Bush eyes Mexico drug fight funds
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President George W Bush asks the US Congress for $500m to help Mexico in the fight against illegal drugs.
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The Bush administration proposed new spending of more than $600 million to tighten U.S. borders with fencing along the frontier with Mexico and add patrol agents and more beds for detained illegal immigrants.
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Mexico asked President Bush on Monday to veto a Senate plan to build a border fence to keep illegal immigrants out, but acknowledged that its plea was likely to fall on deaf ears.
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President Bush plans to ask Congress to spend more to crack down on undocumented workers and arrest and deport illegal immigrants. But he wants to fund only a fraction of the new Border Patrol agents called for in a bill he signed last year.
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President Bush pledged on Sunday to  Mexican President Vicente Fox to pursue immigration reforms in  the new year at a Pacific Rim summit enlivened by a security  scuffle involving the U.S. leader.
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President Bush said Monday he will lobby Congress next year to renew US anti-narcotics funding for this South American country amid concern in Washington about the federal budget deficit.
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President Bush is due to visit Colombia in a display of continued support for efforts to fight a leftist insurgency.
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President Bush heaped praise Monday on Colombia&#39;s government for battling drug gangs and corruption and said he will ask Congress to renew a US aid package next year.
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The Bush administration has decided to ask the U.S. Congress for funds aimed at bolstering security forces loyal to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, sources with knowledge of the plan said on Wednesday.
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The US is to spend $1m to help governments in Central America and Mexico combat violent gangs.
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As Bush heads to the region, his key allies in Guatemala and El Salvador are reeling from gangland-style killings that many believe are related to drug smuggling and corruption
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President Alvaro Uribe flew to Washington on Wednesday hoping to revive Colombia's trade accord with the U.S., but he could also face a move in Congress to slash anti-drug aid for the world's largest producer of cocaine.
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With Mexico&#039;s presidential election two weeks away, the drug wars are a central issue in the race, and the main candidates are all trying to look tough on the issue, while splitting over whether U.S.-style solutions are needed.
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US President George W. Bush has vowed to seek more funding for a sweeping plan to battle cocaine production and defeat heavily armed rebels in Colombia.
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BEFORE the dust has settled over the election, President Bush is preparing to ask Congress for up to $75billion more to finance the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Mexico's government said Thursday it would send troops and police to root out drug smugglers in several states, expanding an offensive that began this week in one violence-plagued state where soldiers clashed with traffickers trying to protect a marijuana field.
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President Bush said today the United States will send hundreds of millions of dollars to Latin American nations over the next few years to improve health care, education and housing.