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policy choices.
• He has asked Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson and Attorney General Eric Holder for recommendations by the end of summer on the types of executive actions he could take to address some of the aims of a comprehensive bipartisan bill that passed the Senate last year. Among the steps he could consider would be to focus deportations on people with serious criminal records, something the administration has already tried to do, with mixed results.
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Chauvinistic or charming? 5 memorable World Cup chants
• SAO PAULO (AP) -- With "I believe that we will win!" American soccer fans finally have a World Cup chant that doesn't just involve shouting their country's name.
• In terms of creativity, though, it's a notch below Argentina's elaborate sing-alongs or even the boisterous chants of the English.
• All players can testify to the goose bump-inducing effect of thousands of fans joining together for a synchronized chant.
• While most fans simply spell out the name of their country, from Chile's "Chi-chi-chi Le-le-le" to Germany's "Deutschland, Deutschland," some have developed more creative chants that celebrate their own teams while poking fun at their opponents.
• The trick is to be cheeky without being offensive; national team chants are usually less vulgar than those sung by fans of club teams around the world.
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United States forward Chris Wondolowski a hero to Kiowa Tribe, Native Americans
• CARNEGIE, Okla. (AP) -- The chatter at the Kiowa Tribal Complex was a bit unusual Monday afternoon.
• Brent Bear, Keith Vasquez and Steve Quoetone went back and forth about the United States soccer team. Among the questions: Could the U.S. handle Belgium's star-studded lineup in Tuesday's World Cup knockout stage showdown? Would Jurgen Klinsmann use more of an attacking style or sit back?
• Those kinds of questions, the men concluded, never would have been asked around here four years ago. But back then, the Kiowa didn't have one of their own representing them on the most grand of sports stages. In the past few years, Chris Wondolowski has emerged as a star and made the tightly knit group of 12,000 peo (Continued on page 29)
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