Paul Ryan to endorse in GOP primaries, help replace ???timid??? congressmen with ???bold conservatives??? with ???bold conservatives??? (Daily Caller)

Republican House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan says he?s on a mission to help elect ?more conservatives in Congress to save the country? and plans to endorse in congressional races where there are ?clear cut cases between reformers and career people.?

?We?re going to try to get behind people who are coming here to save the country and fight for limited government and economic freedom,? Ryan said in an interview with The Daily Caller about his political action committee, Prosperity PAC.

In a memo obtained by TheDC, the Wisconsin congressman plans to ask supporters to donate to his Prosperity PAC to help elect members of Congress ?who aren?t afraid to make the tough, but necessary, decisions to secure our fiscal future, and, when necessary.?

?We need to replace timid Members of Congress with bold conservatives who know what needs to be done,? Paul writes in the memo.

Ryan, whose PAC is also used to defend his ?Plan to Prosperity? budget plan, also said his donations will be used to ?fight Democrats? lies and demagoguery with the facts.?

?Our long-term fiscal problem is clear: Medicare and Medicaid spending is driving the U.S. further into debt and toward the most predictable economic collapse in our nation?s history,? Ryan says in the memo. ?Unless action is taken now, these critical safety nets will no longer exist for those who need them most.?

The House budget chairman wouldn?t say how much money he hopes to raise for his Prosperity PAC.

?I don?t have that figure,? he told TheDC. ?I don?t have a set budget or anything like that. The idea is just to get activists educated, motivated and to help send more men and women to Congress who are coming for a cause and not a career,? he said.

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Afghanistan says needs billions long after troops go (Reuters)

KABUL (Reuters) ? Afghanistan's international backers must not cut funding to Kabul to the degree that it forces the government to choose between spending less on security or development, the finance minister said on Saturday.

A World Bank study released last month said Afghanistan was likely to need around $7 billion a year from the international community to help pay its security and other bills long after foreign troops leave at the end of 2014.

"The World Bank's study makes a case for continued assistance," Finance Minister Omar Zakhilwal said, speaking from the German city of Bonn. "We have done our own analysis and our conclusion with regard to the fiscal gap is not too different from the World Bank's."

Asking Kabul to cut spending on security forces would risk allowing the Taliban-led insurgents to make a comeback, while if services such as health and education were reduced instead, that could indirectly bolster support for the insurgency.

"What they are saying is, these are not options that the Afghan government should be pushed into, we have to know the consequences of pushing the government into these choices," Zakhilwal told Reuters.

Without foreign help, Afghanistan would not be able to pay for its army and police after 2014, currently estimated as a 352,000-man force after the pullout.

"Post-2014, the current level of the security forces is not sustainable for Afghanistan because of the cost," he said. "In the longer term, (the size of) our security force will come down."

With an economic crisis gripping Europe, smaller budgets in the United States, and electorates weary of a decade-long war, Western politicians want to spend much less on Afghanistan, without letting the country descend into civil war.

Aid, which in 2011 was nearly $16 billion, will decline along with troop numbers as the West scales down its presence in Afghanistan. But the United States and its allies face a serious financial burden for many years after the official end of combat operations.

Without detailing levels of foreign assistance required, or the finance ministry's own budget projections, the minister said Afghanistan expected to bring in more revenue from mining projects, trade and transit, and more efficient collection of taxes.

On Monday, Bonn will host a major international conference about the future of Afghanistan.

"What we want to get out of this (conference) is strong, believable political statements from our partners (of) long-term support for development and security," Zakhilwal said.

"I do expect strong, believable statements of support."

Despite the presence of tens of thousands of Western forces in Afghanistan, the United Nations and other groups say violence is at its worst since U.S.-led Afghan forces toppled the Taliban from power in late 2001.

NATO-led forces say they have seen a decline over recent months in attacks launched by insurgents against their troops.

(Editing by Nick Macfie)

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Feds to Rick Scott: Florida's youth prisons' dangerous conditions are likely widespread

Florida?s youth-corrections system is so poorly administered that children are assaulted by officers, denied necessary medical care and punished harshly for minor infractions, a federal report released Friday concludes.

Conditions are so severe, the U.S. Department of Justice said, that they violate the Constitution.

The Justice Department?s Civil Rights Division released a scathing 28-page report Friday on conditions at two North Florida youth prisons, the Dozier School for Boys and the Jackson Juvenile Offender Center. Though the two camps were both shut down by state juvenile-justice administrators earlier this year, the report said the state?s ?failed system of oversight and accountability? likely has resulted in dangerous conditions at youth prisons throughout the state.

?These conditions return youth to the community no better ? and likely less-equipped to succeed than when they were first incarcerated,? Assistant Attorney General Thomas E. Perez wrote in a Dec.?1 letter to Gov. Rick Scott, adding that such practices ?erode public confidence in the juvenile justice system and interfere with the state?s efforts to reduce crime.? Miami Herald story by Carol Marbin Miller here.

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David Beckham Visits Abused, Abandoned Kids In Manila (AP Exclusive)

MANILA, Philippines -- Away from fans' prying eyes, David Beckham took time out from soccer to share his experiences and listen to Filipino children struggling to rebuild their broken lives.

"It's so important to have a dream," Beckham told the former street children Friday at a UNICEF-supported shelter in a suburb of Manila, the Philippine capital where he and his teammates from the Los Angeles Galaxy are playing an exhibition against the country's national team this weekend.

On the sidelines of the Galaxy's Manila trip, Beckham, who is also a UNICEF goodwill ambassador, visited the shelter for children who have been rescued from the streets. They shared tales of domestic abuse and crime ? some fell victim to drugs or were abandoned by their parents.

Wearing a black UNICEF T-shirt, the 36-year-old former England captain listened intently in a private conversation with a group of five children and told them how he started playing when he was 7 years old and eventually achieving his dream of playing for Manchester United.

UNICEF asked that the names of the children and the shelter not be disclosed to protect their privacy.

Conan, a 17-year-old who was abandoned by his parents when he was 7, told Beckham that he dreams of joining the Philippine team and later becoming a coach.

He played in the Street Children's Football World Cup last year in South Africa, where the Philippines beat South Africa 2-1.

The younger children were awe-struck while listening to one of the world's best known athletes.

One 12-year-old girl named Shaina said she wants to be a nurse to help the sick. She often held Beckham's hand as she and the other children guided him around the facility, unfazed by the tattoos that adorn his arms.

Beckham told the UNICEF staff it was incredible that the children had gone through "so much in such a short space of time in their young lives" and learned responsibility and respect.

He said he was lucky to have had the support of both his parents and it was "so sad to see so many children that don't have that support, don't have that love."

He later listened to JM, a former drug user who turned 18 on Friday, sing a rap song in the Filipino language on how drugs ruin lives. After a staff translated the song for Beckham, he gave him a double thumbs up, saying, "You're good!"

The shelter that houses 136 kids has a small soccer field surrounded by separate cottages for boys and girls, a school, a basketball court and a training facility where children learn to sew clothes and cut hair.

Beckham posed with the children for a picture wearing a blue graduation gown and cap made at the sewing room, where he also tried his hand at making a pillow case.

"What struck me the most about coming into the center was it was a real happy place, a real inspiring place," he told The Associated Press. "They are teaching kids unbelievable values. Every child I spoke to today ? they all have dreams, they all have inspirations."

A father of four children, Beckham said it was "heartbreaking to think majority of these children haven't got parents, or haven't got parents to care for them and love them."

Beckham said that because of work, it's been difficult for him "to do some of the things I would like to do ? going out into the field like I obviously have today."

"I think it is important to raise awareness to many issues around the world, many worries around the world," he said. "In my position, thankfully, I can create that kind of interest and awareness to things that are happening around the world."

A highlight of his visit was a brief practice followed by a short game in which he joined one half of the shelter's team.

The star sweated under the midday sun as he helped their shoeless goalkeeper. His side lost 1-0.

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Panel deadlocks on coordination among candidates (AP)

WASHINGTON ? The Federal Election Commission has failed to reach agreement about whether a Republican-leaning group can coordinate with members of Congress when producing campaign ads.

The commission deadlocked along party lines Thursday after a lengthy and heated debate over how much coordination between elected officials and super political action committees would be against the rules.

American Crossroads is the Republican super PAC that sought an opinion from the FEC, following allegations two months ago that Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska unlawfully coordinated with his party on an issue ad. In essence, Crossroads asked whether Nelson could legally produce such an ad and whether it could do the same.

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Wall Street flat after powerful rally (Reuters)

NEW YORK (Reuters) ? Stocks were little changed in choppy trade on Thursday after manufacturing data came in stronger than forecast, but gains were capped as investors took a breather from the previous session's powerful rally.

The pace of growth in the U.S. manufacturing sector picked up in November at its strongest level since June, and new orders rose, according to an industry report. For details, see

"It was certainly a decent outcome. You're not falling off a cliff, but you're not gaining much momentum either," said Tom Porcelli, chief U.S. economist at RBC Capital Markets in New York.

"It's better than the alternative that most people were talking about, even just a few weeks ago when there was talk of a recession, and things were falling off a cliff."

The Dow Jones industrial average (.DJI) was down 5.71 points, or 0.05 percent, at 12,039.97. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index (.SPX) was up 1.50 points, or 0.12 percent, at 1,248.46. The Nasdaq Composite Index (.IXIC) was up 10.54 points, or 0.40 percent, at 2,630.88.

Wall Street soared more than 4 percent on Wednesday after major central banks jointly agreed to make cheaper dollar loans for struggling European banks to prevent the euro zone debt crisis from worsening.

In company news, Yahoo Inc (YHOO.O) was up 2.7 percent at $16.14 after Reuters reported Blackstone Group LP (BX.N) and Bain Capital along with Asian partners were preparing a bid for the Internet company.

Lululemon Athletica Inc (LLL.TO) (LULU.O) dropped 10.8 percent to $44.33 after the yoga wear retailer's quarterly sales missed expectations.

Earlier, data showed U.S. weekly jobless claims rose unexpectedly last week, reinforcing the view the battered labor market was healing slowly.

China's factory sector shrank in November in the face of weakening demand both at home and abroad. The data may feed worries the global economy was sputtering.

(Reporting by Angela Moon; editing by Jeffrey Benkoe)

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Video: Obama and GOP square off over payroll taxes

>>> on the democratic side, president obama heads to the battleground state of pennsylvania today, us what senior adviser david plouffe ran the president's 2008 campaign. mr. plouffe, good to see you, good morning.

>> thanks for having me, matt.

>> lisa myers just talked about the situation involving herman cain so i want to get you on the record about this. you don't work for him but you know a lot about politics and campaigning. do you see any scienary yoi under which herman cain can return to prominence on the gop side of things right now?

>> well, matt, as you mentioned i have been involved in presidential campaigns but not republican primaries so i'm certainly not an expert there. i'm sure herman cain 's asking advice from a lot of people. i'm certainly not one of them. what's clear is this is a very unsettled republican primary and voting is going to begin in iowa and new hampshire. what the president is focused on is delivering tax cuts for the middle class and trying to help this economy.

>> let's get you back to your comfort zone and talk about what the president is doing today, headed to scranton , pennsylvania , to push for an extension of the payroll tax cut. the republicans have already said this is dead on arrival , in part because they don't like the fact that it's paid for on the backs of the wealthy. now, you know the track record here is not good. republicans have succeeded in blocking these things in the past, so why is the president wasting his time on an effort that's probably not going to work?

>> well, we think it is going to work. remember, there was a payroll tax cut equal to about $1,000 for every middle class family in america that we passed with republican support at the end of 2010 . there are some republicans who supported this. many of them have voted for it in the past. the request he is now, with the clock ticking, are we going to raise taxes and that's what would happen. if we don't extend this working tax, every american would see their taxes go up. in this economy we can't afford it. the way this is going to get paid for, the vote that will happen in the senate this week, a tax cut for 160 million americans paid for by asking a little over 300,000 millionaires to pay a little bit more.

>> the president goes to scranton today to make this case. i want to talk about scranton as a location. according to "the new york times" unemployment in that city is about 9.7%, the highest in the state. the food bank there served a record number of meals on thanksgiving, even the democratic mayor of scranton , christopher dougherty hoped for more federal help under this democratic administration, and it hasn't come. his words, "four years ago it was about hope. now it's about his record," referring to the president. how does the president look the people of scranton , pennsylvania , for example, in the eye and say, "i know we talked about hope and change. it hasn't really worked out. i need more time."

>> well, obviously i would take issue about that. change is ending the iraq war , having economic and tax policy centered over the middle class , change is delivering health reform . we've delivered on a lot of commitments the president made to the american people . the economy is obviously far too week. the president's the first person to acknowledge that and that's why he's fighting so hard to deliver the people of scranton , americans all across the country, tax relief. we have to reduce our deficit, make sure we're smartly investing in things like education, research and technology but right now, we have to do some things to jump-start the economy. that's what the president's focused on, cutting taxes for workers, for small businesses, putting construction workers back to work in scranton . those are the things washington needs to be doing to help people in scranton and all across america.

>> david plouffe , thank you for your time this morning. i appreciate it.

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