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There has been no shortage of news coverage—and criticism—regarding comments I made about President Obama at a political gathering last week in New York. My blunt language suggesting that the president doesn’t love America notwithstanding, I didn’t intend to question President Obama’s motives or the content of his heart. My intended focus really was the effect his words and his actions have on the morale of the country, and how that effect may damage his performance. Let me explain. (clip)........ Obviously, I cannot read President Obama’s mind or heart, and to the extent that my words suggested otherwise, it was...

A border-watch group will alter its plans for an elaborate border security fence southeast of Tucson to accommodate the needs of the host rancher, a spokeswoman said Wednesday. The Minuteman Civil Defense Corps will be building two parallel 14-foot high, 150-feet-long steel mesh fences over the Memorial Day weekend to serve as a model on Jack Ladd's ranch in Palominas, but its design will be changed at his request, spokeswoman Connie Hair said. Minuteman volunteers also will build about 10 miles of fortified range fencing for Ladd, including five-strand barbed wire fortified with vertical steel rail posts, backed by coiled...