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07-19-2010, 07:34 PM #1
Border states commit 54,000 troops to Iraq, Afghanistan…ge
Border states commit 54,000 troops to Iraq, Afghanistan…get 1,200 from feds
July 19, 4:26 PM
Immigration Reform Examiner Dave Gibson
US troops on patrol in Afghanistan
AP
During a Monday morning Pentagon news conference, Gen. Craig McKinley, chief of the National Guard Bureau told reporters that National Guard troops will begin a yearlong deployment on August 1, along the 2,000 mile-long U.S./Mexican border.
While the 1,200 troops will reportedly be armed, they may only use their weapons for self-defense.
The troops will be distributed along the border as follows:
-Arizona…524
-Texas…250
-California…224
-New Mexico…72
With another 130 troops assigned to something called a “national liaison office.â€
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