The events in Afghanistan, Iraq and the staggering incompetence in responding to Katrina, along with Libby and the Al Qaeda mole and a host of other failures, PROVES that the GOP CANNOT BE TRUSTED WITH OUR NATIONAL SECURITY!
'Appalling Gap' Found in Homeland Defense Readiness
National Guard, Reserve Forces Lack Sufficient Personnel,
Training to Respond to Crisis in U.S., Report Says
By Ann Scott TysonWashington Post Staff Writer Friday, February 1, 2008; Page A04
The U.S. military is not prepared to meet catastrophic threats at home, and it is suffering from an "appalling gap" in forces able to respond to chemical, biological and nuclear strikes on U.S. soil, according to a congressional commission report released yesterday.
Guard readiness has continued to slide since last March, when the panel found that 88 percent of Army National Guard units were rated "not ready," said retired Marine Maj. Gen. Arnold L. Punaro, the commission chairman.
Friday, February 01, 2008
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