All 50 governors battle proposed National Guard cuts, ahead of budget release | Fox News:
"The concerns about National Guard cuts come on top of widespread concerns about the Pentagon's controversial plan to shrink the active-duty Army. As Republican and Democratic lawmakers prepare to challenge these and other cuts on Capitol Hill, the governors are taking an early stand over the National Guard.
They argued the cuts will reduce the Guard's ranks to pre-2001 levels -- reducing its capacity as an active combat force and ability to respond to natural disasters and emergencies, while acknowledging the country's "economic realities." "
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