Thread: NEW OBAMA EXECUTIVE ORDER ANGERS US CONSTITUTIONALISTS

NEW OBAMA EXECUTIVE ORDER ANGERS US CONSTITUTIONALISTS

By NWV News writer Jim Kouri
Posted 1:00 AM Eastern
January 18, 2010
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While the mainstream media covers most legislation being debated on the floors of both houses of the US Congress, it is the presidential executive orders that are implemented with enormous impact on the lives of American citizens that should be exposed.

For example, this past week, President Barack Obama signed an Executive Order thereby creating a Council of Governors to create a working relationship between the Federal Government and State Governments to protect the United States against all types of hazards. http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default ... _order.pdf

According to the White House press office, when appointed, the Council will be reviewing such matters as involving the National Guard units of the various States; homeland defense; civil support; synchronization and integration of State and Federal military activities in the United States; and other matters of mutual interest pertaining to National Guard, homeland defense, and civil support activities.

The Council is being touted as a bipartisan endeavor that will be comprised of 10 governors from various states who will be selected by the President to serve two year terms. In selecting the governors to the Council, the White House will solicit input from governors and Governors’ associations. Once chosen, the Council will have no more than five members from the same party and represent the nation as a whole.

"While selected governors will be either Democrats or Republicans, there are no provisions to make certain conservatives and progressives are evenly represented," said political strategist Mike Baker.

The federal government members of the Council includes the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, the Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Engagement, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Americas’ Security Affairs, the U.S. Northern Command (NORCOM) Commander, the Commandant of the Coast Guard, and the Chief of the National Guard Bureau within the US Defense Department. The Secretary of Defense will designate an Executive Director for the Council. http://www.thelibertyvoice.com/?p=1300

The rationale for creating the Council of Governors is that it will provide a Senior Administration forum for exchanging views with State and local officials on strengthening our National resilience and the homeland defense and civil support challenges facing our Nation today and in the future, according to the Defense Department presses office.

The formation of the Council of Governors was required by Section 1822 of the Fiscal Year 2008 National Defense Authorization Act which states, “The President shall establish a bipartisan Council of Governors to advise the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the White House Homeland Security Council on matters related to the National Guard and civil support missions.â€

Let's see the Governors should be: Texas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Oklahoma, West Virginia, Colorado, North Carolina, New York, Arkansas, Maine, Kansas, New Mexico, Montana, Washington, and Oregon.

I can't wait to see the list of 10 Governors 2012 is approaching!

Lots to read at: http://www.2012supplies.com/forum.html