Posted on 12/07/2011 3:59:00 PM PST by ColdOne
President Barack Obama joined Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper Wednesday to announce the details of two new initiatives designed to improve safety and streamline trade and commerce between the United States and its largest trading partner.
“We’re agreeing to a series of concrete steps to bring our economies even closer and to ensure the security of our citizens,” Obama said. “Put simply, we’re going to make it easier to conduct the trade and travel that creates jobs and we’re going to make it harder for those who would do us harm and threaten our security.”
“These agreements create a new, modern border for a new century,” said Harper, during the joint appearance.
Details of the pact include more tracking of cross-border travelers and better monitoring of cargo crossing the border. The second initiative the administration announced is a reduction in the number of regulations between the two countries – affecting sectors like the auto industry, agriculture and health care.
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Congress? We don’t need no stinkun Congress.
Oh please, this is nothing more that political lip service to a issue that is screaming to be taken care of. It will do NOTHING for the real problem of the southern border being under attack 24-7-365.
Little bammy is doing nothing.
Well, OK, he is doing somthing.
He is screwing American Citizens out of jobs and reducing national security by delaying Keystone so the owners/developers will go with the Chinese.
Which is exactly what the little commie wants.
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Whatever he says, he is lying.
So Zer0 is in favor of more border crossing, tar sand oil pipelines?
So... terrorists must be afraid of steps made from concrete, eh? (I threw the “eh” in to make it seem like I was from the Great White North, eh?”
Yea whatever....
Is it next November yet?
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