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CNSNews.com - Gallup Poll: 9 Out of 10 Americans Say Secure the Border This Year

CNSNews.com - Gallup Poll: 9 Out of 10 Americans Say Secure the Border This Year (CNSNews.com) - A USA Today/Gallup poll conducted May 1-2 shows that 9 out of 10 Americans say it is moderately to extremely important to them for the federal government to take steps this year to secure the border against illegal immigration. Similarly, 61 percent of Americans say they are very concerned that illegal immigrants are putting an unfair burden on U.S. schools, hospitals, and government services. Gallup asked respondents whether it was extremely important, very important, moderately important, or not that important to them that the U.S. government take steps this year to control the border to stop the flow of illegal immigrants into the country. Only 10 percent said it was not that important. Eighty-nine percent said it was moderately to extremely important, with 42 percent saying it was extremely important, 26 percent saying it was very important, and 21 percent saying it was mode...

Why Was Cheney in Saudi Arabia? | Mother Jones

Why Was Cheney in Saudi Arabia? | Mother Jones [UPDATED] Foreign Policy 's David Kenner pointed out Monday that former vice president and ex-Halliburton CEO Dick Cheney just went on a junket to meet with Saudi Arabian leaders, a quiet pow-wow that's been discussed in the Saudi media but not so much over here. Cheney—who's been busy defending torture and complaining that Barack Obama lets world leaders " think they're dealing with a weak president "—weakened the president by visiting a leading torture regime and its caliph, King Abdullah. So, what was the ex-veep doing in Riyadh?

Joe Lieberman bill would strip suspects' citizenship - Kasie Hunt - POLITICO.com

Joe Lieberman bill would strip suspects' citizenship - Kasie Hunt - POLITICO.com Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) thinks he’s found a work-around on the whole Miranda rights debate for U.S. citizens accused of terrorism: Strip their citizenship and ship them to Guantanamo. Lieberman plans to introduce a bill that would amend a decades-old law aimed at yanking citizenship from U.S. citizens who fight for a foreign military. “I’m now putting together legislation to amend that to [specify that] any individual American citizen who is found to be involved in a foreign terrorist organization, as defined by the Department of State, would be deprived of their citizenship rights,” Lieberman said Tuesday.