The Republican governor of Arizona has been getting a lot of attention from the Feds, with Oval Office chats and multiple visits of cabinet secretaries (a case of the mountain coming to Muhammed). Now it appears that the governor of Texas is envious and wants his share of attention.
Texas gov. asks Obama for more troops for Texas-Mexico border: "Republican Gov. Rick Perry hand-delivered a letter as President Obama emerged from Air Force One in Austin, Texas, repeating his demand that the government send 1,000 troops to the Texas-Mexico border. The letter, released to the news media by the governor's office, also repeated Perry's request to meet with Obama and his secretaries of homeland security and defense to discuss what he described as the increasing danger along the border." August 9, 2010, Washington Post
The MexicoBlog of the Americas Program, a fiscally sponsored program of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), is written by Laura Carlsen. I monitor and analyze international press on Mexico, with a focus on security, immigration, human rights and social movements for peace and justice, from a feminist perspective. And sometimes I simply muse.
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