Dewhurst names committee chairs in new Texas Senate
Lt Gov David Dewhurst announced the 18 member committee leadership in the Texas Senate for the new session. Republicans hold 12 chairs with six Democrats. Ogden leads Finance and Duncan heads State Affairs. Whitmire remains Criminal Justice chair. Rodriguez becomes Jurisprudence vice chair. Birdwell named Higher Education vice chair.
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Austin
David Dewhurst
Senate
Dewhurst
Steve Ogden
R Bryan
Senate Finance Committee
Robert Dun
John Whitmire
Houston
Jose Rodriguez
D-el Paso
Jurisprudence
Mario Gallegos
D-Houston
Brian Birdwell
R Granbury
Senate Higher Education Committee
Five Arrested in Midland Drug Bust Seizures
State and local authorities arrested five people in a Midland operation by the Ector County Sheriff's Office Special Investigation Unit and the Department of Public Safety Narcotics office. About 669 Ecstasy pills and 13 grams of Ecstasy were seized, plus a cocaine possession arrest at the Game Room. Duy Anh Nguyen and Hiu Le Ly faced charges, with Nguyen held on a controlled substance count and Ly on marijuana in a drug free zone.
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Ector County
Sheriff's Office Special Investigation Unit
Department of Public Safety
Midland
Kisha Luana Hamilton
Eastland Ave
Mark Anthony Cardwell
University Boulevard
Grandview Ave
Huing Viet Ha
Ector Country
42Nd St
Duy Anh Nguyen
Nguyen
Odessa
Hieu le Ly
Witness Paid Nearly $80,000 for Testimony in Posada Carriles Case
U.S. officials provided about eighty thousand dollars in payments to Gilberto Abascal, a key witness, for testimony against elderly ex-CIA operative Posada Carriles. Abascal testified about travel on a shrimp boat turned yacht from Mexico to Miami in 2005 and said federal aid helped him obtain U.S. citizenship after arriving in 1999.
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EL Paso
U.S
Gilberto Abascal
Luis Posada Carriles
Mexico
Miami
Posada
Honduras
Texas
Houston
Havana
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Abascal
FBI
State News Roundup: Texas warns travel to Mexico
The Texas DPS warns Texans against traveling in Mexico after a missionary death this week. The note cites past incidents including a shooting near Falcon Lake and a University of Texas at Brownsville student’s death in October, plus abductions of four men and a Chicago teen near Nuevo Laredo.
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Austin
Texas Department of Public Safety
Mexico
Nancy Davis
DPS
Falcon Lake
University of Texas
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State Affairs Committee
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Cardwell
Mark Anthony Carwell
Ectorcountysheriff.us
Hieu LE
Man
CIA
Drug Enforcement Administration
Egypt
Hosni Mubarak
Kelly Orficnsley Tlenda
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