Archive for November, 2009

21 NovUS, UK confident of nuclear security in Pakistan

The United States and Britain expressed confidence on Sunday in the security of Pakistani nuclear facilities after an attack by Taliban militants on the country’s army headquarters.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told a news conference in London that Washington had every confidence in the Pakistani government’s control over its nuclear weapons.

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17 NovHow Secure Is Our Southern Border?

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says the border with Mexico is more secure and it is time to change immigration law.

Napolitano says the Obama administration has completed the construction of 600 miles of border fence. But critics say the fencing is inadequate and incomplete. Others worry environmental laws are blocking construction of parts of the virtual fence of electronic surveillance and could create areas where border patrol agents cannot easily track illegal immigrants.

The Washington Times reports the National Park Service has tried to stop the Border Patrol from placing some surveillance towers on wilderness lands in parks along the border. Some agents have been required to pursue suspected illegals on horseback or even on foot, in order to avoid disturbing protected lands.

Read More: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,575362,00.html