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Article: Guard Bureau chief sees peacekeeping as likely Army National Guard mission.
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- May 20, 2009
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M2 PRESSWIRE-20 May 2009-US Army: Guard Bureau chief sees peacekeeping as likely Army National Guard mission(C)1994-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS
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By Staff Sgt. Jim Greenhill
WASHINGTON, -- The National Guard can expect peacekeeping roles in Afghanistan and Iraq in the future, the chief of the National Guard Bureau said here last week.
"I've challenged our staff with thinking through what happens after Iraq, what happens after Afghanistan," Air Force Gen. Craig R. McKinley told an audience at the Heritage Foundation on May 13.
"In many cases, the National Guard - primarily the Army National Guard - stays behind, and ...