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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 731526" data-attributes="member: 12952">AZ Senators ask Obama for Border Troops — AGAIN!Sens. McCain and Kyl ask Obama to deploy&nbsp; Guard troops to borderBy Erika NiedowskiSaying many Arizonans feel they live “in a lawless area of the&nbsp; country and have been abandoned by the federal government,” Sen. John&nbsp; McCain (R-Ariz.) and Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) have asked&nbsp; President Barack Obama to deploy National Guard troops to the state’s&nbsp; southern border.Citing the violence of Mexico’s drug cartels, the senators said “it&nbsp; is not just the citizens of Mexico who fear for their safety.”“The violence has crossed the border and escalated to a point where&nbsp; many Arizonans do not feel safe within their own homes or on their own&nbsp; property,” they wrote in a letter sent Monday to the president. “The&nbsp; violence along the border has greatly escalated since President Bush&nbsp; deployed the National Guard to the border in 2006 and has now taken the&nbsp; lives of innocent Americans.”</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 731526, member: 12952"] [B]AZ Senators ask Obama for Border Troops — AGAIN! Sens. McCain and Kyl ask Obama to deploy Guard troops to border By Erika Niedowski[/B] Saying many Arizonans feel they live “in a lawless area of the country and have been abandoned by the federal government,” Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) have asked President Barack Obama to deploy National Guard troops to the state’s southern border. Citing the violence of Mexico’s drug cartels, the senators said “it is not just the citizens of Mexico who fear for their safety.” “The violence has crossed the border and escalated to a point where many Arizonans do not feel safe within their own homes or on their own property,” they wrote in a letter sent Monday to the president. “The violence along the border has greatly escalated since President Bush deployed the National Guard to the border in 2006 and has now taken the lives of innocent Americans.” [/QUOTE]

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