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Obama to slash National Guard force on U.S.-Mexico border
The Washington Times ^ | 12/12/11 | Stephen Dinan
Posted on Monday, December 12, 2011 6:00:02 PM by illiac
Blaming budget cuts, the Obama administration early next year will cut the number of National Guard troops patrolling the U.S.-Mexico border by at least half, according to a congressman who was briefed on the plan.
The National Guard said an announcement will be made by the White House “in the near future,” but Rep. Duncan Hunter, a California Republican who has learned of the plans, said slashing the deployment in half is the minimum number, and he said it will mean reshuffling the remaining troops along the nearly 2,000-mile border.
In California, that will mean going from 264 Guard troops down to just 14, he said.
Mr. Hunter said the pending cuts are another reason Congress and President Obama should revisit the automatic defense spending reductions that kicked in with the failure last month of the deficit super-committee to reach a broader spending deal.
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Hezbollah Identifies Undercover CIA Officers Working in Lebanon
Fox ^
Posted on Monday, December 12, 2011 7:01:41 PM by nuconvert
Hezbollah made the names public in a broadcast Friday night on a Lebanese television station, al-Manar.