National Guard deployment on U.S.-Mexico border has mixed results

[harvey007]

Source: Washington Post

HIDALGO, TEX. — President Obama’s decision last year to send 1,200 National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border may have been smart politics, but a growing number of skeptics say the deployment is an expensive and inefficient mission that has made little difference in homeland security.

Critics of the deployment include budget hawks, who say it is a waste of money, and residents here along the border, who say they are tired of seeing armed troops in their back yard.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/national-guard-deployment-on-us-mexico-border-has-mixed-results/2011/11/21/gIQAly6qXO_story.html

[Historic NY]

1. But wait it suppose to be what everyone wants......

http://azstarnet.com/news/local/border/article_5269e3db-1ff5-5611-a02a-149c0b413996.html

[Bette Noir]

2. After last week's windstorm, California could use 1200 troops

to help with the clean-up. There are three arboreta near Pasadena that will be closed for a while due to down trees and power lines. I daresay the power lines will be dealt with quickly, but the trees will take a while.