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NATO Drone Helicopter Lost

The BBC reports: Nato has lost an unmanned helicopter drone involved in the Libyan campaign, a Nato spokesman has said. Wing Cmdr Mike Bracken said Nato's command centre in Naples had lost contact with the aircraft at 0720 GMT. The helicopter was carrying out reconnaissance over Libya …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday June 21, 2011

Japan Plans Nuke Oversight Reform

The New York Times reports: Responding to criticism that lax oversight played a role in the Fukushima nuclear accident, Japan’s government could give its nuclear regulatory agency more independence as early as next year, the country’s minister of trade and industry said. The minister, …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday June 21, 2011

Biden Deficit Talks To Resume

Politico reports: Vice President Biden will resume deficit negotiations with Republicans on Tuesday, but he doesn’t have all day to talk. The White House says that the next round of negotiations, on Capitol Hill, will start at 1 p.m. Biden then has to fly to Chicago for a Democratic …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday June 21, 2011

Greek PM Faces Confidence Vote

The Wall Street Journal reports: Prime Minister George Papandreou faces a crucial vote of confidence in parliament late Tuesday as the government tries to shore up support for its economic reforms amid growing popular discontent over a fresh wave of austerity measures. The vote, which is …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday June 21, 2011

Lowry: Conservatism Loses Its Compassion

Rich Lowry The Republican noncandidate flavor of the week is Texas governor Rick Perry. If you squint just right, you could mistake him at a podium for his predecessor, George W. Bush. Except for his message. There might be no more powerful symbol of the death of compassionate conservatism in …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday June 21, 2011

Iraq Suicide Bombers Kill 27

The New York Times reports: Suicide bombers detonated two car bombs on Tuesday outside the governor’s compound in a southern Iraqi city, killing 27 people, many of them police officers, and wounding dozens of others, according to local officials. It was not immediateley clear …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday June 21, 2011

Obama, Turkish PM Discuss Syria

T urkish Weekly reports : Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and U.S. President Barack Obama talked on the phone on Monday and exchanged views on recent situation in Syria and Libya as well as peace process in the Middle East, Prime Ministry Press Center said Erdogan and Obama …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday June 21, 2011

Avlon: Huntsman, The Dark Horse

John Avlon writes at The Daily Beast: It’s so crazy, it just might work. Jon Huntsman is set to officially announce his run for the presidency today in sight of the Statue of Liberty, where the Gipper kicked off his fall campaign in 1980. The Reagan homage is intended to remind …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday June 21, 2011

Obama To Discuss Afghan Pullout

The New York Times reports : President Obama plans to announce his decision on the scale and pace of troop withdrawals from Afghanistan in a speech on Wednesday evening, an administration official said Monday. As he closes in on a decision, another official said, Mr. Obama is considerin…

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday June 21, 2011

Can Huntsman Strike Gold With Young Voters?

Jon Huntsman has an easier time connecting with the values of young voters like myself: he strikes a much more moderate tone when it comes to social issues. Tomorrow I’ll be getting on a bus in D.C. and heading to Liberty State Park to observe Jon Huntsman’s announcement of his Presidential …

Written by Robert Lee on Tuesday June 21, 2011

House Dem: End Military NASCAR Sponsorships

The Hill reports : Rep. Betty McCollum (D-Minn.) is readying her next move in a months-long effort to slash Pentagon spending for NASCAR and other sports sponsorships. McCollum questions whether the U.S. military should be spending hundreds of millions of dollars on sponsorship deals …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 20, 2011

Obama No-Show Miffs Hispanics

POLITICO reports : Leaders of a national Hispanic organization are criticizing President Barack Obama for skipping their annual conference for the third consecutive year after he promised as a candidate in 2008 that he would return as president. Some members of the National Associatio…

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 20, 2011

Latin American Drug Traffickers Using Submarines

The Huffington Post reports : Latin American cocaine traffickers may be using submarines to move the Europe-bound drugs across the Atlantic Ocean, a top official said Monday during a conference aimed at stemming the flow of the drugs through Africa. Alexandre Schmidt, the head of …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 20, 2011

House GOP Considers New Limits on Libya

POLITICO reports : House Republican leaders are considering new legislation that would limit President Barack Obama’s military options in Libya, with a vote possible before the July 4th holiday. GOP leaders will review their options at a Tuesday meeting with the intention of presentin…

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 20, 2011

Weak Spots Discovered in HIV

The Wall Street Journal reports : Scientists using a powerful mathematical tool previously applied to the stock market have identified an Achilles heel in HIV that could be a prime target for AIDS vaccines or drugs. The research adds weight to a provocative hypothesis—that an HIV …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 20, 2011

Report Warns of Mass Marine Extinction

The Huffington Post reports : If the current actions contributing to a multifaceted degradation of the world's oceans aren't curbed, a mass extinction unlike anything human history has ever seen is coming, an expert panel of scientists warns in an alarming new report . The preliminary …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 20, 2011

Russian Plane Crash Kills 40

The Huffington Post reports : Russian news agencies are reporting 40 people have been killed in a passenger jet crash in northwestern Russia. RIA Novosti and Interfax say the plane crash landed on a highway en route to the city of Petrozavodsk from Moscow, according to Emergencies …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 20, 2011

Huntsman: Big GOP Man On Campus

College students searching for a Republican presidential candidate who speaks to their generation's hopes and concerns need look no further than Jon Huntsman. Today I described “College Republicanism” for Students For Liberty. Which Republican Party policies do college students (as a segment …

Written by Stephen Richer on Monday June 20, 2011

Yale's Anti-Semitism U-Turn

Yale University today announced a new anti-semitism program just weeks after scrapping another initiative, a move which drew widespread criticism. Just weeks after deciding to close the Yale Institute for the Interdisciplinary Study of Anti-Semitism, Yale University announced today that it …

Written by Fred Messner on Monday June 20, 2011

Who Will Support Fatherless Children?

We've recently celebrated Father's Day, but more and more Americans are growing up in households where a father is missing. We've recently celebrated Father's Day, but more and more Americans are growing up in households where a father is missing. In my CNN column , I discuss the negative …

Written by David Frum on Monday June 20, 2011