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Article: BUSH: NATIONAL GUARD FULLY ENGAGED IN WILDFIRE BATTLE
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- October 26, 2007
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The National Guard issued the following news release:
By Staff Sgt. Jim GreenhillNational Guard Bureau
The National Guard is providing critical help to civilian authorities fighting Southern California's mammoth wildfires, national leaders said here Thursday, Oct. 25.
"Our National Guard personnel have provided very important assistance," President George W. Bush said during a visit to the fire scenes.
Lt. Gen. H Steven Blum, chief of the National Guard Bureau, and Maj. Gen. William Wade II, adjutant general of the California National Guard, were among leaders accompanying the president.
More than 2,500 National Guard Soldiers and Airmen were assisting civilian authorities with ...