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Article: CHAIRMAN LEAHY, SEN. BOND ANNOUNCE KEY VICTORIES FOR NATIONAL GUARD IN DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION BILL
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- December 11, 2007
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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick J. Leahy, D-Vt., issued the following news release:
Senate National Guard Caucus Co-Chairs Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Kit Bond (R-Mo.) Tuesday announced key victories for the National Guard in the National Defense Authorization Act, which the Senate is poised to pass later this week. The defense policy bill, which emerged from House-Senate conference in recent days, includes a provision to strengthen the National Guard's voice in Pentagon decision making that affects the Guard, and it will repeal changes made last year to the Insurrection Act, which made it easier for Presidents to federalize the National Guard and use the entire military for ...