Playing To Conservatives, Bush Wants Military To Patrol US Borders...

Associated Press NEDRA PICKLER May 14, 2006 at 07:18 PM
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President Bush will call for thousands of National Guard troops to be deployed along the Mexico border in support of patrols aimed at keeping out illegal immigrants, a White House official said Sunday on the eve of an Oval Office address announcing the plan.

White House aides worked into the night Sunday to iron out details of the proposal and allay concerns among lawmakers that using troops to man the border would further burden the an overextended military.

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