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Dems postpone Homeland Security bill

Source: Politico
Washington : DC : USA | about 1 month ago  
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Democrats abruptly postponed agreement on an estimated $42.8 billion Homeland Security budget Thursday after a House vote betrayed continued nervousness among rank-and-file lawmakers over the transfer of any Guantanamo detainees into the U.S., even for the purpose of prosecution. A June war...
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