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The First DHS Bottom-up Review
www.csis.org-August 31, 2010
In February, at the direction of Congress, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued its first Quadrennial Homeland Security Review (QHSR), which outlined high-level, national strategic priorities for the country’s “homeland security enterprise.”
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State's Guard troops headed to border duty will have focused mission
www.latimes.com-August 19, 2010
The 224 California National Guard members are to act as "a visible deterrent … and additional eyes and ears" in the San Diego area, says a spokeswoman. They are part of Obama's effort to bolster security on the border with Mexico.
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Oil spill shows difficulty the Coast Guard faces as it balances traditional tasks with post-9/11 missions
www.washingtonpost.com-August 13, 2010
The U.S. Coast Guard in recent years has fought international terrorism, defended Iraqi pipelines and patrolled for pirates in the Arabian Sea.
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Senate passes $600 million bill to beef up security along U.S.-Mexican border
www.washingtonpost.com-August 13, 2010
In a special session Thursday, the Senate passed a $600 million bill to put more agents and equipment along the Mexican border.
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Cooperative Mexican-U.S. Antinarcotics Efforts
www.csis.org-August 12, 2010
Because of high U.S. narcotics consumption and Mexico’s role as the main transit country for cocaine from Colombia, the dominant narcotics activity in the Western Hemisphere takes place between the United States and Mexico. Competition among the large Mexican drug-trafficking organizations to maximize their sales in the United States has led to terrible violence in Mexico, and that country’s “war” against those organizations has amplified that violence. Mexico was a small player in the movement of cocaine to the United States before the 1980s, when the main route was from Colombia through the Caribbean to Florida.
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Senate passes $600M border bill
www.politico.com-August 12, 2010
The Senate briefly suspended its month-long summer recess to give final approval to a $600 million border security bill Thursday, fulfilling President Barack Obama’s request for reinforcements on the Southwest border — and allowing both parties to claim they’ve made progress in addressing border security, ahead of the midterm elections.
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Texas Gov. Asks For More Troops
www.politico.com-August 09, 2010
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bill White may be avoiding President Obama during his Monday visit to the Lone Star State, but Republican Gov. Rick Perry was there to personally ask him to deploy additional National Guard troops to the Texas border.
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Border Deployment Will Take Weeks
www.nytimes.com-August 02, 2010
No boots were seen tromping in the desert sand on Sunday. No commanders were heard barking out orders to their troops. The National Guard, which officials had announced would turn out en masse along the United States-Mexico border over the weekend for sentry duty, was nowhere to be found.
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Immigration Policy Aims To Help Military Families
www.nytimes.com-August 01, 2010
The Obama administration, responding to requests from Democratic and Republican lawmakers, has taken steps to make it easier for illegal immigrants who are spouses and family members of Americans serving in the military to gain legal status.
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In the fight over Arizona's immigration law, everybody loses
www.washingtonpost.com-August 01, 2010
Arizona's immigration law was never going to solve the problem of illegal immigration. That is not its purpose. Instead it is an invitation to a shootout in which there will be no winners. It is more of a provocation than an attempt to enact policy, and as a protest against Washington's failure to fix a broken immigration system, it resonates.
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Edwin Kneedler a 'savvy' choice to argue suit against Ariz. immigration law
www.washingtonpost.com-July 31, 2010
Several years ago, Justice Department lawyer Edwin S. Kneedler argued his 100th case before the U.S. Supreme Court, a benchmark shared by fewer than 10 attorneys in U.S. history.
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Immigration Ruling Correct, But 'Civil War' Remains
www.cfr.org-July 29, 2010
The U.S. federal court ruling blocking implementation of most of Arizona's controversial new immigration law means the country is now back precisely where it has long been: looking to Washington for a durable solution.
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Arizona appeals ruling that blocked key parts of immigration law
www.washingtonpost.com-July 29, 2010
The governor of Arizona asked an appeals court on Thursday to lift a federal judge's order blocking key portions of the state's new immigration law, as opponents of the law flooded into Phoenix for protests that led to at least 50 arrests.
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Arizona immigration law SB 1070 - Judge blocks some sections
www.washingtonpost.com-July 29, 2010
A federal judge on Wednesday blocked the most contested provisions of Arizona's new immigration law one day before they were to take effect, ratcheting up the legal and political debate over the increasingly divisive issue.
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Court ruling unlikely to change politics of immigration
www.latimes.com-July 29, 2010
The equation spelling gridlock in Congress remains unchanged: The comprehensive overhaul promoted by Obama — and Bush — lacks any GOP support in the Senate, and therefore cannot pass.
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Arizona Will Appeal Ruling on Immigration Law, Governor Says
www.bloomberg.com-July 28, 2010
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer said she will appeal a judge’s ruling that struck key provisions of a state law that would have forced police to determine the immigration status of people stopped for questioning.
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Court Blocks Implementation Of Key Sections Of Arizona's Racial Profiling Law
www.aclu.org-July 28, 2010
Ensuring that Arizona law enforcement will not be required to demand "papers" from people they stop who they suspect are "unlawfully present" in the U.S., a federal court in Phoenix today blocked key provisions of Arizona's racial profiling law, scheduled to go into effect on July 29, pending a final court ruling on its constitutionality. The ruling came in a lawsuit filed by the Department of Justice challenging the Arizona law.
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Judge blocks controversial parts of Ariz. law
www.msnbc.com-July 28, 2010
A federal judge on Wednesday blocked the most controversial parts of Arizona's immigration law from taking effect, delivering a last-minute victory to opponents of the crackdown.
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Judge Blocks Key Parts of Immigration Law in Arizona
www.nytimes.com-July 28, 2010
A federal judge, ruling on a clash between the federal government and a state over immigration policy, has blocked the most controversial parts of Arizona’s immigration enforcement law from going into effect.
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L.A. union members, activists to caravan to Arizona to protest immigration law
www.latimes.com-July 28, 2010
More than 550 people representing 32 unions plan to travel in 11 buses for a rally at the state Capitol and a vigil with local groups on the day the law is set to take effect.
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Immigrant 'sanctuaries' rouse opponents' wrath
www.latimes.com-July 25, 2010
Critics of the Obama administration's decision to sue Arizona over its new law to control illegal immigration accuse the government of overlooking a more obvious target: the dozens of cities that called themselves a "sanctuary" for immigrants.
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Troops To Go To Mexican Border Aug. 1
www.nytimes.com-July 20, 2010
Hundreds of National Guard troops will begin deployment to the United States-Mexico border on Aug. 1, part of the Obama administration’s effort to increase security and stem the flow of weapons, cash and people into the United States, the administration announced Monday.
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Arizona Leaders: Deployment Of Troops Is Good Step But Not Enough
www.arizonarepublic.com-July 20, 2010
Too little, too late.
That was the consensus response of Arizona's political leaders Monday to an announcement by the Department of Homeland Security that National Guard troops will begin arriving on the Arizona border Aug. 1, along with more federal agents and technology.
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Attacking The Heart Of The Border Problem
www.arizonarepublic.com-July 20, 2010
Over the past year and a half, the Obama administration has pursued a new border-security strategy with an unprecedented sense of urgency, making historic investments in personnel, technology and infrastructure while combating the transnational criminal organizations that smuggle weapons, cash and people across the United States border.
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Evangelicals Are Joining Obama on Immigration Overhaul
www.nytimes.com-July 18, 2010
At a time when the prospects for immigration overhaul seem most dim, supporters have unleashed a secret weapon: a group of influential evangelical Christian leaders.
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Governors Voice Grave Concerns on Immigration
www.nytimes.com-July 11, 2010
In a private meeting with White House officials this weekend, Democratic governors voiced deep anxiety about the Obama administration’s suit against Arizona’s new immigration law, worrying that it could cost a vulnerable Democratic Party in the fall elections.
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Justice Dept. expected to sue Ariz. on immigration, citing 'preemption' grounds
www.washingtonpost.com-July 06, 2010
The Justice Department has decided to file suit against Arizona on the grounds that the state's new immigration law illegally intrudes on federal prerogatives, law enforcement sources said Monday.
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Northcom's New Leader Boosts Focus On Mexico
www.washingtontimes.com-July 06, 2010
The new commander of the U.S. military's homeland security forces is stepping up cooperation with Mexico in an effort to stem drug trafficking and related violence.
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Obama's Unclear Path to Immigration Reform
www.cfr.org-July 01, 2010
The Obama administration has two choices on the issue of comprehensive immigration reform. It can try to find a legislative path for pushing a bill through with little or no Republican support, as it did on healthcare and, to a lesser extent, on the pending financial reform legislation. Or it can try to change the terms of the debate in a way that makes bipartisan legislation more plausible--if not in an election year then at least early in 2011.
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Calling Immigration System ‘Broken,’ Obama Pushes Bill
www.nytimes.com-July 01, 2010
President Obama pressed Congress on Thursday to pass comprehensive immigration legislation to fix a “fundamentally broken” system by toughening enforcement of existing laws while creating a path to citizenship for many of the 11 million people in the United States illegally.
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Obama to call for comprehensive immigration bill at American University
www.washingtonpost.com-July 01, 2010
With immigration stories dominating headlines nearly every week, President Obama is delivering a speech Thursday morning that will frame the issue on his own terms -- calling for comprehensive legislation and the importance of keeping the border secure.
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Immigrants, Immigration, and the Reform Moment
www.brookings.edu-June 30, 2010
Immigration reform has been at an impasse since 2007, when Congress debated but failed to pass legislation. This week, President Obama met with immigration advocates, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, and he’s planning a major speech on the issue Thursday. Mounting pressure from a new state law in Arizona, including an anticipated legal challenge from the administration, has moved the issue up on the president’s agenda, despite a lack of support from Republicans and conservative Democrats in a mid-term election year.
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John Pistole becomes TSA administrator; unions to seek collective-bargaining
www.washingtonpost.com-June 26, 2010
After three tries, President Obama has an administrator for the Transportation Security Administration. John Pistole, former deputy director of the FBI, was confirmed by the Senate Friday, with a voice vote.
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ACLU And Civil Rights Groups Ask Court To Block Implementation Of Arizona's Racial Profiling Law During Legal Battle
www.aclu.org-June 05, 2010
The American Civil Liberties Union and a coalition of civil rights groups asked a federal court late Friday to block Arizona from implementing its controversial new law, known as SB 1070, pending a final court ruling on its constitutionality. The law requires police to demand "papers" from people they stop who they suspect are "unlawfully present" in the U.S. According to the coalition, the law would subject massive numbers of people – both citizens and non-citizens – to racial profiling, improper investigations and detention.
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Mexican pirates attack Texas fishermen on Falcon Lake, which straddles border
www.washingtonpost.com-May 30, 2010
Falcon Lake is famous for its monster bass and for the maniacal obsession of the fishermen who come from all over Texas -- and the world -- to stalk them. Now this remote reservoir that straddles the international boundary is known for something else: pirates.
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McCain Troop Plan Falls Short In Senate
www.washingtonpost.com-May 28, 2010
The Senate turned back an effort Thursday by Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) to put 6,000 more security troops on the U.S.-Mexico border, as Democrats instead suggested that President Obama's proposal for the temporary addition of a 1,200-person force was sufficient for now.
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Troops And The Border
www.nytimes.com-May 28, 2010
President Obama made a surprise decision on Tuesday to send 1,200 additional National Guard troops to the border with Mexico and seek more money to combat drug smuggling. It followed a testy meeting with Republican senators, many of whom have been pressing the administration to take drastic action to lock down the border.
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Immigration Overhaul Advocates Question Troops
www.nytimes.com-May 27, 2010
In deciding to deploy up to 1,200 National Guard troops to bolster security at the Mexican border, President Obama has stepped into one of the thorniest issues facing American presidents — illegal immigration — and has confounded allies who say he is squandering his chance to address it in a comprehensive way.
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Fixing Immigration, Again
www.washingtonpost.com-May 27, 2010
EVEN DRACONIAN measures like the one adopted in Arizona are not going to make 11 million immigrants already illegally here in this country magically disappear, let alone address this country's dysfunctional immigration system. Neither is President Obama's decision, announced this week, to deploy 1,200 National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border, a move that appears motivated at least as much by election-year political anxiety as by genuine security concerns. After all, illegal cross-border entries are down significantly in the past two years, and so is violent crime in border states, as the administration itself has noted.
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Arizona immigration law will boost crime in U.S. cities, police chiefs say
www.washingtonpost.com-May 26, 2010
Arizona's new crackdown on illegal immigration will increase crime in U.S. cities, not reduce it, by driving a wedge between police and immigrant communities, police chiefs from several of the state's and the nation's largest cities said Tuesday.
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President Obama to send more National Guard troops to U.S.-Mexico border
www.washingtonpost.com-May 26, 2010
President Obama will deploy 1,200 National Guard troops and request an extra $500 million to secure the Mexican border, his administration said Tuesday, a move dismissed by Republicans as insufficient to win their cooperation on an overhaul of the nation's immigration system.
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Obama's border plan looks similar to Bush's
www.houstonchronicle.com-May 26, 2010
President Barack Obama's plan to send as many as 1,200 National Guard troops to the US-Mexico border appears to be a scaled-down version of the border security approach championed by his predecessor.
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Obama to send up to 1,200 troops to border
www.msnbc.com-May 25, 2010
President Barack Obama will send 1,200 National Guard troops to boost security along the U.S.-Mexico border, officials said Tuesday, pre-empting Republican plans to try to force votes on such a deployment.
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Obama to send more National Guard troops to U.S.-Mexico border
www.washingtonpost.com-May 25, 2010
President Obama will deploy an additional 1,200 National Guard troops to the southern border and request $500 million in extra money for border security, according to an administration official. The decision comes as the White House is seeking Republican support for broad immigration reform this year.
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Obama to Send 1,200 Guard Troops to Mexico Border
www.nytimes.com-May 25, 2010
President Obama will send up to 1,200 National Guard troops to the Southwest border and increase spending on law enforcement, yielding to demands from both Republican and Democratic lawmakers there that border security be tightened, administration officials said.
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Senators Press For National Guard Troops On Border
http://news.yahoo.com-May 20, 2010
Homeland Security and Pentagon officials are at loggerheads over a plan to send National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border, even as President Barack Obama is pledging to bolster security there.
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Will Arizona’s Tough Immigration Law Fuel Hispanic Turnout for Democrats?
www.newsweek.com-May 20, 2010
For a Latino surge in November, Democrats would need to ratchet up their outreach and make a serious effort to pass immigration reform.
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Obama's Remarks with President Calderon of Mexico
www.realclearpolitics.com-May 19, 2010
President Obama and Mexican President Calderon remarks at the White House.
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The Realities Behind the Immigration Debate
www.cato.org-May 18, 2010
Arizona's new immigration policy, which requires aliens to carry immigration papers and directs the police to detain "suspected aliens," has re-ignited debates over how to reduce illegal immigration. Most of this debate involves wishful thinking: the claim that stricter border controls or Arizona-like measures can make a real difference. The reality is that only four policies can significantly reduce illegal immigration.
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State Department Spokesman Critical of Arizona Law Admits He Too Hasn’t Read It
www.breitbart.com-May 18, 2010
State Department Spokesman being interviewed and stated he hasn't read Arizona
immigration law.
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Text of Arizona Immigration Law
www.azleg.gov-May 18, 2010
The full text of Arizona controversial immigration reform measure.
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The Message from Calderón in the U.S.
www.cfr.org-May 18, 2010
On his state visit to Washington May 19-20, Mexican President Felipe Calderón will call attention to his country's new hard line against escalating drug-gang violence that has triggered cross-border concerns. But the issue of immigration could generate heat because of the new Arizona law on illegal immigrants and the controversy it has aroused within both Mexico and the United States, says CFR Fellow Shannon O'Neil.
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Visit of President Felipe Calderón of Mexico
www.csis.org-May 17, 2010
Felipe Calderón, president of Mexico, will travel to Washington, D.C., May 19–20 on a state visit. What is the purpose of the visit? How important is it?
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Napolitano Admits She Hasn't Read Arizona Law But Says She Wouldn't Sign It
www.realclearpolitics.com-May 17, 2010
Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano admits she hasn't read the Arizona immigration law, but passed judgment on it anyway. "That's not the kind of law I would have signed," she declared. "I believe it's a bad law enforcement law. I believe it mandates and requires local enforcement and puts them in a position many do not want to be placed in," Napolitano said. "When I was dealing with laws of that ilk, most of the law enforcement agencies in Arizona at that time were opposed to such legislation," she claimed.
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From Conflict to Pandemics
www.csis.org-May 13, 2010
The CSIS Global Health Policy Center formed a working group in the spring of 2009 to examine the nexus of security and global health, with a special focus on the missions and programs of the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD). Specifically, the group concentrated on:
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Few Legal Tools To Track Citizens
htttp://online.wsj.com-May 07, 2010
The attempted Times Square bombing has underscored the challenge of managing security threats from citizens with clean records, but U.S. authorities are limited in the tools they can employ to legally monitor travel and other behavior of Americans who haven't otherwise aroused suspicion.
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Times Square Bomb Arrest Raises U.S. Security Questions
www.time.com-May 05, 2010
The Times Square car bomb failed to detonate, but it could yet cause political reverberations around two questions: Should the government have known about the plot and its alleged perpetrator? And does using the rules of the criminal-justice system against a man accused of plotting a terrorism attack against America leave the country more vulnerable?
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U.S. tightens no-fly rules after suspect in failed Times Square attack succeeds in boarding plane
www.washingtonpost.com-May 05, 2010
The U.S. government on Wednesday began requiring airlines to check no-fly lists much more quickly as a way to screen out terror suspects, officials said, after revelations that the man suspected of trying to detonate a car bomb in Times Square was able to board an international flight even though his name was put on a watch list.
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Times Square suspect's movements raise questions about holes in antiterror system
www.washingtonpost.com-May 05, 2010
The Obama administration Tuesday praised law enforcement officials who responded to and dismantled a car bomb in New York City last weekend and arrested a suspect late Monday. But the fact remained that Faisal Shahzad was allegedly able to train with terrorists in Pakistan, return to the United States to assemble a car bomb in Connecticut and park it in Times Square without anyone in the nation's vast counterterrorism apparatus knowing anything about it.
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Lapses Allowed Suspect to Board Plane
www.nytimes.com-May 05, 2010
Why was Faisal Shahzad permitted to board a flight for Dubai some 24 hours after investigators of the Times Square terrorism case learned he might be connected to the attempted bombing?
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Call Them What They Are: Illegal Aliens
www.realclearpolitics.com-May 05, 2010
The push is on for providing amnesty to the estimated 12 to 20 million illegal aliens in this country. The supporters of this effort include President Barack Obama, former president George W. Bush, Senator John McCain, Majority Leader Harry Reid and New York Senator Chuck Schumer. Senator Schumer is now chairman of the immigration subcommittee previously chaired by the late Senator Ted Kennedy, a major amnesty proponent.
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Security slip let suspect on plane, near takeoff
http://apnews.myway.com-May 04, 2010
The no-fly list failed to keep the Times Square suspect off the plane.
Faisal Shahzad boarded a jetliner bound for the United Arab Emirates Monday night before federal authorities pulled him back. Although under surveillance since midafternoon, he had managed to elude investigators and head to the airport.
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FBI Surveillance of Times Square Suspect ‘Broke Down’
www.newsweek.com-May 04, 2010
Accused Times Square bombing suspect Faisal Shahzad spent more than three hours at New York's JFK airport unwatched by authorities while he waited to board a plane out of the country because FBI surveillance of him "broke down," says an administration official familiar with the matter. The FBI is not denying that the surveillance encountered problems.
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Obama's fatal flinch on immigration reform
www.washingtonpost.com-May 02, 2010
Air Force One was about seven miles over Appalachia this week when President Obama dropped a bomb on his party.
Senate Democrats had that very day circulated an immigration reform proposal, and the Associated Press, receiving a leaked copy, reported on the "draft legislation."
But as Obama returned to Washington from Illinois Wednesday night, he walked back to the press cabin on the presidential aircraft and, in an impromptu Q&A, essentially declared immigration reform dead. He said "there may not be an appetite" for it.
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L.A.'s May Day immigration rally is nation's largest
www.latimes.com-May 02, 2010
As many as 60,000 immigrants and their supporters join a peaceful but boisterous march through downtown to City Hall, waving flags and holding signs blasting the harsh new immigration law in Arizona.
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The Borders We Deserve
www.nytimes.com-May 02, 2010
Critics of Arizona’s new immigration law have not been shy about impugning the motives of its supporters. The measure, which requires police to check the immigration status of people they question or detain, has been denounced as a “Nazi” or “near-fascist” law, a “police state” intervention, an imitation of “apartheid,” a “Juan Crow” regime that only a bigot could possibly support.
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Ariz. gov signs bill revising new immigration law
www.washingtonpost.com-May 01, 2010
Gov. Jan Brewer on Friday signed a follow-on bill approved by Arizona legislators that make revisions to the state's sweeping law against illegal immigration - changes she says should quell concerns that the measure will lead to racial profiling
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Immigration enforcement is working. Now we need to look at what isn't.
www.washingtonpost.com-April 30, 2010
Forget the hyperventilated furor over the new Arizona immigration law and consider this overlooked fact: The number of illegal immigrants getting into the country has slowed to a relative trickle.
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Arizona Law Enforcement Split on Immigration Crackdown
www.time.com-April 30, 2010
Just moments before I was gently removed from the Arizona Association of Chiefs of Police meeting on Wednesday in Phoenix — it was, apparently, a closed meeting — the Hispanic, Harvard-educated U.S. marshal for Arizona stood up to brief the group, as had representatives from several federal agencies before him. "My name is David Gonzales, and I was born in Flagstaff," he said, smiling as he pretended to pull something out of his jacket pocket. "I've got my papers right here." The room broke out in laughter.
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Senate Democrats to push new immigration reform plan
www.cnn.com-April 30, 2010
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and other leading Democratic senators will formally unveil the outlines of legislation for comprehensive immigration reform late Thursday, CNN has learned.
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Senate Democrats: Tighten border security
www.msnbc.com-April 29, 2010
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and fellow Democrats on Thursday unveiled a "framework" for a sweeping overhaul of U.S. immigration laws.
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Obama: 'There may not be an appetite' to tackle immigration this year
www.washingtonpost.com-April 29, 2010
President Obama said late Wednesday that "there may not be an appetite" to overhaul the nation's immigration laws this year, even though he believes there is a pressing need to do so.
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Our view on border control: Arizona's ugly immigration law reflects price of inaction
www.usatoday.com-April 29, 2010
Rarely does ignoring a pressing problem — be it medical, financial or that ka-thunk in your car — make it go away. And so it is with illegal immigration.
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Obama: Congress Won't Talk Immigration Soon
www.time.com-April 29, 2010
President Barack Obama says there "may not be an appetite" in Congress to deal with immigration immediately after going through a tough legislative year.
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How Congress botched immigration reform
www.washingtonpost.com-April 29, 2010
Many in the media, including my Post colleagues Eugene Robinson, Richard Cohen and Michael Gerson have written powerful and appropriate columns decrying the action of the Arizona legislature and Gov. Jan Brewer in passing and signing a punitive law aimed at illegal immigrants.
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Stopping Arizona
www.nytimes.com-April 29, 2010
A fight is brewing over Arizona’s new law that turns all of the state’s Latinos, even legal immigrants and citizens, into criminal suspects. And this is not a local fight. The poison is spreading; there is talk in Texas of passing a version of the Arizona statute.
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To Control the Border,'First Reform Immigration Law
www.cato.org-April 29, 2010
The latest catch phrase in the immigration debate is that we must “get control of our borders” before we consider actually changing the current immigration law that has made enforcement so difficult in the first place.
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Immigration Issue Poses a Complex Test for 2 Parties
www.nytimes.com-April 28, 2010
Senator John McCain of Arizona took to the Senate floor the other day to embrace a tough new Arizona law giving the police the authority to detain people they suspect are illegal immigrants. Mr. McCain, long an outspoken champion of giving illegal immigrants a path to citizenship, is facing a primary challenge this summer from a conservative who backs tough immigration measures.
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Calls to boycott Arizona grow over new immigration law
www.latimes.com-April 28, 2010
Pressure continued to mount Tuesday against Arizona's tough new immigration law, with the Obama administration considering a legal challenge and political leaders calling for economic boycotts.
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Arizona Immigration Law
www.azleg.gov-April 28, 2010
The text of the language of Arizona's immigration law.
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GOP's Graham: No immigration bill until 2012
www.washingtontimes.com-April 27, 2010
Sen. Lindsey Graham, the sole Republican who was working on a bill to legalize illegal immigrants, in effect put the bill on the shelf on Tuesday, saying a debate now would destroy any prospects for passage and saying the issue needs to wait until 2012.
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Both sides in immigration debate blame congressional inaction for Arizona law
www.washingtonpost.com-April 27, 2010
On the grounds of the Capitol, in a state that only days earlier had adopted the nation's strictest anti-immigration law, the two sides of an angry debate are united on one thing: They blame Washington.
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Mexican officials condemn Arizona's tough new immigration law
www.washingtonpost.com-April 27, 2010
President Felipe Calderón on Monday vigorously condemned a tough new immigration law in Arizona that requires police to question anyone who appears to be in the country illegally -- a measure Calderón said "opens the door to intolerance and hatred."
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Arizona's new immigration law is an act of vengeance
www.washingtonpost.com-April 27, 2010
Arizona's draconian new immigration law is an abomination -- racist, arbitrary, oppressive, mean-spirited, unjust. About the only hopeful thing that can be said is that the legislation, which Republican Gov. Jan Brewer signed Friday, goes so outrageously far that it may well be unconstitutional.
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Breathing While Undocumented
www.nytimes.com-April 26, 2010
I’m glad I’ve already seen the Grand Canyon.
Because I’m not going back to Arizona as long as it remains a police state, which is what the appalling anti-immigrant bill that Gov. Jan Brewer signed into law last week has turned it into.
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Arizona Gears Up for a Protracted Immigration Fight
www.time.com-April 26, 2010
The protesters have largely dispersed from the lawn of the state capitol, and the camera crews are packing up and heading back East. But in Arizona, three days after Governor Jan Brewer signed the most aggressive anti–illegal immigration law in the country, the question remains: What comes next?
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Arizona's Alarm Bell for Immigration Reform
www.cfr.org-April 26, 2010
The only good thing about SB 1070, signed Saturday night by Republican Governor Jan Brewer, is that it may finally wake up the whole country to the consequences of the current approach to illegal immigration, in which ever tougher border enforcement is seen as the only solution to the problem.
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Courtesy of Arizona, immigration moves higher on Obama's agenda
www.washingtonpost.com-April 26, 2010
Has Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) suddenly revived a major item on President Obama's agenda and moved it to the top of his to-do list?
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Exclusive: Behind-the-Scenes with Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano
www.abc.com-April 26, 2010
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said in an exclusive interview she agreed with President Obama's assessment that Arizona's recent rigid immigration law is "misguided" and said that the time for immigration reform -- including fines and a form of biometric registration for illegal aliens as well as mandatory English -- has come.
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Illegal Immigrant Law Opponents Rally in Arizona
www.myfoxphoenix.com-April 26, 2010
Opponents who fear that Arizona's tough new immigration law will lead to police harassment of legal immigrants and U.S. citizens who look Hispanic rallied against the measure at the state Capitol Sunday afternoon.
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Sharpton vows to protest Arizona immigration bill
www.washingtonpost.com-April 25, 2010
The Rev. Al Sharpton says he's ready to travel to Arizona and march in the streets to protest the state's new immigration law.
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Arizona immigration law protesters urge action
www.reuters.com-April 25, 2010
Arizona's tough new immigration law has renewed calls for Washington to reform federal immigration laws, and protesters decried the state's action as a violation of civil rights at a rally on Sunday in the state's capital.
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Arizona governor signs immigration bill, reopening national debate
www.washingtonpost.com-April 24, 2010
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed into law Friday the most restrictive immigration bill in the country, setting the stage for a showdown with the Obama administration and reigniting a divisive national debate less than seven months before congressional midterm elections.
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Arizona Immigration Law Threatens Civil Rights And Public Safety, Says ACLU
www.aclu.org-April 23, 2010
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer today signed into law Arizona's discriminatory immigration enforcement bill which requires law enforcement to question individuals about their immigration status during everyday police encounters.
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Obama Slams Arizona’s Immigration Bill
www.nytimes.com-April 23, 2010
President Obama on Friday strongly criticized restrictive immigration legislation pending in Arizona, calling for a federal overhaul of the nation’s laws instead.
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U.S.’s Toughest Immigration Law Is Signed in Arizona
www.nytimes.com-April 23, 2010
Gov. Jan Brewer of Arizona signed the toughest illegal immigration law in the country on Friday, aimed at identifying, prosecuting and deporting illegal immigrants. The governor’s move unleashed immediate protests and reignited the divisive battle over immigration reform nationally.
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Ariz. governor signs immigration bill that Obama called 'misguided'
www.washingtonpost.com-April 23, 2010
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) signed an immigration bill Friday that had been criticized hours earlier by President Obama as "misguided."
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Arizona's Gov. Brewer Signs Controversial Immigration Bill
www.abc.com-April 23, 2010
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed a controversial immigration bill into law today which will give local law enforcement greater authority to ferret out and arrest illegal immigrants.
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Obama Vows Immigration Overhaul, Slams Arizona Law
www.bloomberg.com-April 23, 2010
President Barack Obama called anew for overhauling the nation’s immigration laws, saying a failure to do so will lead to “misguided” efforts such as legislation passed in Arizona.
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Obama warns of 'misguided' immigration efforts
www.reuters.com-April 23, 2010
President Barack Obama on Friday warned that without federal immigration reform the door would be open to "misguided efforts" such as a new Arizona law that has raised questions of civil rights.
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Obama's Remarks on Immigration
www.realclearpolitics.com-April 23, 2010
Text of the president's speech on immigration.
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Qatari Envoy Subdued After Smoke Is Detected On Jetliner
www.latimes.com-April 08, 2010
The diplomat apparently tried to sneak a cigarette, then made a sarcastic comment about lighting his shoes, sources say. Fighter jets escort the plane.
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Gang Formed In Texas Prison Tied To Contract Killings
www.washingtonpost.com-April 04, 2010
A cross-border drug gang born in the prison cells of Texas has evolved into a sophisticated paramilitary killing machine that U.S. and Mexican officials suspect is responsible for thousands of assassinations here, including the recent ambush and slaying of three people linked to the U.S. consulate.
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Millions of H1N1 vaccine doses may have to be discarded
www.washingtonpost.com-April 01, 2010
Despite months of dire warnings and millions in taxpayer dollars, less than half of the 229 million doses of H1N1 vaccine the government bought to fight the pandemic have been administered -- leaving an estimated 71.5 million doses that must be discarded if they are not used before they expire.
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Officers on Border Team Up to Quell Violence
www.nytimes.com-March 26, 2010
United States law enforcement authorities, seeking to avert a spillover of drug violence from Mexican border cities, are cautiously trying out new cross-border cooperation with the Mexican federal police, according to senior Homeland Security officials. The efforts will include coordinated operations and expanded intelligence sharing.
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U.S. and Mexico Revise Joint Antidrug Strategy
www.nytimes.com-March 24, 2010
Responding to a growing sense that Mexico’s military-led fight against drug traffickers is not gaining ground, the United States and Mexico set their counternarcotics strategy on a new course on Tuesday by refocusing their efforts on strengthening civilian law enforcement institutions and rebuilding communities crippled by poverty and crime.
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More Nonmilitary Aid Sought For Drug War
www.washingtonpost.com-March 24, 2010
Faced with soaring drug violence that Mexico's military has failed to stem, U.S. and Mexican officials said Tuesday that they will seek to bolster nonmilitary spending on police and courts and look for ways to help ravaged communities, but they offered few concrete proposals for fighting the powerful drug cartels.
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U. S., Mexican Officials To Meet Over Drug Violence
www.washingtonpost.com-March 23, 2010
A high-level delegation of U.S. officials, including three Cabinet secretaries, will meet with Mexican officials in Mexico City on Tuesday to discuss efforts to disrupt drug cartels as violence increasingly strikes Americans on the border.
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Mexico-U.S. Non-Discussion of Migration
www.csis.org-March 17, 2010
n a world of sovereign states, nations are free to determine which foreigners, and how many, they will allow to enter their country and how long they will be permitted to stay.
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Mexico: Countering Drug Violence
www.cfr.org-March 16, 2010
Three weeks ago, Reynosa, Mexico--just across the Rio Grande from McAllen, Texas--exploded in violence. The Zetas and the Gulf cartels, once allies, began what may become a fight to the death. The turf war over a lucrative passageway to the United States reportedly claimed over one hundred lives, though no official headcount is available, as observers bemoan the lack of official presence--the local government as well as the army.
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Upset by U.S. Security, Pakistanis Return as Heroes
www.nytimes.com-March 09, 2010
A tour of the United States arranged by the State Department to improve ties to Pakistani legislators ended in a public relations fiasco when the members of the group refused to submit to extra airport screening in Washington, and they are now being hailed as heroes on their return home.
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The Immigration Economy
www.cfr.org-March 08, 2010
In his State of the Union address, President Obama promised to tackle comprehensive immigration reform in 2010. The administration--which has been focused on issues including healthcare and financial reform--is considering reviving this initiative before congressional midterm elections. Many American workers and lawmakers are concerned about the impact of immigration on jobs. American businesses also question whether curbing immigration, a major source of low-wage labor, will undermine the U.S. economic recovery.
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Obama looking to give new life to immigration reform
www.latimes.com-March 04, 2010
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F.B.I., Laying Out Evidence, Closes Anthrax Letters Case
www.nytimes.com-February 20, 2010
More than eight years after anthrax-laced letters killed five people and terrorized the country, the F.B.I. on Friday closed its investigation, adding eerie new details to its case that the 2001 attacks were carried out by Bruce E. Ivins, an Army biodefense expert who killed himself in 2008.
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http://csis.org/publication/first-quadrennial-homeland-security-review
www.csis.org-February 04, 2010
The Quadrennial Homeland Security Review (QHSR) is a congressionally mandated assessment of the strategy and policies of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The report, released earlier this week, is the first in DHS’s short history. Subsequent QHSRs will follow every four years.
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U.S. still unprepared for major biological terrorist attack, report says
www.washingtonpost.com-January 26, 2010
More than eight years after the deadly 2001 anthrax attacks, the United States is still unprepared to respond to a major biological terror attack, a congressionally appointed commission said Tuesday in a report that gave the federal government mixed grades overall for protecting Americans from the threat of weapons of mass destruction.
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Debate grows in aftermath of quake: Should U.S. let more Haitians immigrate?
www.washingtonpost.com-January 25, 2010
From morning until night, Dieula Celestin's cellphone rings in Miami's Little Haiti. It is her younger brother, Roger Paul, calling from Port-au-Prince, where he and their 65-year-old mother live with no food, no job and no money in the street outside the remnants of their house.
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Still Waiting at the T.S.A.
www.nytimes.com-January 24, 2010
Wanted: a smart, honest, tough-minded administrator to head up the Transportation Security Administration — before the country faces another terrorist threat.
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U.S. learned intelligence on airline attack suspect while he was en route
www.latimes.com-January 07, 2010
U.S. border security officials learned of the alleged extremist links of the suspect in the Christmas Day jetliner bombing attempt as he was airborne from Amsterdam to Detroit and had decided to question him when he landed, officials disclosed Wednesday.
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What Does the Detroit Bomber Know?
http://online.wsj.com-January 07, 2010
There was much to celebrate in the providential combination of an incompetent terrorist and surpassingly brave passengers and crew who saved 288 people aboard Northwest Airlines flight 253 on Christmas Day. There is a lot less to applaud in the official reaction.
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Summary of the White House Review of the December 25, 2009 Attempted Terrorist Attack
wwwmsnbc.com-January 07, 2010
Summary of the White House Review of the December 25th Terrorist Attack.
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Obama orders changes after anti-terror lapses
www.msnbc.com-January 07, 2010
President Barack Obama suggested Thursday he would not fire anyone for the attempted Christmas airline attack, saying it appears the security lapses that led to the near-disaster were not the fault of a single individual or institution. "Ultimately the buck stops with me," said the commander in chief.
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Attempt to bomb airliner could have been prevented, Obama says
www.washingtonpost.com-January 06, 2010
President Obama said Tuesday that U.S. intelligence agencies could have prevented the attempt to bomb an airliner on Christmas Day, and used a grim and forceful White House statement to demand rapid improvements in efforts to protect Americans from attack
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Obama: Airline attack was preventable
www.msnbc.com-January 05, 2010
President Barack Obama said Tuesday that U.S. intelligence had enough advance information to prevent the attempted attack on a U.S. airliner on Christmas Day but failed to connect the dots.
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Obama: The System Has Failed In A "Disastrous Way"
www.realclearpolitics.com-January 05, 2010
President Barack Obama speaks after meeting with his national security team.
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Stepped-up screening targets fliers from 'terror-prone' lands
www.washingtonpost.com-January 04, 2010
All travelers flying to the United States from other countries will face increased random screening, and all passengers from more than a dozen terrorism-prone nations will be patted down and have their carry-on bags searched, under new rules the Obama administration said will take effect Monday morning.
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The New Counterterrorism Challenge
www.cfr.org-January 04, 2010
Among the recommendations called for by the commission that investigated the terrorist attacks of September 11 was an urgent need for unity of effort in U.S. counterterrorism strategy. Eight years later, the Obama administration is confronting concerns about its ability to coordinate counterterrorism policy after a Nigerian national boarded a plane in Amsterdam--explosives sewn into his underpants--and nearly took down an airliner as it descended into Detroit.
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Fight on Immigration Reform Looms for Obama in '10
www.time.com-January 04, 2010
Immigration will be tough issue for President Obama in 2010.
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More Effective Security, Not More Draconian Security
www.cfr.org-January 04, 2010
The failed Christmas bombing plot is proving to be the first real test of the Obama administration's approach to homeland security. Will it respond with intelligent and targeted measures that improve the country's ability to defeat plots by a ruthless and adaptable enemy? Or will it react, as the Bush administration so often did after 9/11, with knee-jerk initiatives that look tough because they visibly delay or inconvenience many travelers but do little to enhance security?
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Intelligence Is a Terrible Thing to Waste
http://online.wsj.com-January 03, 2010
Intelligence about terror threats rarely comes on such a silver platter: A Nigerian banker went to the U.S. Embassy in Lagos to warn that his son had fallen under "the influence of religious extremists based in Yemen" and was a security risk. This came after months of U.S. intelligence intercepts about al Qaeda plans for an attack using a Nigerian man. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab paid for his ticket with cash and didn't check any luggage.
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U.S. Reaction to Swine Flu: Apt and Lucky
www.nytimes.com-January 02, 2010
Although it is too early to write the obituary for swine flu, medical experts, already assessing how the first pandemic in 40 years has been handled, have found that while luck played a part, a series of rapid but conservative decisions by federal officials worked out better than many had dared hope.
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Former homeland security chief argues for whole-body imaging
www.washingtonpost.com-January 01, 2010
Since the uncomfortably close attempted attack on Northwest Flight 253 last week, many have focused on why the alleged terrorist, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, was not placed on a watch list that would have prevented him from flying, even though the government had received information that he was a potential extremist. We should focus on a more fundamental question: How can we keep explosive materials off planes?
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White House prepares for immigration overhaul battle
www.latimes.com-December 30, 2009
The Obama administration is rallying allies to push for a package with better border security and a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants now in the U.S. The effort is sure to be a tough sell.
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Dutch to Use Full-Body Scanners on Flights to U.S.
www.nytimes.com-December 30, 2009
The major international airport of the Netherlands will begin using full-body scanners on passengers flying to the United States to prevent a recurrence of the security breach that allowed a would-be bomber to smuggle explosives onto a flight to Detroit from Amsterdam on Christmas Day, the Dutch authorities said Wednesday.
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Obama vows to repair intelligence gaps behind Detroit airplane incident
www.washingtonpost.com-December 30, 2009
President Obama said Tuesday that a "mix of human and systemic failures" allowed a Nigerian student allegedly carrying explosives to board an airplane en route to Detroit on Christmas Day, and he vowed to quickly fix flaws that could have doomed a flight carrying nearly 300 passengers and crew members.
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Obama vows to repair intelligence gaps behind Detroit airplane incident
www.washingtonpost.com-December 30, 2009
President Obama said Tuesday that a "mix of human and systemic failures" allowed a Nigerian student allegedly carrying explosives to board an airplane en route to Detroit on Christmas Day, and he vowed to quickly fix flaws that could have doomed a flight carrying nearly 300 passengers and crew members.
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Obama vows to repair intelligence gaps behind Detroit airplane incident
www.washingtonpost.com-December 30, 2009
President Obama said Tuesday that a "mix of human and systemic failures" allowed a Nigerian student allegedly carrying explosives to board an airplane en route to Detroit on Christmas Day, and he vowed to quickly fix flaws that could have doomed a flight carrying nearly 300 passengers and crew members.
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U.S. Struggles Anew to Ensure Safety as Gaps Are Revealed
www.nytimes.com-December 29, 2009
Airline passengers are now increasingly being patted down, and carry-ons are being double-checked since a self-proclaimed terrorist tried to bring down a passenger jet headed to Detroit on Christmas Day. Canine teams are out in force, sniffing for explosives.
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Explosive Could Have Blown Hole In Plane
www.washingtonpost.com-December 29, 2009
A dangerous explosive allegedly concealed by Nigerian student Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab in his underwear could have blown a hole in the side of his Detroit-bound aircraft if it had been detonated, according to two federal sources briefed on the investigation.
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Obama Assures Nation In Wake Of Bombing Attempt
www.nytimes.com-December 29, 2009
President Obama emerged from Hawaiian seclusion on Monday to reassure the American public and quell gathering criticism as a branch of Al Qaeda claimed responsibility for the thwarted attack on an American passenger jet on Christmas Day.
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Obama: U.S. is fighting back
www.chicagotribune.com-December 29, 2009
President Barack Obama, acting just minutes after a Yemeni group affiliated with al-Qaida claimed responsibility for the airplane bombing attempt over Detroit on Christmas, declared Monday that the United States would continue to press its accelerated offensive against terrorist cells in Yemen and elsewhere.
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Obama calls jet incident a 'serious reminder'
www.latimes.com-December 29, 2009
President Obama said Monday that the U.S. would press ahead with its offensive against terrorist cells worldwide, just minutes after an Al Qaeda-affiliated group in Yemen claimed responsibility for the airplane bombing attempt over Detroit on Christmas Day.
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Air terrorism attempt reveals bigger 'system' failure
www.washingtonpost.com-December 29, 2009
Homeland Security chief Janet Napolitano's initial assessment of the Christmas Day airliner attack -- that "the system worked" -- doesn't quite match the absurdity of "Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job." But only because she quickly took it back
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Investigators Probe Bomb Suspect
http://online.wsj.com-December 28, 2009
Investigators in the U.S., Europe, Africa and the Middle East are racing to determine how the son of a Nigerian banker became the first person in eight years to try to set off an explosive aboard a U.S. commercial airliner.
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Security System Failed, Napolitano Acknowledges
www.nytimes.com-December 28, 2009
Backtracking from a widely criticized assertion over the weekend, the secretary of homeland security, Janet Napolitano, said in a televised interview on Monday that the thwarted bombing of a Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas represented a failure of the nation’s aviation security system, not a success.
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Officials Point to Suspect’s Claim of Qaeda Ties in Yemen
www.nytimes.com-December 27, 2009
Federal authorities on Saturday charged a 23-year-old Nigerian man with trying to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas Day, and officials said the suspect told them he had obtained explosive chemicals and a syringe that were sewn into his underwear from a bomb expert in Yemen associated with Al Qaeda.
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Family of airplane suspect had raised concerns about him
www.washingtonpost.com-December 27, 2009
He grew up amid extraordinary privilege, a wealthy Nigerian banker's son who attended top international schools and had traveled to the United States. But sometime some time this year, according to relatives' accounts, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab became an enemy of the West.
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Governments React After Terror Attempt on Airplane
www.nytimes.com-December 26, 2009
Transportation authorities began imposing tighter security measures at airports on Saturday as investigators conducted searches to learn more about the Nigerian engineering student accused of igniting an incendiary device aboard a Northwest Airlines jet as it landed in Detroit.
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Nigerian arrested in failed plane attack claims links to al-Qaeda
www.washingtonpost.com-December 26, 2009
A Nigerian man, claiming to be linked to al-Qaeda, allegedly tried to set off an incendiary device aboard a transatlantic airplane Friday as it descended toward Detroit's airport in what the White House called an attempted act of terrorism.
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Passengers Help Foil Attempted Terrorist Attack
www.time.com-December 26, 2009
An attempted terrorist attack on a Christmas Day flight began with a pop and a puff of smoke — sending passengers scrambling to subdue a Nigerian man who claimed to be acting on orders from al-Qaida to blow up the airliner, officials and travelers said.
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Mexico's drug cartels siphon liquid gold
www.washingtonpost.com-December 13, 2009
Drug traffickers employing high-tech drills, miles of rubber hose and a fleet of stolen tanker trucks have siphoned more than $1 billion worth of oil from Mexico's pipelines over the past two years, in a vast and audacious conspiracy that is bleeding the national treasury, according to U.S. and Mexican law enforcement officials and the state-run oil company.
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Obama's Biodefense Strategy is a l Lot Like Bush's
www.dangerroom.com-December 11, 2009
On Tuesday, Under Secretary of State Ellen Tauscher was in Geneva at the Biological Weapons Convention talks. Her primary purpose was to announce President Obama’s long-expected “National Security for Countering Biological Threats
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Homebound Security
www.csis.org-December 03, 2009
The establishment of security and the rule of law are indispensable for effective post-conflict reconstruction. A safe and secure environment provides the space for societies to begin the difficult task of rebuilding their economies and governing institutions.
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Trafficking in the Mesoamerican Corridor
www.csis.org-November 30, 2009
To facilitate discussion among the diverse law enforcement, advocacy and research sectors that play roles in surveillance, prevention, and control of trafficking involving Mexico, Central America, and the United States, the CSIS Americas Program convened a one-day meeting on September 24, 2009, at CSIS in Washington, D.C.
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Ruling On Katrina Flooding Favors Homeowners
www.nytimes.com-November 19, 2009
A federal judge found Wednesday evening that poor maintenance of a major navigation channel by the Army Corps of Engineers led to some of the worst flooding after Hurricane Katrina. The ruling was a major victory for homeowners who suffered damage in the aftermath of the storm.
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Media Conference Call: Trial of Accused 9/11 Terrorists (Audio)
www.cfr.org-November 18, 2009
The decision to try Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the accused mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks, in federal court in New York has elicited strong reactions from across the political spectrum.
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Terrorism Suspects To Get H1N1 Vaccine
www.washingtonpost.com-November 02, 2009
Terrorism suspects held at the Guantanamo Bay naval base will soon get swine flu vaccines, despite complaints that American civilians should have priority, a military spokesman said Sunday.
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H1N1: Slipping on a Slippery Disease
www.csis.org-October 29, 2009
The unusual clinical characteristics of the H1N1 virus and the uncertainties about H1N1 vaccine production have brought home powerfully the unpredictability—the “slippery” nature—of influenza virus and the vaccines designed to reduce its disease burden. They have also revealed the complexities and risks in making numerical projections, amid great uncertainty, and communicating them effectively to the American people.
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H1N1 a national emergency
www.washingtontimes.com-October 25, 2009
The White House has declared the 2009 H1N1 "swine flu" pandemic a national emergency, a designation that will make it easier for medical facilities to handle a surge of patients infected with the potentially deadly virus.
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H1N1 Running Rampant Amid Shortage of Vaccine
www.foxnews.com-October 21, 2009
H1N1 flu is running rampant throughout the U.S., and the country will have received only 25 percent of the vaccine that was expected by the end of October, Sen. Joe Lieberman told a Senate committee hearing Wednesday.
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U.S. Can’t Trace Foreign Visitors on Expired Visas
www.nytimes.com-October 12, 2009
Eight years after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and despite repeated mandates from Congress, the United States still has no reliable system for verifying that foreign visitors have left the country.
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Homecoming
www.newsweek.com-September 29, 2009
With a surge in the number of American residents joining Al Qaeda, its menace to Homeland Security is now more acute than at any time since September 11.
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Under fire, Napolitano halts projects for review
http://apnews.myway.com-September 16, 2009
Facing criticism for her handling of federal stimulus money, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Wednesday that she would not start any new border construction projects while the department reviewed how projects were selected.
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Constraints Loom for Swine Flu Vaccine
www.cfr.org-September 15, 2009
Worldwide, drug companies are scrambling to manufacture a vaccine for H1N1, also known as swine flu, which was declared a pandemic in June 2009. David Fedson, an expert in influenza vaccines and a former consultant to the World Health Organization, says the current distribution system is outmoded, and could slow or restrict the delivery of vaccines to some developing countries.
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Defense officials prepare for H1N1 flu
www.govexec.com-August 27, 2009
While the Health and Human Services Department works out plans for immunizing millions of Americans against the H1N1 flu virus, Defense officials are working on a parallel track to protect service members and mitigate the flu's effect on military operations.
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Swine Flu Could Infect Half of U.S.
www.washingtonpost.com-August 25, 2009
Swine flu could infect half the U.S. population this fall and winter, hospitalizing up to 1.8 million people and causing as many as 90,000 deaths -- more than double the number that occur in an average flu season, according to an estimate from a presidential panel released Monday.
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Swine Flu May Cause 90,000 U.S. Deaths, Report Says
www.bloomberg.com-August 24, 2009
Swine flu may infect half the U.S. population this year, hospitalize 1.8 million patients and lead to as many as 90,000 deaths, more than twice the number killed in a typical seasonal flu, White House advisers said.
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Plan for Guard troops on border stalls over money
http://news.yahoo.com-August 12, 2009
A government plan to use National Guard troops to help stem Mexican drug violence along the southern border is stymied by disagreements over who will pay for the soldiers and how they would be used.
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Swine Flu's Worst Case Scenario: Paranoia or Preparedness?
www.foxnews.com-August 10, 2009
Now a proposal awaiting Defense Secretary Robert Gates' approval would allow the military to set up regional teams to assist civilian authorities in dealing with the impact of the swine flu pandemic. And some observers see this level of government preparedness as little more than a pretext for tyranny.
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Obama, Mexican Leader Discuss Drug Cartels
www.washingtonpost.com-August 10, 2009
President Obama arrived Sunday in Mexico's second-largest city for a two-day summit to discuss that country's ongoing drug wars and whether its strategy to eliminate trafficking and the violence associated with it is working.
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Napolitano To Unveil New Antiterror Plans
http://online.wsj.com-July 29, 2009
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is expected to outline Wednesday the Obama administration's domestic approach to preventing terrorist attacks -- a strategy that will rely in large measure on refining and expanding initiatives launched under President George W. Bush.
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Military planning for possible H1N1 outbreak
http://edition.cnn.com-July 29, 2009
The U.S. military wants to establish regional teams of military personnel to assist civilian authorities in the event of a significant outbreak of the H1N1 virus this fall, according to Defense Department officials.
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'Significant Hurdles' Remain on Immigration Reform
www.cfr.org-July 08, 2009
The changing demographics of the United States, with fewer workers and more retirees, should compel Washington to make comprehensive immigration reform a top policy priority, says former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, a cochair of the Council of Foreign Relations Task Force on U.S. immigration policy.
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Broken Immigration System Risks Serious Damage to U.S. National Interests, Warns CFR Task Force
www.cfr.org-July 08, 2009
"The continued failure to devise and implement a sound and sustainable immigration policy threatens to weaken America’s economy, to jeopardize its diplomacy, and to imperil its national security," concludes a new Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) Independent Task Force co-chaired by former Florida governor Jeb Bush and former White House chief of staff Thomas "Mack" McLarty.
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Agencies Clash On Military's Border Role
www.washingtonpost.com-June 28, 2009
A proposal to send National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border to counter drug trafficking has triggered a bureaucratic standoff between the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security over the military's role in domestic affairs, according to officials in both departments.
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Al Qaeda Eyes Bio Attack Via Mexico Border
www.washingtontimes.com-June 03, 2009
U.S. counterterrorism officials have authenticated a video by an al Qaeda recruiter threatening to smuggle a biological weapon into the United States via tunnels under the Mexico border, the latest sign of the terrorist group's determination to stage another mass-casualty attack on the U.S. homeland.
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U.S. Accidentally Releases List of Nuclear Sites
www.nytimes.com-June 02, 2009
The federal government mistakenly made public a 266-page report, its pages marked “highly confidential,” that gives detailed information about hundreds of the nation’s civilian nuclear sites and programs, including maps showing the precise locations of stockpiles of fuel for nuclear weapons.
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Panel Unanimous For Probe Of 'Extremist' Report
www.washingtontimes.com-May 20, 2009
Democrats joined Republicans on a key House panel Tuesday in voting for a formal inquiry into the development and distribution of a contentious Homeland Security Department report that described military veterans as possible recruits for extremists.
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Napolitano focuses on
www.krqe.com-May 15, 2009
Secretary of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano has had a rough start in her new white house position. Her new gig puts her right in the middle of the Mexican cartel’s turf war.
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he Link Between the Health of Humans, Animals, and the Environment
www.foreignaffairs.com-May 08, 2009
The rapid emergence of the H1N1 strain of influenza in North America and its subsequent global spread have reminded the world that viruses and other microbes are often not limited to specific species and have little regard for international boundaries.
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The List: Five Disease Outbreaks That Are Worse Than Swine Flu
www.foreignpolicy.com -May 01, 2009
Swine flu has infected 1,500 people worldwide and killed around 30, almost all in Mexico. But it is far from the world's most serious disease outbreak. Here are five you probably won't see on the evening news.
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Critical Questions: Influenza Outbreak in Mexico
www.csis.org-April 29, 2009
An outbreak of influenza in Mexico that has killed 20 people, is suspected to have caused up to another 129 deaths, and is believed to have caused an additional 1,600 cases of severe respiratory illness across the country has raised concerns among the international health community that the virus could provoke a global influenza pandemic.
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Legion Leader Accepts Apology From Napolitano
www.washingtontimes.com-April 25, 2009
More apologies came from Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on Friday during and after a meeting with the commander of the American Legion about the disparaging language in a security assessment that suggested returning troops from Iraq or Afghanistan could be recruited for "right-wing" domestic terrorist attacks.
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Plan Would Deploy Guard Near Mexico
www.washingtonpost.com-April 25, 2009
The Pentagon and Homeland Security Department are developing contingency plans to send National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexican border under a $350 million initiative that would expand the U.S. military's role in the drug war, according to Obama administration officials.
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Homeland Security Replaces Veterans Report Agency Head
www.washingtontimes.com-April 24, 2009
The head of the Homeland Security agency responsible for a controversial report that suggested veterans were being recruited to commit terrorist acts in the U.S. is being replaced by a former FBI and CIA official.
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Smearing veterans
www.washingtontimes.com-April 17, 2009
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has defended her department's outrageous claim that veterans are joining hate groups and threatening public safety. The FBI tells a different story.
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Obama Prepares For Mexico Talks On Drug Trade One-Day Trip Meant to Show Solidarity
www.washingtonpost.com-April 15, 2009
President Obama will travel to Mexico on Thursday in a show of solidarity with his Mexican counterpart, Felipe Calderón, who has asked the new U.S. administration to do more against a thriving drug trade that threatens the integrity of his government and country.
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Senators take their concerns to the border
www.nytimes.com-March 31, 2009
The United States does not need to send troops to the border in response to Mexico's drug war, nor is Mexico in danger of becoming a failed state, law enforcement officials told a congressional panel Monday.
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Clinton Offers Mexico Help in Drug War
http://online.wsj.com-March 26, 2009
Mexican officials announced the capture of an alleged drug lord Wednesday as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived, carrying a conciliatory message: U.S. demand is a principal reason for spiraling drug-related violence in Mexico.
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Order to the U.S.-Mexico border
www.latimes.com-March 26, 2009
The Obama administration outlined several Southwest border initiatives Tuesday with two clear goals: to prevent the violence of Mexico's drug war from spilling over into the United States, and to help President Felipe Calderon crack down on the drug cartels threatening the stability of his country.
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U.S. Plans 1-2 Punch On Drug Cartels
www.chron.com-March 25, 2009
The Obama administration promised Tuesday to spend $700 million to eradicate Mexico’s drug cartels as it released details of a new offensive that would deploy hundreds of agents and intelligence operatives to fight narco-driven violence along the borders of Texas, Arizona and California.
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As Clinton Visits Mexico, Strains Show in Relations
www.nytimes.com-March 25, 2009
Mexico’s economy is being dragged down by the recession to the north. American addicts have turned Mexico into a drug superhighway, and its police and soldiers are under assault from American guns. Nafta promised 15 years ago that Mexican trucks would be allowed on American roads, but Congress said they were unsafe.
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U.S. eyes closer military ties with Mexico
www.miamihearld.com-March 21, 2009
As the Pentagon eyes a bigger role in Mexico's drug war, the military's efforts to open the door to a new relationship with its southern neighbor risks alienating the Mexican military, which has long had a strained relationship with its counterpart, experts said.
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U.S. Efforts Against Mexican Cartels Called Lacking
www.washingtonpost.com-March 18, 2009
U.S. efforts to help the Mexican government battle powerful organized crime networks are falling short, and a recent sharp spike in violence south of the border poses a growing threat to U.S. citizens, senators and independent experts told officials from three federal agencies yesterday on Capitol Hill.
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More feds headed to border to quell drug violence
http://news.yahoo.com-March 18, 2009
Seeking to stanch the flow of drugs, guns and violence saturating the Mexico-U.S. border, the Obama administration is preparing to send more federal agents as reinforcements.
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US preparing integrated plan on Mexico drug war
www.reuters.com-March 17, 2009
The U.S. government is working on an integrated plan to address Mexico's escalating war with drug traffickers and could complete work on the initiative as early as this week, a top U.S. military official said on Tuesday.
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U.S. Pledges to Stem Flow of Guns to Help Mexico
http:/online.wsj.com-March 17, 2009
President Barack Obama on Thursday told Mexican President Felipe Calderón that the U.S. would stem a flow of weapons across the border into Mexico. But while Washington has spent more than $30 billion since the early 1990s to keep illicit goods and illegal immigrants from entering the U.S., it has had virtually nothing in place to check -- let alone stop -- what is flowing out.
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Call for Border Troops Questioned
www.wsj.com-March 16, 2009
Some civic leaders along the Texas-Mexico border are beginning to speak out against a request by Texas Gov. Rick Perry for federal troops to protect American communities from the drug wars in Mexico.
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Clinton plans talks in Mexico
www.latimes.com-March 14, 2009
Reporting from Washington -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will visit Mexico in two weeks as part of an Obama administration effort to bolster its neighbor in its bloody war with organized crime cartels and quell mounting U.S. anxiety over cross-border violence.
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U.S. Still Evaluating Mexican-Border Issue
http://online.wsj.com-March 13, 2009
The Obama administration said it is reviewing state requests for deployment of National Guard troops on the U.S. border with Mexico, but that it doesn't have immediate plans to press the military into border patrols.
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Winnowing Down the Bio Threats
www.cqpolitics.com-March 12, 2009
Not long before he left office, President George W. Bush established a review board to study the way the government guards, studies and categorizes biological agents that could be used in a terrorist attack.
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Military Weapons Adapted for Port Defense
www.nationaldefensemagazine.org-March 11, 2009
Technologies that for decades have been tested and deployed by the U.S. military are now being tailored for use by the Department of Homeland Security to protect the nation’s ports. Among them are radar, unmanned patrol boats, underwater sensors and nonlethal crowd-control weapons.
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Study Blasts Container Scanning Process
www.nationaldefensemagazine.org-March 11, 2009
A new study adds fuel to an ongoing dispute between Congress and the Department of Homeland Security. The issue: screening U.S.-bound shipping containers.
The report, sponsored by the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, contends that DHS’ cargo scanning process is grossly ineffective.
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After Six Years, Still No Tamper-Proof Shipping Containers
www.natioanldefensemagazine.org-March 11, 2009
After a six-year search for a tamper-proof shipping container, no product has been fielded and one major vendor has dropped out of the race, citing a lack of progress by the Department of Homeland Security.
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No Silver Bullet for Thwarting Terrorists Aboard Small Boats
www.nationaldefensemagazine.org-March 11, 2009
The 9/11 attacks proved that terrorists can use virtually any vehicle to strike.
Small boats are no exception. And experts agree they will remain a weapon of choice in the maritime environment, given their low cost, ease of deployment and success record.
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Military may help Mexico fight drugs
www.washingtontimes.com-March 08, 2009
President Barack Obama was briefed Saturday by Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen about the drug wars in Mexico and wanted to know how the United States can help.
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Yes, We Did Plan for Mumbai-Style Attacks in the U.S.
http://online.wsj.com-March 07, 2009
Suppose al Qaeda branched out from crashing airliners into American cities. Using small arms, explosives, or biological, chemical or nuclear weapons they could seize control of apartment buildings, stadiums, ships, trains or buses. As in the November 2008 Mumbai attacks, texting and mobile email would make it easy to coordinate simultaneous assaults in a single city.
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100,000 foot soldiers in cartels
www.washingtontimes.com-March 03, 2009
The U.S. Defense Department thinks Mexico's two most deadly drug cartels together have fielded more than 100,000 foot soldiers - an army that rivals Mexico's armed forces and threatens to turn the country into a narco-state.
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A Stimulus Plan for Mexican Gangsters
hhtp://online.wsj.com-March 02, 2009
Just when you thought the effects of U.S. drug policy couldn't get more pernicious, guess what? That's where we're headed.
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Muslim Sent Home
www.washingtonpost.com-March 02, 2009
On Jan. 26, my office received a call from an immigration agent at Dulles International Airport, who said that my colleague Rashad Bukhari had been refused entry to the United States. He was not charged with anything, the agent said, and would be eligible for a future visa.
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Gates: Military can help Mexico in drug war
www.washingtontimes.com-March 02, 2009
The U.S. military is in a better position to provide Mexico's military with training, resources and intelligence as its southern neighbor battles deadly drug cartels, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said.
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Overhauling Homeland Security
www.cfr.org-March 02, 2009
President Barack Obama has been quick to distinguish his wartime policy from that of his predecessor. During his first month in office the new U.S. president ordered troop commitments refocused to Afghanistan; downplayed "war on terror" rhetoric (AP); and sought to reassure Muslims overseas that America's struggle is not against Islam or its adherents. But on the issue of domestic security, Obama's vision has emerged more slowly. Aside from vague vows to "defeat terrorism worldwide," "prevent nuclear terrorism," and "strengthen American biosecurity"--claims made on the campaign trail--the first days of the Obama administration have offered few specifics on a new homeland security strategy.
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The Drug Cartels’ Right to Bear Arms
www.nytimes.com-February 27, 2009
The hypocrisy grows all too gruesome: The Justice Department pronounced the Mexican drug cartels “a national security threat” this week, even as American gun dealers along the border were busily arming the cartels’ murderous gangs. Mexico complains that American dealers supplied most of the 20,000 weapons seized last year in drug wars in which 6,000 Mexicans died.
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The Quest for the Perfectly Secure Border
www.cfr.org-February 25, 2009
Andrew Speaker had at least this in common with a terrorist: he was determined not to be caught. Speaker, a U.S. citizen, had been warned by American health authorities in May of 2007 to stay at home in Atlanta after he contracted a highly-infectious, drug-resistant strain of tuberculosis.
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Global Terrorism: The FBI's Role
www.cfr.org-February 23, 2009
Let's start with just a very simple statement, which is simple but remarkably true: Robert Mueller is reshaping the FBI for the modern era. His leadership is transforming a venerable institution that was designed to meet the law enforcement and national security threats of another era into a 21st-century security service.
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New WMD Coordinator Has the Right Stuff, But Will He Have the Right Staff?
http://cns.miis.edu-February 13, 2009
President Barack Obama has reportedly selected Gary Samore, the veteran Senior Director for Nonproliferation during the Clinton Administration, to become the first U.S. Coordinator for the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism. The position was mandated by the 2007 Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act (Public Law 110-53), but the Bush Administration declined to establish it.
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Closure Of The Guantanamo Bay Prison Camp
www.cfr.org-February 06, 2009
I'm
Robert McMahon, deputy director of cfr.org. And we're here to discuss
the implications of President Obama's decision to close the Guantanamo
Bay prison camp, and are very fortunate to have two Council experts
with special insight on Guantanamo Bay and broader issues of detention,
interrogation and civil liberties in the -- in a context of
counterterrorism policies.
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Transnational Threats Update January 2009 - Vol. 7, No. 1
www.csis.org-January 30, 2009
In this issue: Hamas Declares
Victory After Gaza Assaultchr(32)Sri Lankan Army Captures LTTE
Strongholdschr(32)New Group Emerges in Lebanonchr(32)Suicide Bombing in
Iranchr(32)Al Qaeda Affiliate Tests Biological Weapons?chr(32)Smuggling
in Southeastern Iran Increases in 2008chr(32)United Wa State Army to
Clash with the Government?chr(32)Trouble in the Niger Delta
Regionchr(32)U.S. Reports Warn Mexico Veering toward
Collapsechr(32)Terrorists Online Launder Moneychr(32)World Banks
Launder Money for Iran
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Issues in International Political Economy - U.S. - Mexico Relations: Comments on the Eve of President Obama's Inauguration - January 2009, Number 109
www.csis.org-January 15, 2009
Some
5,300 people were killed in Mexico in 2008 stemming from the drug
trade. The violence that accompanies the shipment and sales of
narcotics from and through Mexico to the United States stems primarily
from U.S. antinarcotics policies. It would be useful if President Obama
states early in his administration that U.S. anti-narcotics activities
are not working as intended.
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Civil Liberties and Terrorism
www.cato.org-January 04, 2009
Free societies do not just happen. They must be deliberately created
and deliberately maintained. Freedom in America rests on a sophisticated
constitutional system of checks and balances. Unfortunately, since 9/11
freedom in America has been under assault by policymakers who repeatedly
assert that the ‘‘line between liberty and security’’ must be redrawn.
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Domestic Security
www,cato.org-January 02, 2009
In the wake of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the U.S.
government asserted responsibility for much of the nation’s domestic
security by creating the Department of Homeland Security. The national
government has important security responsibilities, of course, as epitomized
by the constitutional power to ‘‘provide for the common defense.’’
But a single central authority cannot effectively secure a country as large,
diverse, dynamic, and free as the United States.
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Fixing Border Security and Immigration: A Memo to President-elect Obama
www.heritage.org-December 16, 2008
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I will make it a top priority in my first year as President not only
because we have an obligation to secure our borders and get control of
what comes in and out of our country. And not only because we have to
crack down on employers who are abusing undocumented immigrants instead
of hiring citizens. But because we have to finally bring undocumented
immigrants out of the shadows. Yes, they broke the law. And they should
have to pay a fine, and learn English, and go to the back of the line.
--Barack Obama, speech before League of United Latin American Citizens, July 8, 2008[1]
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Securing Cyberspace for the 44th Presidency
www.csis.org-December 08, 2008
The
CSIS Commission on Cybersecurity for the 44th Presidency has released
its final report, "Securing Cyberspace for the 44th Presidency." The
Commission’s three major findings are:
Cybersecurity is now one of the major national security problems facing the United States; Decisions and actions must respect American values related to privacy and civil liberties; and Only
a comprehensive national security strategy that embraces both the
domestic and international aspects of cybersecurity will improve the
situation.
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Preserving Infrastructure: A 21st Century Challenge
www.carlisle.army.mil-December 01, 2008
The
United States marked the seventh anniversary of the 9/11 attacks and
the fifth anniversary of the creation of the Department of Homeland
Security (DHS), one of the most urgent tasks remained the continued
protection of the nation’s critical infrastructure. Since its principle function is to protect the nation, government has a vital role to play. But what kind of role should this entail?
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Homeland Security 3.0 Building a National Enterprise To Keep America Free, Safe, and Prosperous
www.csis.org-September 18, 2008
In
2004, a task force chaired by homeland security experts from the Center
for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and The Heritage
Foundation (and consisting of representatives from academia, research
centers, the private sector, and congressional staffs) presented its
conclusions in “DHS 2.0: Rethinking the Department of Homeland
Security.” Their report evaluated the capacity of the Department of
Homeland Security (DHS) to fulfill its mandate as set out in the
Homeland Security Act of 2002. Their evaluation was based on four
criteria: management, roles and missions, authorities, and resources.
It offered more than 40 major recommendations and made the case for a
significant reorganization of the DHS to improve this instrument’s
effectiveness and efficiency for preventing and responding to terrorist
threats. Many of these proposals in the report were subsequently
adopted by Congress and the Secretary of Homeland Security.
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Complex Systems Analysis-A Necessary Tool for Homeland Security
www.heritage.org-April 16, 2007
As President Barack Obama rightly noted in one of his first directives, his "highest priority is to keep the American people safe."[1] Addressing homeland security challenges effectively requires understanding them. Many of the threats the United States faces, and many of the means available to counter them, are embedded in webs of complex systems that surround everyday life—from the transportation networks that move goods and people to the electrical grids that power the nation.
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Who Is Watching the Watchmen?
www.cato.org-May 05, 2006
April was a cruel month indeed for new Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. The weeks before the Swine Flu outbreak found her stumbling through reporters' questions about a DHS threat assessment memo on "Rightwing Extremism."
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