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To: Jim Fleming who wrote (40457)	9/4/2005 7:38:48 PM
From: patron_anejo_por_favor	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

FWIW, in an interview today on MSNBC, James Lee Witt (former FEMA director under Clinton) indicated that the National Guard units that had specifically drilled and trained for the New Orleans hurricane scenario had ALL been dispatched to Iraq. Sorta explains a lot....

To: Jim Fleming who wrote (40457)	9/6/2005 2:50:32 PM
From: GraceZ	Respond to of 306849

Does the Governor have the right to call the 6000 Louisiana troops home from Iraq. First off, LA doesn't have 6000 National Guard troops in Iraq. It has around 2700 troops in Iraq. The 6000 number you so quickly quoted is a number that is both Mississippi and Louisiana. As I said before, all the states have reciprocal agreements. Second, it would be faster to use the remaining troops positioned in this country and in LA don't you think? I live i n an area where I can see the weekend warriors running drills, so I know they aren't all in Iraq, in fact more of them have been called up to active duty and are running drills here than there were prior to 911 in anticipation of other terrorist attacks. Nationally, 78,000 of the 437,000 members of the National Guard force are serving overseas. This leaves approximately 359,000 here or 82% of the force.