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Obama to pitch immigration overhaul in Mexico

Obama to pitch immigration overhaul in Mexico
By JIM KUHNHENNAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama has his domestic ambition at the top of his travel agenda as he travels to Mexico on Thursday. To sell his immigration overhaul back home, he needs a growing economy in Mexico and a Mexican president willing to help him secure

Obama to pitch immigration overhaul in Mexico

Obama to pitch immigration overhaul in Mexico
By JIM KUHNHENNAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama has his domestic ambition at the top of his travel agenda as he travels to Mexico on Thursday. To sell his immigration overhaul back home, he needs a growing economy in Mexico and a Mexican president willing to help him secure

Obama to pitch immigration overhaul in Mexico

Obama to pitch immigration overhaul in Mexico
By JIM KUHNHENNAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama has his domestic ambition at the top of his travel agenda as he travels to Mexico on Thursday. To sell his immigration overhaul back home, he needs a growing economy in Mexico and a Mexican president willing to help him secure

Security casts shadow over Obama's Mexico trip

Security casts shadow over Obama's Mexico trip
By JULIE PACEAP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is seeking to refocus economic relations between the U.S. and Mexico, even as fresh questions about security cooperation threaten to cast a shadow over the president's visit to the southern neighbor. Obama also

Security casts shadow over Obama's Mexico trip

Security casts shadow over Obama's Mexico trip
By JULIE PACEAP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is seeking to refocus economic relations between the U.S. and Mexico, even as fresh questions about security cooperation threaten to cast a shadow over the president's visit to the southern neighbor. Obama also

Gitmo closure elusive, Obama looks at other steps

Gitmo closure elusive, Obama looks at other steps
By NEDRA PICKLERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Despite President Barack Obama's new vow, closing the Guantanamo Bay prison is still a tough sell in Congress. So the White House may look instead toward smaller steps like transferring some terror suspects back overseas. Shutting down the

Official: Arrested student entered US without visa

Official: Arrested student entered US without visa
By ALICIA A. CALDWELLAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - One of three college students arrested Wednesday in the Boston Marathon bombings case was allowed to return to the United States from Kazakhstan in January despite not having a valid student visa, a federal law enforcement official told The

Dems have edge in sprint to Mass. special election

Dems have edge in sprint to Mass. special election
By STEVE PEOPLESAssociated Press BOSTON (AP) - National Republicans cheered former Navy SEAL Gabriel Gomez's Massachusetts primary victory, but Democratic Congressman Ed Markey enjoys tremendous advantages in the special election to replace former U.S. Sen. John Kerry. Tuesday's primary

Dems have edge in sprint to Mass. special election

Dems have edge in sprint to Mass. special election
By STEVE PEOPLESAssociated Press BOSTON (AP) - National Republicans cheered former Navy SEAL Gabriel Gomez's Massachusetts primary victory, but Democratic Congressman Ed Markey enjoys tremendous advantages in the special election to replace former U.S. Sen. John Kerry. Tuesday's primary

Markey, Gomez win Mass. US Senate primaries

Markey, Gomez win Mass. US Senate primaries
By STEVE LeBLANC and BOB SALSBERGAssociated Press BOSTON (AP) - Democratic U.S. Rep. Edward Markey and Republican former Navy SEAL Gabriel Gomez won their party primaries on Tuesday, setting up a race between a 36-year veteran of Washington politics and a political newcomer for the U.S. Senate seat