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Arizona Republic (Phoenix)
October 12, 2007 By Sean Holstege, Arizona Republic
Gov. Janet Napolitano said Thursday that the National Guard's top general promised to steer $6 million to bolster counter-drug missions in Arizona.
"The Guard has been very effective on the border," Napolitano said after a Pentagon meeting with National Guard Chief Lt. Gen. H. Steven Blum. She described the meeting as "very productive."
Blum must get approval from Defense Secretary Robert Gates to shift the money, Napolitano said.
Napolitano was in Washington to lobby for an extra $754 million to keep Guard members on the border beyond next July.
The money would come from a supplemental military-spending bill before Congress that will fund the Iraq war.
Operation Jump Start involves the temporary assignment of 6,000 National Guard troops along the U.S.- Mexico border. Since the Guard arrived last year, there has been a drop in reported arrests of illegal immigrants and a sharp increase in the amount of drugs seized.
October 12, 2007 By Sean Holstege, Arizona Republic
Gov. Janet Napolitano said Thursday that the National Guard's top general promised to steer $6 million to bolster counter-drug missions in Arizona.
"The Guard has been very effective on the border," Napolitano said after a Pentagon meeting with National Guard Chief Lt. Gen. H. Steven Blum. She described the meeting as "very productive."
Blum must get approval from Defense Secretary Robert Gates to shift the money, Napolitano said.
Napolitano was in Washington to lobby for an extra $754 million to keep Guard members on the border beyond next July.
The money would come from a supplemental military-spending bill before Congress that will fund the Iraq war.
Operation Jump Start involves the temporary assignment of 6,000 National Guard troops along the U.S.- Mexico border. Since the Guard arrived last year, there has been a drop in reported arrests of illegal immigrants and a sharp increase in the amount of drugs seized.