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Officials break ground at site of Tornillo border-crossing station
Jul 21, 2011
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Lots of fanfare greeted Thursday's groundbreaking for the new Tornillo border inspection facility, for it's not every day that people get to build a bridge between two countries. With shovels in hand, U.S. and Mexican officials turned over dirt at the 117-acre site that will make it America's larges...
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Bill dissolving blood requirement advances
Jul 21, 2011
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The bill that would eliminate the one-eighth blood requirement and help preserve the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo cleared a hurdle in Congress on Wednesday, U.S. Rep. Silvestre Reyes said. Reyes, D-Texas, authored the bill, H.R. 1560, which would eliminate the federal government's blood requirement for mem...
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Border health: Approve money for commission
Jun 27, 2011
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When people talk about the U.S.-Mexico border, too often their first thought is about security. While security is a concern and a legitimate reason for seeking more and more federal funding, there's another concern that deserves significant federal attention -- border health. U.S. Rep. Silvestre Rey...
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WTB Complex opens: WBAMC’s campus-style environment to promote unity, healing
Jun 18, 2011
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Fort Bliss’ Warrior Transition Battalion Complex officially opened with a June 8 ribbon-cutting ceremony here. The WTB is a $57 million construction effort awarded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act program in 2009. This project was the first ARRA project awarded by the Army. The 140...
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Texas Senate Republicans pass 'sanctuary city' bill
Jun 15, 2011
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AUSTIN — Senate Republicans finally passed a priority issue for their party early Wednesday morning when they outmuscled their Democratic colleagues on an immigration-related bill intended to make it easier for law enforcement to corral illegal immigrants. At its core, SB 9 allows law enforcement of...
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Army thanks Congress for 236 years of support
Jun 15, 2011
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WASHINGTON (Army News Service, June 15, 2011) -- As part of recognition for the Army's 236th year of protecting the United States, the service's leaders thanked members of Congress for their continued support of Soldiers. Secretary of the Army John McHugh, himself a former congressman from New York'...
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Thirteen Texas Tech Paul L. Foster School of Medicine grads will stay in El Paso
Jun 10, 2011
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El Paso is about to get 13 more doctors - fresh from their residency programs. Sixty-eight residents graduated from the Paul L. Foster School of Medicine at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso on Thursday evening. Of the graduating class, 13 members are staying in El Paso and...
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Longtime West Point recruiter Col. "Buster" Hayden dies
Jun 10, 2011
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Even at the end, retired Col. "Buster" Hayden, who died this week, would not relinquish his job of finding local youths he believed had the talent and tenacity to succeed at the U.S. Military Academy, also known as West Point. Many of his picks now serve at the highest levels of the Army. One of the...
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CNN: U.S. leaders remember those they sent into the battle
May 27, 2011
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U.S. leaders remember those they sent into the battle May 27, 2011|By Charley Keyes, CNN Senior National Security Producer How do they count the cost? How do they remember the fallen? From the deadly fields of Afghanistan, to the quiet hallways of the Pentagon, to the floor of the United States Cong...
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Texas Democrat to GOP Speaker: Ohio towns are more violent than border
May 9, 2011
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A border-state Democrat on Monday accused House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) of exaggerating the violence at the Mexican frontier in order to kill immigration-reform efforts. Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-Texas) said America's border towns are among the safest in the country, and noted that violent crime...
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