Word: homelands
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...fell in love (through e-mail) and married in 2005 (in person), celebrating in four cities with friends and family. Are they happy? Yes. Are they together? Not exactly. Minikel, 37, remains in California to practice obstetrics and gynecology, while Balle, 44, an electronics technician, still lives in his homeland 5,500 miles away. She gets to work herculean hours at a job she loves; he gets to help raise his two teenage kids...
...Homeland Hype...
Congress says it will stop granting such a big minimum of Homeland Security funding to states deemed at low risk of terrorist attack. But take a look at the difference between the old and new spending formulas...
LESS FILLING ... This summer Democrats hailed the passage of new Homeland Security legislation that halves the minimum percentage of federal funding that low-risk states receive, from...
...ambassador, Ryan Crocker, sent a harsh cable to the State Department on Sept. 7, titled "Iraqi refugee processing: Can we speed it up?" He complained of the endless "bottlenecks" delaying entry even for those Iraqis who had risked their lives working for U.S. forces. Crocker pleaded with immigration and Homeland Security officials to fast-track the screening process so the State Department's recommended 7,000 asylum slots could be filled...