The Border: Rick Perry takes military-style tack to protect Texas border from Mexican cartels

For a critical look at Gov. Perry's "border security strategy," see "Half Mast at the Border," from the CIP TransBroder Project. 

The Washington Post: "Alone among his Republican rivals running for president, ... Texas governor (Rick Perry) has a small army at his disposal. Over the past three years, he has deployed it along his southern flank in a secretive, military-style campaign that his supporters deem absolutely necessary and successful and that his critics call an overzealous, expensive and mostly ineffective political stunt." read more