Bush Admin “Unable To Muster Even Half” Of National Guard Troops For Border...

Associated Press Aaron C. Davis June 29, 2006 at 06:26 PM
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The Bush administration has been unable to muster even half of the 2,500 National Guardsmen it planned to have on the Mexican border by the end of June.

As of Thursday, the next-to-last day of the month, fewer than 1,000 troops were in place, according to military officials in the four border states of Texas, California, New Mexico and Arizona.

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