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		<title><![CDATA[Border fence still faces challenges]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- At a cost of up to    $4 million per mile, the concrete and steel fence rising along the Southwest border constitutes one of the most ambitious public works projects in years, encompassing legions of federal bureaucrats and a lineup of blue-ribbon contractors.   ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[SAVE Act plays it safe]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4176/is_20080407/ai_n25144220]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[AMERICANS KNOW our immigration policy is broken, and -- if they're paying attention -- should have figured out by now that Congress isn't equipped to fix it.    The legislative branch is too polarized, and neither side of this debate has an appetite for give-and-take. As a result,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Border-fence plans under new scrutiny]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4188/is_20070110/ai_n17111199]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- With Democrats now in charge on Capitol Hill, a 700- mile fence that swept through the previous Republican-controlled Congress is apt to come under a scathing re-evaluation amid reports of skyrocketing costs and widening opposition along the U.S.- Mexican border.   Mayors from Texas border cities will...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jan 2007 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Bordering on ridiculous]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0JQP/is_396/ai_n17093894]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The US Congress has approved a plan to build a 1,100-kilometre-long, two-layer fence along the US-Mexico border in an attempt to keep out illegal immigrants. This has elicited an overwhelmingly negative reaction from environmentalists.  'The fence is a knee-jerk reaction by Congress. No one really studied the economic impacts,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Dec 2006 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[DNC: Bush Fences In Comprehensive Immigration Reform: Right Wing Political Stunt Stays the Course on GOP Security Failures]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[To: National Desk, Political ReporterContact: Luis Miranda of the DNC, 202-863-8148WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 /U.S. Newswire/ -- President Bush this morning will complete his definitive abandonment of comprehensive immigration reform by signing a flawed and politically driven enforcement- only Republican bill that mandates a fence on our southern border, but fails...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Oct 2006 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Border fence a boondoggle]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[President George Bush and the Republican-controlled Congress passed the $1.2 billion, 700-mile fence -- something they are very, very proud of. My question is how many more taxpayer dollars will it cost to man, fix and maintain? And don't forget the overcost of building. We can expect a cost triple...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Oct 2006 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Krieble Foundation: Fence Bill Will Not Solve Border Problem; One BillionDollars of New Spending Will Not Address Real Issues]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[To: National DeskContact: Kevin McVicker, 703-739-5920 or 800-536-5920 or kmcvicker@sbpublicaffairs.com, for the Vernon K. Krieble FoundationDENVER, Oct. 10 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Congress' passage of a border security law, which calls for building 700 miles of fence along the 2,800-mile southern border and $1.2 billion in new federal spending, fails to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Oct 2006 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[US Congress votes to build border fence with Mexico]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON AFP &#8212; The US Congress has taken a symbolic step toward resolving the problem of illegal immigration by approving a bill that calls for building a fence along more than one-third of the US-Mexican border to stem the flow of illegal immigrants. By a vote of 80-19, the Senate...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2006 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A sensible balance]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[There was only one plan for drilling on Colorado's Roan Plateau that would have met the approval of some people -- no drilling at all. But because the Bureau of Land Management manages its vast holdings for multiple uses, which include helping meet the oil and gas needs of an...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Sep 2006 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Congress OKs border fence &#151; a 2nd time]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- The House voted for the second time in a year to erect a fence along a third of the U.S.-Mexican border, part of a Republican effort to keep illegal immigration an issue before voters.   A new 700 miles of double-layered fencing won approval on a 283-...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Sep 2006 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Top 10 Immigration Hawks in Congress]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ranked by the Editors of HUMAN EVENTS 1 Rep. Tom Tancredo (R.-Colo.) Chairman of the Congressional Immigration Reform Caucus. Has repeatedly attacked the Bush Administration for its support of a guestworker/amnesty program for illegal aliens. Once said that President Bush is an obstacle to immigration reform and that Bush's "open...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2006 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fence Hailed as Model]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Forward 10-21-2005 Anti-immigration activists are hailing Israel's West Bank security fence as a model as they lobby Congress to pass legislation that would fund the construction of similar structures along the 2,000-mile American-Mexican border.  Let Freedom Ring, a Pennsylvania group that advocates a wide-ranging conservative agenda, is calling on...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fence Hailed as Model]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Forward   10-21-2005   Anti-immigration activists are hailing Israel's West Bank security fence as  a model as they lobby Congress to pass legislation that would fund the  construction of similar structures along the 2,000-mile American-Mexican  border.   Let Freedom Ring, a Pennsylvania group that...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Lawmakers See Israel in Record Numbers; Visiting Congressmen Speak Out About Security Fence, Terrorism]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wohlgelernter, Elli   Forward   09-05-2003   JERUSALEM -- When members of Congress returned to their offices this week  and were asked what they did on their summer vacation, a record number had  a shared answer: I went to Israel.   House Majority Leader...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ollie oops: he says he's exonerated. The record says he's a crook - Oliver North of the Iran-Contra scandal; includes related article on people involved in the scandal]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[He says be's exonerated. The record says be's a crook.  At least until the appearance of "Oliver NorthThe Movie" or "Oliver North-The Senate Campaign," it will be hard to top the absurdity of North standing on the marble steps of Washington, D.C.'s federal courthouse last September after the dismissal...]]></description>
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