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Article: HILL'S NATIONAL GUARD ADVOCATES HOLD NEWS CONFERENCE TO PROTEST DOD BILL'S PROPOSED DECISIONS ON NATIONAL GUARD
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- September 19, 2006
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The office of Sen. Patrick S. Leahy, D-Vt., issued the following press release:
Congressional leaders heading the fight for National Guard empowerment Tuesday expressed grave disappointment over the House and Senate conference agreement on the Fiscal Year 2007 Defense Authorization Bill for abandoning the National Guard "empowerment" thrust of the Senate's version of the bill. The conference report is also likely to take a sizable step toward weakening states' authority over their Guard units, according to the congressional leaders who are leading the fight for Guard empowerment.
Sen. Kit Bond (R-Mo.) and Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) - the co-chairs of the Senate's National Guard Caucus - ...
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Article: SENS. SNOWE, LEAHY, BOND RE-LAUNCH NATIONAL GUARD ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
January 31, 2007 ;
700+ words
... ... need to empower the National Guard is not only still there ... We will put the National Guard on an equal footing ... military forces." The Guard empowerment bill has been endorsed by The National Guard Association, the Adjutants ...
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