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Treto Garza and other Rio Grande Valley veterans have fought in tough battles. They've fought in the Korean and Vietnam wars and in Iraq and Afghanistan.

After several years of fighting the U.S.-Mexico border fence, a coalition of Texas elected officials is working with the Obama administration on ways to improve border ports and facilitate trade while fighting drug smuggling.

The Pentagon's decision to shift the production of Army trucks from Texas to Wisconsin after 17 years caught Texas' elected officials by surprise, raising questions about overconfidence, a loss of political clout and the impact of economic incentives provided the winning company by Wisconsin's Democratic governor.

Kay Bailey Hutchison said Wednesday that she made a mistake by supporting the initial $700 billion bailout of the nation's financial industry and would change her vote if she had the chance.

Comment on this article -- During the past year, many Texas families have been impacted by our nation's struggling economy.

The U.S. biodiesel fuel industry, already reeling from a string of recent setbacks, is facing what could be a knock-out punch unless a critical federal subsidy is renewed in the coming weeks.

Twelve of the 13 casualties in the Fort Hood massacre were soldiers. But were they combatants, and was an Army post in the middle of Texas a combat zone? If the answer is yes - as many Texas lawmakers say - the victims of Maj.

In a rare Saturday night session, Democratic unity will be tested in a crucial first Senate vote on a health care overhaul bill.

Main Category: Medicare / Medicaid / SCHIP Also Included In: Health Insurance / Medical Insurance Article Date: 20 Nov 2009 Republicans quickly rebuked Senate Democrats' health overhaul bill after its release last night, Roll Call reports.

Nidal Malik Hasan struck some of his classmates as a "ticking time bomb" whose strange personality telegraphed trouble long before he allegedly killed 13 people at Fort Hood.

"The American people insist on it, and my administration will insist on it," Obama told reporters at a joint news conference with Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama.

Accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four alleged accomplices will stand trial in New York at the federal courthouse 20 blocks from where the World Trade Center once stood.

Attorney General Eric Holder's decision to prosecute confessed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed and four alleged underlings in civilian courts ignited a debate Friday about whether the trial would invite new attacks on New York and if the proceeding would be stymied by legal wrangling over the defendants' rights.

Attorney General Eric Holder had just announced that accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four alleged accomplices would stand trial in New York when the blistering critiques erupted.

Even before Attorney General Eric Holder made it official, the Obama administration's decision to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in a New York City federal court drew fire from conservatives who question his willingness to wage war on terrorists.

Last Updated 12:12 p.m. ET Self-proclaimed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other Guantanamo Bay detainees will be sent to New York to face trial in a civilian federal court, the Justice Department said today.

Just as they have in her two previous re-election campaigns, Republicans and so-called experts once again list Barbara Boxer as one of the most vulnerable U.S. Senate Democrats running in next year's mid-term election.

WASHINGTON a ' Attorney General Eric Holder, rejecting concerns about security risks, announced Friday that confessed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four alleged underlings will face a federal court trial in New York just blocks from the scene of the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history.

Kay Bailey Hutchison will stay in the U.S. Senate as she tries to unseat Gov. Rick Perry in the March Republican primary, abandoning her intentions to leave that post and focus full time on the governor's race.

Texas Republican leaders in Congress are loudly denouncing today's decision by the Obama administration to move five alleged Sept.