And last week, U.S. troops started arriving near the Turkish-Syrian border to man Patriot missile defense batteries, which are intended to intercept any Scud missiles that might cross into Turkey from Syria.
And last week, U.S. troops started arriving near the Turkish-Syrian border to man Patriot missile defense batteries, which are deployed to intercept any Scud missiles that might cross into Turkey from Syria.
He's executive director of the self-appointed border guards, the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps.
More than 100, 000 Iraqis are already active in the five security forces - the Police, Border Police, Site Protection Service, Civil Defense Corps of the new Iraqi Army.
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In Washington, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the border region remains "a real problem" for allied troops battling a resurgent Taliban and its al Qaeda allies in Afghanistan, particularly along the rugged border with Pakistan.
On Wednesday, the Defense Ministry announced that Israel is speeding up construction of the border fence between Egypt and Israel.
Money would be used to fortify border fences, boost patrols, and acquire surveillance technology from the Department of Defense -- including drones and drone pilots.
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In the end, unfortunately, the Republican position was -- as it continues to be -- which is that they would rather see dramatic cuts in national defense, dramatic cuts in research, innovation, education, infrastructure, border security.
"(Egypt's) intention is to close the border and I assess that it will take a certain amount of time, " the Israeli defense minister said.
Amos Gilad, an Israeli defense official, would not confirm or deny the airstrike, but played down cross-border tensions.
Republicans have, unfortunately, made clear that they would rather see cuts in defense that could harm our national security, cuts in education and innovation, research and development, in border security, cuts in vital programs and investments that we make as a nation, rather than ask millionaires and billionaires to pay a single dollar more in taxes.
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