U.S. Taking Steps to Control Violence on the Mexican Border

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration said Tuesday that it would move hundreds of federal agents to the country’s southern border to prevent a spillover of drug-related violence from Mexico, and that it would focus more efforts on stopping weapons and money from flowing south. In a briefing with reporters on Tuesday, the secretary of homeland security, Janet Napolitano, said that 360 agents would be sent to the Border Patrol an...

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Obama budget faces new hurdles

Reporting from Washington -- President Obama's $3.55-trillion budget has stumbled into a series of economic and political pitfalls that threaten to undercut his grandest ambitions. The chairman of the Senate Budget Committee on Thursday projected deficits far higher than the Obama administration had calculated, possibly as much as $1.6 trillion higher over the next 10 years. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office is expected to issue a similar assessment t...

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Barbara Bush recovering from heart surgery
 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Barbara Bush, mother of former President George W. Bush, was recovering on Wednesday from heart surgery in a Houston hospital where her Shox Rollinaortic valve was replaced, a spokeswoman said. The surgery was performed at Methodist Hospital's DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center, according to a statement released by the hospital. The procedure was scheduled last week after Bush, 83, the wife of former President George H.W. Bush, ...
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