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Roon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 06:23 PM
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National Guard unit starts mission on border
SAN LUIS, Ariz. - Military bulldozers, road graders and other heavy equipment rumbled along the Mexican border early Monday as more than 50 National Guardsmen from Utah became the first unit to get to work under President Bush’s crackdown on illegal immigration.

The soldiers with the 116th Construction Support Equipment Company rolled out at 3:45 a.m. for more than two weeks of duty. They will improve a dirt road running parallel along the border, reinforce a fence and wire new lighting to help the Border Patrol spot illegal immigrants trying to come across.

“It’s exciting to do something that’s relevant to the safety of the United States,” said Capt. Talon Greeff, the unit’s commander. “There is a sense of excitement when you are doing something real-world.”
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/13152012/
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MadMaddie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 09:07 PM
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1. So I know this is a downer question...
Because we all know that this administration hasn't thought through this plan....what happens when a soldier gets shot or killed on the border....considering they are unarmed.....What then? Another debacle waiting to happen...
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