About 75,000 citizen-soldiers and airmen this morning are deployed all around the world.
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The National Guard that I joined was strategic reserve -- deliberately under-resourced, deliberately undermanned and deliberately under-equipped. That was part of our national military strategy.Steven Blum
It has grown, unfortunately, because the need has grown. We cannot give up on our American youth.
Steven Blum
We can handle the overseas war-fight commitment and still defend our homeland and support the Department of Homeland Security simultaneously.
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You don't have to be in Afghanistan or Iraq a long time to understand the challenges of the missions. The National Guard brings the face of all America to the theater.
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Fifty-four of the 54 National Guards sent troops to Mississippi and Louisiana post-Katrina. It was absolutely the largest and fastest military response to a domestic event in the history of this nation.
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And we're not fighting a threat-based force that we clearly understand.
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