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The National Guard Association of Texas

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or Angat hosted the 53rd annual

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conference at the Austin Convention

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Center this past weekend . The and it

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is a nonprofit organization that is the

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voice of guardsmen at the state and

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national legislative levels . Budget

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cuts are one of the biggest challenges

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facing today's guardsmen and yet

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ensures these cuts do not unfairly

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affect them . The guard is the most

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effective way to defend America and

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it's also the most cost efficient if

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you're going to cut for structure but

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retain the ability to mobilize and

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surge , then you want guardsmen . The

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annual conference is an opportunity to

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showcase the value of guardsmen to the

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state and the nation . Thousands of

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guardsmen have served on overseas

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deployments , changing the future of

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the National Guard . We fought

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alongside our brothers and sisters

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overseas . We're never going back to

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the old garden . The fact is that what

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we do here in the state of texas and

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throughout this country Has only

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benefited from what our jobs were

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overseas reporting from austin Texas

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for the 100 mobile public affairs

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detachment . I'm specialist Richard

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Castillo