Anti-crime effort targets Indian reservations

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The administration of President Barack Obama vowed to address rising crime and the breakdown of justice on American Indian reservations across the West and is planning to roll out a series of initiatives later this year to address what officials concede is a mounting crisis. The package will be designed in consultation with tribal leaders in the coming months and presented at a final "listening session" in the fall attended by representatives from hundreds of tribes and led by Attorney General Eric Holder.

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