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Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced plans Tuesday for bolstering security along the country's southwest border in an effort to curb spillover from Mexico's deadly drug war. Betty Ann Bowser reports. BETTY ANN BOWSER: In response to an ...

The last major federal National Guard mission along the U.S.-Mexico border was Operation Jump Start. The two-year mission, from June 2006 to July 2008, dispatched as many as 6,000 National Guard members to Arizona, California, New Mexico and Texas to ...

WASHINGTON -- Hundreds of federal agents, along with high-tech surveillance gear and drug-sniffing dogs, are headed to the U.S. Southwest to help Mexico fight drug cartels and keep violence from spilling across the Mexican border, Obama administration ...

WASHINGTON - President Obama will send at least 450 more federal agents, drug-sniffing dogs, X-ray scanners, intelligence analysts, and other law enforcement resources to the US-Mexico border in what administration officials yesterday called a ...

An epidemic of drug-related violence that has claimed thousands of lives in northern Mexico and begun to spill over into U.S. border cities has once again thrust Mexico into the first tier of President Barack Obama's security concerns. The administration ...

MEXICO CITY In the first days of the Obama administration, U.S. officials have publicly questioned Mexico's ability to maintain control of its territory from drug traffickers and have scrapped a high-profile commitment promised under the North American ...

The United States government has announced it will step up security measures along the border with Mexico in an effort to stem the violence committed by drug cartels that have spilled over into southwestern states. As part of the plan an increase of ...

WASHINGTON - President Obama will send at least 450 more federal agents, drug-sniffing dogs, X-ray scanners, intelligence analysts, and other law enforcement resources to the US-Mexico border in what administration officials yesterday called a ...

THE Obama administration announced plans for tighter security along the Mexican border as it voiced fears that violence from a growing drugs war would spill over into the US. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton tonight begins a 48-hour visit to Mexico, ...

President Barack Obama yesterday announced extra agents for the southern US border and vowed to staunch narcotics demand as officials pledged full support for Mexico??s battle against drug cartels. The White House vowed to stand ??shoulder to ...

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration says it is sending more agents and equipment to the southwestern U.S. border to combat Mexican drug cartels. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and Deputy Attorney General David Ogden are at the White ...

* Violence-hit Mexican border residents cheer U.S. plan * Mexican federal and local government also welcome it * Analysts say U.S. drug consumption must also be addressed (Adds drug cartel arrest, Schwarzenegger reaction) CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico, March 24 ...

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Local officials along the U.S.-Mexican border welcome a new federal crackdown against border violence despite concerns that it will create lines of idling cars through neighborhoods and deter crossover traffic. The $184 million plan installs X-ray ...

WASHINGTON - The Obama administration said Tuesday it is speeding hundreds of federal agents, intelligence analysts and specialized technology to the Mexican border as part of an ambitious new plan to attack the powerful drug cartels and prevent violence ...

* Plan boosts border agents, inspections * U.S. still considers proposal to send troops to border * Hillary Clinton to visit Mexico on Wednesday * Critics say it falls short on immigration enforcement (Adds Obama comments in paragraphs 7 and 22) ...

Texas Governor Rick Perry praised the Obama administration on Tuesday after the president announced a $700 million initiative aimed at working with Mexican law enforcement to support security interests at the Southwest border. The expenditure also will ...

The Obama administration announced plans yesterday to move more than 450 law enforcement agents and equipment to the southern U.S. border to combat Mexican drug cartel violence, but its 'comprehensive response' was also notable for what it omitted. ...

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For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Mr. Gibbs: Good morning, guys. I want to discuss an issue that's very important to the President this morning -- the steps we are taking on both sides of the border, working with ...