But the US has tens of thousands of miles of petroleum pipelines, many cris-crossing this same general area.

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MSPs backed the general principals of the Forth Crossing Bill by 113 votes to three, with two abstentions.

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It was the writings of Thomas Paine that General Washington ordered his men to read before crossing the Delaware.

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The reporters kept trying, but Whitman, an old hand at dealing with the media, refused to rise to the bait, swatting away questions that came anywhere near the topic, of even what the general policy is for U.S. troops crossing the borders.

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