Obama ends high tech border fence project
The Obama administration halted the SBInet program after nearly a billion dollars spent for about 53 miles of virtual fence in Arizona. DHS will shift to proven technologies tailored to each border region to improve deployment speed and coverage along the U.S. Mexico frontier, with critics labeling the effort costly and flawed.
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GOP ousts Steele picks Priebus to lead in 2012 race
The Republican National Committee chose Wisconsin GOP chair Reince Priebus as chairman on Friday, ousting Michael Steele amid a $22 million debt and internal divides. Priebus vowed to unite the party, retire the debt, and rebuild fundraising while steering a path to defeat Barack Obama in 2012.
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