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The military equipment would include body armor and other protective equipment, night-vision goggles and thermal-imaging sensors for border-patrol forces, according to officials familiar with the waiver.
U.S. Ends Ban on Aid to Uzbekistan Nathan Hodge 2012
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Republican lawmakers are pushing the Federal Bureau of Investigation to share evidence recovered from the murder scene of a U.S. border-patrol agent, saying it could resolve questions over a botched federal gun investigation.
GOP Lawmakers Press FBI on Fast and Furious Evan Perez 2011
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DHS will carry out further assessments on the rest of the southern border to determine which technologies will best help border-patrol agents detect illegal crossings.
Homeland Security Scraps Border Fence Keith Johnson 2011
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The initiative would allow for the deployment of as many as 1,200 additional National Guard troops to join the 340 already there to support border-patrol officers.
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The villain of the piece is an ultraconservative border-patrol officer (John Doman) whose long-estranged biracial son (Amari Cheatom) has come home for a visit, in the course of which he beds his Pollyannish stepmother (Elizabeth Marvel, who is, as always, astonishingly good).
A Masterpiece Made Manifest Terry Teachout 2010
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The villain of the piece is an ultraconservative border-patrol officer (John Doman) whose long-estranged biracial son (Amari Cheatom) has come home for a visit, in the course of which he beds his Pollyannish stepmother (Elizabeth Marvel, who is, as always, astonishingly good).
A Masterpiece Made Manifest Terry Teachout 2010
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The villain of the piece is an ultraconservative border-patrol officer (John Doman) whose long-estranged biracial son (Amari Cheatom) has come home for a visit, in the course of which he beds his Pollyannish stepmother (Elizabeth Marvel, who is, as always, astonishingly good).
A Masterpiece Made Manifest Terry Teachout 2010
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It looks like some of the border-patrol boys are wondering where the money they collect has been going, and they can't quite fathom how it ended up at a charity controlled by conservative commentator Alan Keyes.
AZ-05: Anti-Immigrant Group Beloved By GOP Congressmen Faces Questions About Shady Finances 2009
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It looks like some of the border-patrol boys are wondering where the money they collect has been going, and they can't quite fathom how it ended up at a charity controlled by conservative commentator Alan Keyes.
AZ-08 2009
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It looks like some of the border-patrol boys are wondering where the money they collect has been going, and they can't quite fathom how it ended up at a charity controlled by conservative commentator Alan Keyes.
AZ-05 2009
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