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NOGALES, Ariz. —Members of the military are trained for combat, not civilian law enforcement. But Thomas Perez, the Justice Department’s top civil rights prosecutor, says the deployment of more than 500 National Guard troops to the border shouldn’t worry residents. “I think people will find that a lot of the National Guard troops that are coming to the border are actually involved in law enforcement in their day job,” Perez told the Nogales International during a stop in Tucson last week. “So they’re very well trained at understanding the issues that are involved in policing in any community.” But nongovernmental...
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Arlington, Va., (9/3/10) -- Almost 1,100 National Guard members are on duty on the Southwest border performing a mission that is very familiar to many of them, a Guard official said today. "This (mission) is not really unique," said Jack Harrison, the director of communications for the National Guard Bureau. "The National Guard has been involved at the Southwest border for two decades." During that time, National Guard members have worked in the counterdrug program in California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. "Above and beyond the 1,200 authorized for this mission, there are over 350 counterdrug personnel (in these states)...
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National Guard troops to deploy to Arizona border todayPosted - 8/30/2010 at 8:54AM PHOENIX (AP) - The first of 532 National Guard troops are set to begin their mission in the southern Arizona desert today under President Barack Obama's plan to beef up U.S.-Mexico border security, although they won't have any law enforcement authority. About 30 troops will start their jobs on the border today, and waves of more troops will be deploying every Monday until all 532 are expected to be on the Arizona border by the end of September. In May, Obama ordered 1,200 National Guard troops to...
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The first of 532 National Guard troops are set to begin their mission in the southern Arizona desert on Monday under President Barack Obama's plan to beef up U.S.-Mexico border security, although they won't have any law enforcement authority. Authorities would not say how many troops would start Monday, but said waves of them will be deploying every Monday until all 532 are on the Arizona border, likely by the end of September. In May, Obama ordered 1,200 National Guard troops to boost security along the border. California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has said the first of 224 National Guard troops...
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Many leftists in Latin America have become more vocal in their criticism of Israel. The president of Chile’s Jewish community has been given police protection following a spike in anti-Semitic attacks across the country. Gabriel Zaliasnik told The Jerusalem Post Tuesday that his house was being guarded by a police detail after he and his son had received threats of violence. “I am 43 years old, and I don’t recall something like this,” he said. “We’ve had eight different anti-Semitic events in different parts of the country.” In recent weeks, schools, synagogues and cemeteries in the cities of Santiago, Concepcion...
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EL PASO, Texas, July 9, 2010 – Air Force Tech. Sgt. David Butler is a former Marine who’s now serving here as an instructor with the Texas Air National Guard. Air Force Tech. Sgt. David Butler served 12 years in the Marine Corps before becoming an instructor for the Texas Air National Guard's Desert Defender Air Force Regional Training Center in El Paso, Texas. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Mike R. Smith (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. "I absolutely love my job down here and the guys I work with," Butler said about serving with the...
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PHOENIX — Fewer than half the National Guard soldiers the president is planning to put along the border will end up in Arizona. The White House said Monday Arizona will be getting 524 soldiers within about a month. That is out of 1,200 troops the administration announced last month it will deploy along the entire Southwest border. And even that number is misleading, a less-than-satisfied Gov. Jan Brewer said Monday. The governor said she was told during a closed-door briefing by Obama administration officials there would be a “ramp-up” period and that it would take some time to get that...
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TUCSON — Monday’s announcement that 524 National Guard troops will be coming to Arizona beginning in August and various amounts will deploy to other border states was met with responses ranging from “it isn’t enough” to the Texas governor saying his state is being short-changed by President Barack Obama’s plan. The announcement of the total deployment of 1,200 was made in Tucson on Monday during a joint news conference held by U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard, both Democrats. They held a news conference prior to the team sent out by the president briefing Republican Gov....
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WASHINGTON, June 24, 2010 – The Air Force is set to deliver the first of 18 new F-16 Fighting Falcon jet fighters to the Pakistani air force in a sign of deepening relations between the United States and Pakistan. The Air Force is set to deliver the first of 18 new F-16 C/D Block 52 Fighting Falcon jet fighters to the Pakistan air force. The aircraft will give Pakistan’s military an unprecedented advantage against violent extremists who threaten Pakistan and the region, officials said, by enabling precision targeting in all weather conditions, day and night. U.S. Air Force photo (Click photo...
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WASHINGTON, June 24, 2010 – About 1,200 National Guard troops will support the Homeland Security Department in enhancing the security of the nation's Southwest border, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said here this week. The Guardsmen will assist in ongoing efforts to secure the border and combat cartels, Napolitano said during remarks June 22 at the Center for Strategic and International Studies about ongoing Homeland Security initiatives and new strategies to bolster border security and enforce immigration laws. The National Guard deployments have worked over the last 20 years in a coordinated fashion that frees up border patrol agents for...
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