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...Sunday morning, the deputy was greeted at the ranch?s main gate by the Secret Service and Border Patrol, who searched him and then accompanied him a mile down the road to the main house. The Vice President, says San Miguel, shook his hand and promised to cooperate as they sat down to talk. Cheney, he says in the report, confirmed that he was part of a three-car hunting party consisting of himself, Harry Whittington, Ambassador Willeford, the two Armstrong women, and a three-man hunt team...
...grounded young man. I hope uptight Americans can see past Miller's rebellious streak and cherish him for the free spirit and fine skier he is. Deborah A. Schmuck Denver Your story referred to competitive skiing as a "world where winners get endorsements and losers work for the ski patrol." That view serves only to demean a rescue cadre established to serve the public in ways that no other organization could. Members of the ski patrol are skilled and passionate about what they do. Tom McCoy Heidelberg, Germany Time certainly didn't devote its attention to Miller because...
...millions of illegal aliens who enter the country through the southern border every year, hundreds of thousands are caught and detained by immigration and customs officials. That's a lot of mouths to feed. In fiscal year 2005, Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) alone spent $2.6 million on food for detainees along the southern border. This year, with $1.7 million already spent since Oct. 1, the CBP is on track to double that amount. The figures are line items in CBP's budget and the total dollar amount spent on food is likely much higher, says a CBP official, since...
...eight border patrol stations along the Texas-Mexico border, Customs and Border Patrol last month published an open request for bids from contractors who could provide 9,000 frozen beef and bean burritos per month to feed detained aliens. The request, found on the Federal Business Opportunities website under the title "Alien meals for Del Rio border patrol section," asks for boxes of five-ounce beef and bean burritos, individually wrapped and frozen to be delivered at least twice a month. The Eagle Pass border station, located on the banks of the Rio Grande, has the highest demand...
What worries him now is the waiver he needs to get into the Army with a prosthetic leg. Failing that, he might return to Texas, learn some Spanish and try for a border-patrol job. There is no girlfriend in his life. "With this chubby Irish mug?" he asks, noting the 20 lbs. he has put on since his accident. But the ladies do take notice, he admits. "I tell girls I got blown up by an antitank mine in Iraq. It's cheesy, but it works." And he really has drunk out of his prosthetic leg--although...