Operation Jumpstart
NOVEMBER 18, 2006 Listen to this Story
- Border Town
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Operation Jumpstart, part of President Bush's border security plan, has put 6,000 National Guard troops on the U.S.-Mexico border while new border agents are recruited and trained to replace them. The troops have been living for months in desolate areas along the border. Many have settled into apartments and whole new lives on the border. Weekend America's Michael May visited the troops in the border town of Laredo, Texas, to see how they're adjusting to their new lives.
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- Music Bridge:
- King Buddy
- Artist: Dub Spencer and Trance Hill
- CD: Nitro (Echobeach)
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