Why This Son of an Illegal Immigrant Became a Border Patrol Agent

The Daily Signal
May 17, 2017
Good morning from Washington, where President Trump's decision to share classified information with Russian officials suddenly makes everyone an intelligence expert. Fred Lucas covers White House efforts to calm the media storm, while Josh Siegel explores the fine points of declassifying government secrets. Kelsey Harkness is back from the border with a video on one Border Patrol agent's American story. Plus: Nolan Peterson reports on Ukraine's bid to defuse dangerous Russian social media sites, and Genevieve Wood interviews the FCC chairman liberals love to hate.
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Why This Son of an Illegal Immigrant Became a Border Patrol Agent

Arturo Payan feared his father, an immigrant from Mexico who came to the United States illegally, wouldn't approve of his chosen career.

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In New Russia Stir, White House and Allies Call Leaks to Media Real Problem

National security adviser H.R. McMaster says the "real issue" is the threat to national security by those leaking classified information to The Washington Post and other media outlets.

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FCC's Pai Defiant After Liberal Intimidation: 'Folks Are Just Going to Oppose Whatever I Do'

So aggrieved are the proponents of government-knows-best policies that they have taken to lambasting Ajit Pai on late-night talk shows, in mean tweets, and during a "vigil to save the internet" outside his home on Mother's Day.

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4 Questions About Declassifying and Disclosing Government Secrets

President Trump "doesn't have to ask anybody else whether he can declassify anything," says David Shedd, who served in the George W. Bush administration's National Security Council.

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As Russia Uses Cyberattacks, Ukraine Bans Some Social Media Sites

"Massive cyberattacks of the Russian Federation around the world, in particular, the recent intervention in the election campaign in France, indicate that it is time to act differently and more strongly," wrote the Ukrainian president.

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Let's Hit Left-Wing Colleges Where It Hurts: In the Pocketbook

Clemson University's chief diversity officer, Lee Gill, who's paid $185,000 a year to promote inclusion, provided a lesson claiming that to expect certain people to be on time is racist.

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