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  • National Guard Stretched Thin (2005 CBS Hit Piece on Bush in wake of natural disaster)

    01/14/2010 8:05:21 AM PST · by SoFloFreeper · 1 replies · 323+ views
    See BS News ^ | 9/10/05 | Scott Benjamin
    The National Guard is stretched so thin by simultaneous assignments in Iraq and the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast that leaders in statehouses and Congress say it is time to reconsider how the force is used.
  • US guard unit defies rule on filming of soldiers' coffins

    01/13/2005 4:24:59 AM PST · by Ellesu · 48 replies · 1,078+ views
    spacewar.com ^ | 01/13/05
    A US National Guard unit on Wednesday defied a Pentagon request that sought to stop television news crews filming six flag-draped soldiers' coffins arriving in Louisiana following the men's deaths in Iraq last week, according to a report by CBS News. The Pentagon has barred US media from filming the coffins of US servicemembers arriving at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, but the Louisiana National Guard allowed a CBS news crew to film the arrival of six soldiers' coffins at the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base in Belle Chasse, near New Orleans, Louisiana. Despite the Pentagon request, Lieutenant...