Obama: No U.S. troops to Mexico border

Mexico’s drug war and the risks of cross-border violence deserve top-level attention, President Barack Obama said in an interview today, but it isn’t time to send U.S. troops.

“I’m not interested in militarizing the border.”

Last month, Texas Gov. Rick Perry visited El Paso – whose neighbor, Ciudad Juarez, has taken the brunt of drug violence that has claimed more than 7,000 lives in Mexico in 14 months – and called on Washington to send a thousand troops or border agents...

[ 'not interested'? 'militarizing'? (vs. defending?, protecting?) - anyone else not reassured by this peculiar response?]

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image toon - immig - Pentagon war room + Mexico gun battle