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Airborne Predators Patrol TX/Mexico Border Wednesday

Predators are about to be airborne on the border.  Predator flights out of Corpus Christi that will patrol the Texas/Mexico border take off for the first time on Wednesday. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says they will be "providing critical aerial surveillance to personnel on the ground."  Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says this will allow the entire border from California to the Rio Grande Valley to be covered by drones.  She says eventually there will be six predators patrolling the airspace along the border.

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