The likeliest outcome is therefore neither a sudden, history-altering reduction in defence spending, nor a quick fix that lets Congress wriggle out of its trap, but a drawn-out and perhaps salutary election-year debate about how much defence to buy at a time of distress.

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Several years earlier, the department was accused of targeting Hispanic drivers, and the town was notorious for being a speed trap along its section of Interstate 24, the station reported.

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