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President Bush's plan to bolster security on the U.S.-Mexican border has the aura of a renewed White House about it. The possible use of military resources--including deployment of National Guard troops and aerial drones to patrol the frontier--emerged as Bush aides brainstormed about how to spend border-security funds recently approved by the Senate. Some Governors questioned adding another burden to forces already strained by deployments to Afghanistan and Iraq, but the idea delighted conservatives, who see it as the kind of strong move needed to secure the porous border...
...gift brings Rockefeller's total contribution to $25 million, and will support the center's continuing research and teaching programs, the University said. The gift will also bolster the center's grants for students conducting research that requires travel to Latin America. And it will support grants for students with internships in Latin America, independently or through the center's internship program...
...Japan annexed mainland Korea, making it a Japanese colony for the next 35 years. In the aftermath of Japan's defeat in World War II, the Treaty of San Francisco did not mention the islands in the list of surrendered Japanese territories-a fact that the Japanese use to bolster claims that the islands are still theirs. But in 1952, Seoul declared that the islets were within Korea's borders and ordered the arrest of any Japanese boat that crossed the so-called "peace line." South Korea built a lighthouse and a helipad on the islands, and stationed coast guards...
...backward congressional legislation HR 4437, which goes to extremes in a futile attempt at quelling the wave of illegal migration to the U.S. Although that legislation is likely dead, so too is much of the positive activity in the Senate. We hope this walkout will reawaken the Senate and bolster proponents of legislation such as the McCain-Kennedy Bill, which deals with the immigration in a far more sensible manner, treating immigrants as part of the fabric of our country—not as criminals...
...review dossiers.The meeting is a “filter” for tenure cases, says Dean for the Physical Sciences and the Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences Venkatesh “Venky” Narayanamurti. The group either forwards a case to Summers or asks the department to bolster it before it is considered at the next level.When a case arrives on Summers’ desk, an ad hoc committee convenes to consider the tenure recommendation.From 8:30 a.m. to about noon, the ad hoc committee meets in the Perkins Room, first listening to testimony from department chairs...