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House panel votes to boost domestic security (Reuters)
Filed: June 6th 2007: US

A police officer patrols Ronald Reagan National airport in a file photo. The U.S. would spend more to combat illegal immigration and prepare for terrorist and weather-related disasters under legislation approved on Tuesday by a House panel that ignores a White House veto threat. (Jim Young/Reuters)Reuters - The United States would spend more
to combat illegal immigration and prepare for terrorist and
weather-related disasters under legislation approved on Tuesday
by a House of Representatives panel that ignores a White House
veto threat.

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