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ROBERT ADERHOLT: Religious freedom a fundamental right for all
By Rep. Robert Aderholt | The Gadsden Times | September 22, 2011
Analysis: Obama deportations raise immigration policy questions
By Molly O'Toole | Reuters | September 20, 2011
(Reuters) - President Barack Obama says he backs immigration reform, announcing last month an initiative to ease deportation policies, but he has sent home over 1 million illegal immigrants in 2-1/2 years -- on pace to deport more in one term than George W. Bush did in two.
The Obama administration had deported about 1.06 million as of September 12, against 1.57 million in Bush's two full presidential terms.
Trade deal threatens Haleyville sleeping bag maker
By Mary Orndorff | The Birmingham News | September 20, 2011
WASHINGTON -- A trade deal that would remove the tariff on foreign-made sleeping bags moved closer to becoming law Monday night, jeopardizing a Haleyville manufacturer who has lobbied hard for two years to protect his product from an onslaught of cheaper imports.
Aderholt urges FEMA policy change
By Lindsay Slater | Times Journal | September 14, 2011
Congressman Robert Aderholt said Thursday he's working on a plan to allow Plainview school to keep a "temporary" safe room at no additional cost.
Local veterans group to visit Vietnam Veterans Memorial
By Andy Powell | The Gadsden Times | September 15, 2011
A trip this weekend to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington by local Vietnam War veterans who are being treated for post-traumatic stress disorder will be a “therapeutic experience” that should provide healing, according to a counselor working with the group.
Heavy-lift rocket decision 'very positive news' for Huntsvill, NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center
By Steve Doyle | The Huntsville Times | September 15, 2011
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- Cautious optimism.
That was the prevailing attitude among local aerospace, civic and government leaders after Wednesday's unveiling of a new NASA heavy-lift rocket designed to carry astronauts into deep space.
Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville will oversee development of the rocket's propulsion elements.