After Bush won the 2004 election he vowed to unite our divided country. Well
in a way he has:

Governors of both parties said Sunday that Bush administration policies
were stripping the National Guard of equipment and personnel needed to
respond to hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, forest fires and other
emergencies.

 Tens of thousands of National Guard members have been sent to Iraq,
along with much of the equipment needed to deal with natural disasters and
terrorist threats in the United States, the governors said here at the
winter meeting of the National Governors Association.

The National Guard, which traces its roots to the colonial militia, has a
dual federal-state role. Governors normally command the Guard in their
states, but Guard members deployed overseas in support of a federal mission
are under the control of the president.

The governors said they would present their concerns to President Bush
and Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld on Monday. In a preview of their
message, all 50 governors signed a letter to the president opposing any cuts
in the size of the National Guard.

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With hurricane season rapidly approaching and predictions of it being another
bad one, this should really be a major concern. Bush vowed to fix problems
exposed on the federal level after the Katrina report came out last week. One of
the major problems was a lack of National Guard troops available to respond.
Sadly we all know he won’t listen to the warnings and try to get our National
Guard home were they belong.