US DEFENSE SECRETARY ROBERT GATES will “stay as Pentagon Chief,” reported BBC news on November 25 2008. Only two days before the announcement, Gates met with his co-militarist, Canada’s Defense Minister, Peter MacKay, to discuss plans for an Afghan “surge.”
“Violence is up in Afghanistan,” Gates told Canadian reporters. “It’s clear there’s a need for more troops to try to deal with this increased security problem,” Gates remarked
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A MILITARY STATE COMING TO AMERICA
THE DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2007 is about to be put into practice by Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. The ACT usurps individual US States’ rights in managing National Guard deployments during emergencies. This is a direct violation of Article I, Section 10 of the Constitution, which limits the federalization of citizen-soldiers.
On November 25 2008, Gates ordered Pentagon officials to “conduct a broad review to determine if the National Guard and Reserve can adequately deal with domestic emergencies.”
Gates gave his department heads 25 days to submit their recommendations, along with budget forecasts, and 29 recommendations of his own to be added when the review is finished
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