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Bush restores governors’ power over Guard
"WASHINGTON — President Bush signed legislation pushed by Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont this week repealing a controversial law that had made it easier for the White House to take over control of the National Guard from governors.
The administration employed the guard for domestic law-enforcement duties, such as patrolling the U.S.-Mexico border.
The nation’s 50 governors had complained that the Insurrection Act, passed as part of a 2006 defense bill, hurt the states’ ability to use the guard to respond to natural disasters.
Leahy, a Democrat who co-chairs the Senate’s 95-member National Guard Caucus, put the repeal into a big defense authorization bill that Bush signed Monday.
Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas, a Republican, applauded the repeal, a top legislative priority of the National Governors Association."
Bush restores governors’ power over Guard - Air Force News, opinions, editorials, news from Iraq, photos, reports - Air Force Times
"WASHINGTON — President Bush signed legislation pushed by Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont this week repealing a controversial law that had made it easier for the White House to take over control of the National Guard from governors.
The administration employed the guard for domestic law-enforcement duties, such as patrolling the U.S.-Mexico border.
The nation’s 50 governors had complained that the Insurrection Act, passed as part of a 2006 defense bill, hurt the states’ ability to use the guard to respond to natural disasters.
Leahy, a Democrat who co-chairs the Senate’s 95-member National Guard Caucus, put the repeal into a big defense authorization bill that Bush signed Monday.
Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas, a Republican, applauded the repeal, a top legislative priority of the National Governors Association."
Bush restores governors’ power over Guard - Air Force News, opinions, editorials, news from Iraq, photos, reports - Air Force Times