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Alan Bersin, Customs and Border commissioner nominee, is at home on a daunting frontier

latimes.com
Nov. 6, 2009
Though Mexico's drug war has dramatically heightened tensions along the border, he sees opportunity for "huge change." Says a former colleague: "If anyone can do it, he can." Alan Bersin is back at the border and on the move.
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch