Friday, June 16, 2006

Bush Says "No" To Border Cops

All Headline News - Bush Again Declines To Meet With Border Officials - June 16, 2006: "Bush Again Declines To Meet With Border Officials

June 16, 2006 2:15 p.m. EST

Julie Farby - All Headline News Staff Writer

Washington, DC (AHN)-President Bush has refused to meet with border law-enforcement officials from Texas for a second time, angering both lawmakers and sheriffs.

Rep. Ted Poe, R-Texas requested the meeting for members of the Southwestern Sheriffs' Border Coalition, a group that includes all 26 border-county sheriffs from California, New Mexico, Arizona and Texas. The sheriffs wanted to speak to the president about the increasing dangers in their communities and along the border.

Poe says, 'The president is the busiest man in the world but he needs to take the time to talk to the border sheriffs and learn what's happening in the real world from them,' adding that, 'We can't understand why he refuses to meet with them. . .'"

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