>No, this is the solution:
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>http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/02/09/MNGOKB837T1.DTL
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>Note the date on the article. Somehow, repeating the same game (promise - no, not promise, make it a law - to deploy 10,000 guys along the border, then give money for about 210 of them) seems to be a good solution.

You seem to be criticizing his solution, rather than offering an alternative. Am I mistaken?