Thread: Nat'l Guard: More money needed to send troops to border

Nat'l Guard: More money needed to send troops to border

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WASHINGTON (AP) — A National Guard official said Tuesday that the Guard would need additional funding to send more troops to the U.S.-Mexico border.

Major General Peter Aylward said the Guard currently is analyzing the needs on the border, but any response will require additional funding. Aylward is the director of the Joint Staff of the National Guard Bureau. He testifed before a House Homeland Security subcommittee Tuesday morning.

Outside the hearing, Aylward said $43 million would be needed through the end of the year. He says 1,500 troops are available in an existing Guard counterdrug program.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry has asked the federal government to send 1,000 troops to the border to contain drug-related violence occurring across the border.
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We have 37,000 troops in South Korea guarding their border.
We need to bring them home, or even half of them, and secure our border
and stop the invasion of our country by Mexico.

The United States Military is suppose to be used to protect us. put them on the border to protect us!!



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