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Which Way Obama's Immigration Policy?
What about illegal immigration? Does the President have a policy to placate his Hispanic base without stirring populist anger? Also, a conversation with a local Congressman about defense cuts that impact Southern California. On our rebroadcast of today’s To the Point, the upcoming battles over a defense budget that reorients the Pentagon from conventional warfare to counterinsurgency.
By Warren Olney • • 1h 0m ListenThe Obama Administration has new rules for immigration enforcement, but so far they’re secret. Is the midst of recession the best or the worst time to raid businesses in search of illegal workers? On our rebroadcast of today’s To the Point, Defense Secretary Gates wants to end production of the F-22 jet fighter, which provides jobs in 44 states, including California. We hear about the upcoming battles over a defense budget that reorients the Pentagon from conventional warfare to counterinsurgency.
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3 storiesThe Wars of the Future and the Wars of the Past
As we talk about his year's Pentagon budget, remember this: the US spends more on the military services, their arms and equipment than the rest of the world's nations combined. And the spending may well go up, despite cuts in some high-profile programs in what Secretary Robert Gates calls a “ reform budget .”
Read the story26 minNo More California Jobs Building F22's
Southern California's last major airplane production line is in the Long Beach factory that turns out the C-17 cargo plane. It was slated to close in the summer of next year but early this year, President Obama singled it out for funding. Now comes Secretary Gates' so-called “ reform budget .”
Read the story9 minWhich Way Obama's Immigration Policy?
An immigration raid in the State of Washington took Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano by surprise. Now all but one of the 28 workers arrested have been released, and a change of policy is in store. New guidelines have been drawn up, but they're being kept secret.
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