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To: va4me

The Louisiana Governor had control over HER guard. Calling in other states' guards must be done by a formal request to the President, which hadn't happened until Thursday.


3,118 posted on 09/03/2005 6:52:15 AM PDT by Miss Marple (Lord, please look after Mozart Lover's son and keep him strong.)
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To: Miss Marple
The Louisiana Governor had control over HER guard. Calling in other states' guards must be done by a formal request to the President, which hadn't happened until Thursday.

I don't know what the actual protocol is, and have read that state-to-state pacts exist.

Clearly, "calling out the Guard" is not a one-size-fits-all proposition. The NG may be called to search people entering the SuperDome, or it may be called to quell insurrection. Blaco did call for something on Thursday, but I don't know exactly what that was.

3,131 posted on 09/03/2005 7:03:05 AM PDT by Cboldt
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To: Miss Marple
The Louisiana Governor had control over HER guard. Calling in other states' guards must be done by a formal request to the President, which hadn't happened until Thursday.

I'm sure you saw that the President is now sending in 7,000 active duty troops.

3,446 posted on 09/03/2005 8:29:37 AM PDT by va4me
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