Texas to get biggest share of $60 million in grants to strengthen security on border

Weber from The Associated Press reports:
LAREDO – Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Thursday that she was "firm" rather than testy with Gov. Rick Perry recently while he was again hammering the federal government over security along the Texas border.
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Texas Gov. Rick Perry in Washington for talks on border security and job creation

Dave Michaels writes:

WASHINGTON -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry is in Washington today to meet with federal officials and participate in a discussion about job creation at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

Perry plans to meet with Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano about U.S.-Mexico border security, according to congressional officials. The governor was also updated over the weekend by Napolitano and other administration officials about the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Aerial drone will fly on Texas border soon, Napolitano says

Gary Martin from the San Antonio Express-News reports:

WASHINGTON – Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told a Senate hearing Tuesday that an unmanned aerial drone will soon fly through Texas skies as drug-cartel violence continues to escalate on the U.S.-Mexico border.

Texas is the last border state to receive a Predator drone, and Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, said the absence of one has hurt intelligence capabilities of federal, state and local law enforcement.
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