Bush restores governors’ power over Guard

[unhappycamper]

Bush restores governors’ power over Guard
By Erin Kelly - Gannett News Service
Posted : Wednesday Jan 30, 2008 17:44:29 EST

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.


Rest of article at: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/01/gns_guardcontrol_080130/

[aquart]

1. Maybe he'll give back all the powers before the Dem can take office?

I have my dreams.

[unhappycamper]

2. Did you see the thread about VT wanting to pull their National Guard from Iraq?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=259x10709

[aquart]

3. I hadn't. Thanks.

How do they do that, though?