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  Obama and Senator Differ on Narrative of Meeting
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Last EditedBrandonius Maximus  Jun 22, 2010 12:26pm
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AuthorJACKIE CALMES
MediaNewspaper - New York Times
News DateTuesday, June 22, 2010 06:25:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionWASHINGTON — President Obama and Senator Jon Kyl on Monday waged a “he said, he said” war of words, disputing what the president said about enforcing the nation’s borders in a private meeting with Mr. Kyl, an Arizona Republican. But in usual Washington fashion, only their spokesmen did the talking.

At issue is Mr. Kyl’s account last Friday to a Phoenix Tea Party chapter, recorded in a video, suggesting that Mr. Obama was holding back on securing the border against illegal immigrants to pressure the Senate to approve a comprehensive overhaul of immigration law.

In Mr. Kyl’s telling, “Here’s what the president said: ‘The problem is,’ he said, ‘if we secure the border, then you all won’t have any reason to support comprehensive immigration reforms.’ ”
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