Greek MPs Begin Austerity Debate

The Associated Press reports: Greek lawmakers begin debating new austerity plans Monday that must pass this week if the debt-ridden country is to receive the critical next installment of loans from its international bailout plan and avoid default. The deeply unpopular spending cuts and …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 27, 2011

Dornan: Newt's Relentless Nemesis

The Daily Beast reports: I have a voicemail Newt Gingrich doesn’t want to hear. The Tiffany's affair, the Newt for President exodus—those were nothing compared to this. “Bryan, Bob Dornan…” the voicemail begins. “I’d like to talk to you folks about Newt Gingrich. What a piece of work. …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 27, 2011

Gay Marriage Emerging As '12 Wedge Issue

The Wall Street Journal reports: New York's decision to permit same-sex marriages sets the stage for battles in half a dozen other states and could propel gay rights as a political wedge issue in the 2012 elections. The new battle lines were already being drawn as states such as …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 27, 2011

Bachmann: God "Called Me To Run"

CBS reports: Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., says that she prayed to God about whether or not to run for political office and that those prayers provided her with a "sense from God" of "assurance about the direction" she was taking. In a Sunday morning appearance on CBS' "Face the Nation," …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 27, 2011

GOP Suggests Defense Cuts

The Washington Post reports: As President Obama prepares to meet Monday with Senate leaders to try to restart talks about the swollen national debt, some Republicans see a potential path to compromise: significant cuts in military spending. Senior GOP lawmakers and leadership aides …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 27, 2011

Soros: Euro Could Cause Collapse

The Daily Beast reports : In light of the economic crisis in Greece, billionaire investor George Soros has predicted that the EuroZone is in danger of losing a country and urged policymakers to develop a "Plan B.” Soros, who famously made $1 billion in 1992 when he bet against the British …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday June 26, 2011

2012 Contenders Shun Hill Support

POLITICO reports : Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley is a Republican powerhouse in his home state, so you’d think GOP presidential candidates would be knocking down his door for an endorsement ahead of the caucuses in the Hawkeye State. Not so much this year. “It’s happening a lot less,” …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday June 26, 2011

Israel Will Punish Reporters On Gaza Flotilla

The Christian Science Monitor reports : Hundreds of activists are preparing to set sail for Gaza from Greece this week in an effort to break the Israeli embargo on the Palestinian territory despite Israel 's warnings that it will not allow the fleet to reach Gaza and will punish journalis…

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday June 26, 2011

U.S. Spends $20B On War-Zone Air Conditioning

National Public Radio reports : The amount the U.S. military spends annually on air conditioning in Iraq and Afghanistan: $20.2 billion. That's more than NASA's budget. It's more than BP has paid so far for damage during the Gulf oil spill. It's what the G-8 has pledged to help …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday June 26, 2011