http://www.wbay.com/Global/story.asp?S=6483437 White House dismisses criticism that Guard lacks equipment because it's in Iraq
TOPEKA, Kan. The White House is rejecting criticism from the governor of Kansas that the war in Iraq has exposed holes in disaster response to events like the Greensburg tornado. Governor Kathleen Sebelius (seh-BEEL'-yuhs) says much of the National Guard's equipment and some key personnel are in Iraq. She says the lack of resources has hurt the response to the twister that killed nine and virtually wiped out the town. But White House spokesman Tony Snow says the National Guard has equipment in place around the country to respond when states need it. Sebelius says she's written to the Pentagon about the problem and that she'll discuss it with President Bush when he visits Greensburg tomorrow. Randy Noller, spokesman for the National Guard Bureau, says equipment needs have been an ongoing issue during the war and there have been repeated funding requests to Congress. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
