Mr Blair said he had "misgivings" over the Israeli security fence but the only way of dealing with the Middle East situation was to sort out security issues.

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Back in 1996, Congress had authorized the construction of a border security fence along the southwestern border to deter illegal crossings.

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Viewing insecure borders as a matter of national security, he is outspoken in his support for the construction of a physical fence between the U.S. and Mexico.

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There was a 14ft fence at the back of the new houses at Lisfannon Park, which was probably a security fence.

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Moreover, it tends to obfuscate the central plank of Mr Mitzna's platform, which is that if the Palestinians refuse to negotiate Israel must act unilaterally, pulling out of all of Gaza and most of the West Bank and building a security fence to separate itself from the Palestinian territories.

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Mr. McCaul says the bungled project called SBInet, which included the virtual fence plan, set back the cause of border security five years.

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But joining me here at the security fence is Fred Satterstrom, who works for the local city and he has some indication of what Bezos is up to in there.

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Among the issues keeping potential new-home buyers on the fence is the threat of continued declines in home prices, concerns over job security and tougher borrowing standards on the part of lenders.

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Number one is that the Social Security trust fund -- there wasn't a fence around it so people started borrowing out of it for other things.

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As Bolor Minjin, Robert Painter, and the rest of the Mongolia contingent watched, elated, from behind a chain-link fence, Homeland Security Investigations agents loaded four large crates onto the truck.

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