Gates of Vienna News Feed 1/1/2012

Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney says he will oppose the DREAM Act — which would smooth the path to citizenship for certain illegal immigrants — and will veto the bill if it arrives on his desk when he becomes president.

In other news, the official state news agency in North Korea has called on the populace to act as “human shields” for their new leader, Kim Jong-un.

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