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April 26, 2013: Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell testifies on Capitol Hill
in Washington, before the House Appropriations Committee, subcommittee on
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies budget hearing on forest service.APWASHINGTON
The U.S. Forest Service is in the business of preventing fires,
not starting them.Yet the agency set off alarms in Congress and state
capitols across the West by citing the automatic spending cuts as the
basis for demanding that dozens of states return $17.9 million in federal
subsidies. And it's all come down to a bureaucratic squabble over whether
the money is subject to so-called sequestration because of the year it
was paid -- 2013 -- as the Obama administration contends, or exempt
from the cuts because of the year it was generated -- 2012
-- as the states insist.Right now, it's a standoff heightened by history
and hard fiscal realities. But with taxpayer cash scarce, both sides are
digging in: The Forest Service has to slash 5 percent of its
budget under sequestration. The states, meanwhile, have depended for decades
on a share of revenue from timber cut on federal land. Perhaps
least willing to compromise are members of Congress who are up for
re-election next year and are loath to let go of money that
benefits potential voters back home.It's not clear who gets to decide or
whether the question ends up in court. But lines have been drawn."We
regret having to take this action, but we have no alte
May 2, 2013: Shown here is the McLean, Va., home owned by
the government of Saudi Arabia, which was investigated by U.S. Immigration
and Customs (ICE) officials on a report of human trafficking.APFederal officials
are investigating reports of human trafficking at the upscale Virginia home
of a Saudi military attach, after immigration agents removed two domestic
workers from the house earlier this week.Immigration and Customs Enforcement
officers on Tuesday night removed the two alleged victims, Filipino women
who claim the Saudi attach confiscated their passports and made them work
long hours without pay.MyFoxDC.com reports that one of the women had tried
to escape through a gap in the front gate as it was
closing.Officials responded to the McLean, Va., home following a tip that
two workers were being held in circumstances that amounted to human trafficking.According
to real estate records, the Virginia home is owned by the Kingdom
of Saudi Arabia's Armed Forces Office. MyFoxDC.com reports that the Saudi
Embassy claims the compound is separate from their operation.Immigrations
and Customs Enforcement says their investigation is ongoing.ICE is investigating
whether there may be other potential victims connected to the home, said
John Torres, ICE's special agent in charge for Homeland Security Investigations
in the Washington field office. He wouldn't discuss the specific allegations
but said that generally in cases of domestic workers, ICE
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