Word: patrollers
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...hospital, but it was nothing like this," she says. Makwakwa and another soldier kicked in the bullet-shattered windshield of the lead vehicle, but the driver was already dead. The driver of the second vehicle was screaming in agony from his wounds; he later died. Makwakwa and the patrol were able to save three other wounded drivers, but the memories of Checkpoint 50 are hard to erase--a constant reminder that while the military officially bars women from combat, the insurgency makes no such distinctions. "In Iraq, female soldiers are in combat," she says. "We're out there...
...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...
...newspaper he was barbecuing with his family when he was reached. Then, about 10 minutes later, a Secret Service agent called the sheriff at home to officially notify them of the accident and the involvement of Cheney. Kirk, meanwhile, had been rebuffed at the Armstrong gate by a Border Patrol agent who knew nothing about the accident. Salinas says in his report he decided not to go immediately to the ranch after talking to Constable Ramiro Medellin Jr., the former county sheriff. It?s not clear if he was related to the Medellins on the hunt, but the constable told...
...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...
...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...