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Good afternoon . It's great to be with

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you all . I think most of the people in

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this room are either current guardsmen

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or former guardsmen , we've got a

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former chief john Conaway , we've got a

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former director Phil kelly . We've got

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a number of Air Force commanders ,

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We've got them everywhere , We've got

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former tags . Uh and of course for me

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to have Lieutenant General blood wide

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here . Many of you heard him this

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morning , He's our director of the Air

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Guard and he's doing a great job .

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Former Agent General Oklahoma , very

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glad to have bud and nancy up here and

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his able sidekick chris muncie from

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Ohio ! So we've got the whole

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leadership team here today and I thank

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everybody for taking a little bit of

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time out of their schedules too . Come

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listen to the state of the Guard . If

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you heard General Wyatt speak this

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morning , you heard a lot about the Air

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National Guard , you heard about the

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issues of recapitalization and the

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issues of integrating the Air National

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Guard with the Air Force and arguably

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For the 1st 60 years of our air force

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life , the Reserve component National

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Guard were interwoven with our Air

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Force . What I would say . Uh General

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Schwartz . And I've talked about this

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is that these last four years . It's

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really been since the 2000 and five

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brack , we've had some wedges put in .

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And so that closeness , that severe

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integration that we had for 60 years ,

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probably the best of any of the

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services has come under stress . And

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so as we work through this decade that

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thomas Friedman said should be a decade

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where we get our financial house back

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in order that if we don't take the

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severe pain that we as a nation need to

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take financially that we won't have a

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century beyond this . I think thomas

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Friedman's right . We need a decade to

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work through the financial issues

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facing America . Uh and that affects

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our Air force , just like it affects

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everybody down to your own pocketbook .

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So buds working that with the chief .

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Um my duties carry over to now that I

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am a direct report to the chairman

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advising Admiral mullen who in turn

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advised the Secretary of Defense on

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matters affecting uh title 32 in state ,

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active duty National Guardsmen and

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women a little different role than we

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had when General Conway was the chief ,

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but still similar in that we keep both

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our services informed , the Secretary

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of the Army , Secretary of the Air

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Force or people who I interact with and

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must rightly keep informed because we

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are very , very proud to be part of the

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United States Army , United States Air

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Force . We've always been there back

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from the beginning of time before there

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was an army , there was a militia And

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we celebrate our 375th birthday here on

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December 13 . So we're interwoven with

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our services the last 10 years , our

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Army National Guard's been deeply

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involved in operations with its army in

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general . Uh Odierno and I have met

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General Odierno knows the value of the

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Army National Guard and the Army

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Reserve for that matter uh , from his

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time in Iraq . So if a picture is worth

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1000 words , I have a short video that

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I want to show to you all , it really

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does characterize and capture what your

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National Guards doing every day of the

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year . Some of you have seen this , but

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this has been updated recently and this

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will cover many of the natural

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disasters that we've had maybe in your

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home states . We've had $10 billion

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dollar disasters this year . It's one

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of the highest number of natural

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disasters with the highest price tag

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that we've ever had in the National

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Guard . And so uh , please watch this

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video . I'll say a few words after .

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It's over . It covers most everything

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we're doing today from the kinetic

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effects in Iraq and Afghanistan to here

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at home . And then I'll be glad to take

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your questions . Please roll the video .

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Right mm .

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Also have a direct yeah . Just

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Over the past 10 years of military

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operations in Iraq , Afghanistan and

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elsewhere around the world , The

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National Guard has been a full partner

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as a member of the Total Force , the

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National Guard successfully transformed

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into an operational force . This

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transformation would not have been

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possible without the significant

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investments this Congress made in the

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National Guard and Reserve . We thank

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you all very much

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what you have done what you have done

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for this nation and for this , this

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institution of the Department of

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Defense and bringing the concept of

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Citizen soldier back to reality of

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making it a valid concept of , of

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instilling in this nation and

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understanding that we are at war , what

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you have done in that and maintain the

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ability to defend this nation at home ,

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whether it be hurricanes or whether it

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be attacked . Yeah that has that has

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gone unnoticed to some extent by many

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but not by all . We're going to come

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into some pretty trying budget times

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here . We have a responsibility to make

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sure that we're not responsible for

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mortgaging our kids or even our own

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future here . In terms of the national

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economic situation we find ourselves in .

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Now we are accessible , wow to the

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governor's on a moment's notice

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the situation is under control . The

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citizen soldiers that are here

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protecting this property and prepare

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for what could be very , very difficult

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situations in days and weeks to come

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are adding strength of local law

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enforcement and strength of the

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community is a

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powerful just to know such as a

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National Guard vehicle coming by that

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even if it's not doing anything

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immediately for them , it gives them a

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sense they're not by themselves . Help

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is coming when we talk about some of

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the special missions here in the United

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States , one that comes to mind has

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been the the module airborne

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firefighting system aboard our C one

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thirties . A lot of the western part of

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the country , Southwest has experienced

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fires and with the civilian fleet being

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taxed to its limits , The Air National

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Guard has come to the rescue and and

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dropped over 350,000 gallons of fire ,

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96% of the things that happen in

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domestic operations emergencies and

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disasters are handled either at the

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local level or at the state level

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without any federal support or federal

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intervention . Because it's an

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opportunity for us at the tactical

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level to train to some of the very ,

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very important skills that we're going

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to need to help save american lives in

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this country . We have a huge

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transformation going on in our Chemical

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Biological radiological Nuclear

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Response Enterprise . Yeah and Ohio and

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Washington both validated their

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homeland Response forces this year .

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The capability that brings to the

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United States and to our fellow

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citizens is beyond anything that we

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could have imagined probably five or 10

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years ago because we now have an

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immediate response capability should

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something . We have

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capabilities to get in there and do a

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search and extraction to take care of

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people who have been contaminated

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through a decontamination process . We

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have medical triage capabilities .

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They're used to us being there for

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flooding and tornadoes and hurricanes

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and all those natural disasters . It's

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nice to be able to tell them our

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capabilities go beyond the

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the people that want to smuggle things

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into this country will use any type of

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means to do that . But I feel that this

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mission is a , is a huge deterrent .

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It has provided a lot of continuity for

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the law enforcement agencies that we

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support uh unique set of skills . We ?

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Re leverage the unique skill sets that

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the military has and it really has

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enhanced law enforcement efforts not

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only on the border but in the

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intelligence community as well .

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Our National Guard families are

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absolutely the best it is because of

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their support that allows us to

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absolutely accomplish the mission . I

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know behind every soldier , Every

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airman is a family that are supporting

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them . So it's important that we take

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care of them because we know that we

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recruit soldiers and airmen but we

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retain families . Something in

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these Children at a certain point

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clicked they had been wandering streets ,

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not going anywhere fast . The jail door

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was getting closer and closer and

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something inside of them said , let me

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reach out for help . And when they did

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the National Guard , was there

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one metric that I think you all should

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know is that this program is

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oversubscribed . We can't take the

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volume of kids who want to be part of

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you challenge because we don't have the

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capacity

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Libya is kind of a special circumstance

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because it's not a named contingency

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operation and so there is no

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mobilization authority available .

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However , the International Guard has

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responded in great numbers . In fact ,

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the majority of the tanker In flight

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refueling capability is provided by the

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International Guard on a volunteer

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basis . 100% of those folks volunteered

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tremendous value in the State

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partnership arena because we have the

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capabilities and ability to do things

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that the State Department can't do on a

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formal basis . We have the ability to

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work with the Defense forces in those

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foreign nations on a one on one basis

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and be able to develop those

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relationships which are so vitally

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important to our national defense

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in the overseas mission . We have

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performed a full spectrum of operation .

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The Army National Guard has been

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engaged in the kinetic piece of Iraq

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and Afghanistan . Also ,

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we need to do some hard thinking

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because we could not have done what we

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did in Iraq and do what we're doing

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here in Afghanistan without the

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operational engagement of the Guard .

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The motto of the National Guard is

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always ready . Always there . This has

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been absolutely true of the world ,

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not just here uh , in the United States

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but across the globe , including on

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many challenging NATO operations .

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What the nation has is one very

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important part of its armed forces that

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literally you can dial up or back as

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necessary when you hire an active duty

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soldier or airmen , you buy them

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whether you use them or not in the

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National Guard , you have an MD . A

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soldier or a part time guardsmen . If

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you need them , like we have for the

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last eight years , you put them on more

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active duty , Train them up using more

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often if you don't need them , you can

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dial back how much you use them and the

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country hasn't lost that right in a sec

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capability . It's available if we need

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it in four or five years . My most

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honored title was being Commander in

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Chief of the National Guard of West

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Virginia . But I saw the heart and soul

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of the Garden . Any mission you give

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them , they will do it and do it beyond

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your expectations . Like no other

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entity in the United States of America ,

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our citizen soldiers and Eman are

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the ultimate example of adding value to

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America . They are bright , they're

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magnificent . They want to do something

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for their country and their nation and

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for me to get the opportunity to wear

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the same uniform as those great

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soldiers is privilege and an honor .

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It is a critical time in our history ,

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but I can't think of a better military

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organization to be a member of than the

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National Guard at this point in time ,

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we believe we are the answer to

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America's security needs in a time of

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fiscal constraint and we're willing to

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put our forces on the line

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operationally , their capability ,

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their equipment and their leadership to

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make that case in front of the american

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people . So you get a chance as I

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do to see in about a 9.5 minute video .

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The range , the breadth , the scope of

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what the National Guard is doing today .

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It's not the National Guard most of us

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grew up with , but it's two great

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leaders like john Conway and Phil kelly

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and others , Larry Arnold , Who have

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built the National Guard to the decade

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of the 70s , the 80s and the 90s , uh

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to be prepared to do the things that

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you saw in this video today . And again ,

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arguably this is probably one of the

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most well trained , well equipped ,

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well led National guards in our

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nation's history . A real question , I

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think for this audience and for some of

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you are in here today is uh , okay , so

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what , so now , what about the rest of

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this century , where does the National

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Guard fit uh , in the future ? Uh , I

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would say that my best military advice

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that I can give the two Chiefs of Staff ,

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General Odierno and General Schwartz is

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uh just like for our history , we have

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always brought ready , trained equipped ,

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accessible forces . If you need us to

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integrate with the army and Air force ,

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we also provide to the Governors of the

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respective States territories and the

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District of Columbia . Already trained

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force to use , as I said earlier in

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national disasters , which we've had

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way too many of this year . Um , those

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are unique capabilities And for about

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40 days of pay a year , you buy an

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airman or a soldier so that that airman

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or soldier could be used the entire

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year If you extrapolate that over a

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career of 20 years . If you pay for an

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airman or soldier for about two years

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of an active duty career , you have

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that airman or soldier for a 20 year

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career um , in this time of fiscal

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challenge , I think those things are

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important . Those are things that we

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need to consider . We certainly need to

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have the balance . As Secretary

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Donnelly said yesterday , as General

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Schwartz said today , we've got to have

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an integrated force . We have to have a

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force that can do what this nation

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needs . But we also have to have a

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force that can assist the governors of

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the States in times of emergency . Here .

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I look at the riots that recently

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occurred in London and I wonder could

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that have ever happened here in the

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United States . Certainly we've had

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times of turmoil in the United States

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and our history , but the governors

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have a force . It's called the National

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Guard that the governor's can augment

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their local police force with . I think

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it's important and I think our founding

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fathers thought it was very important

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to have that capacity here at home . Um ,

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so obviously I'm preaching to the choir

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in here . I know many of , you know ,

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our capabilities and our qualifications .

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Uh , I'm very , very proud to say that

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both our service , the army and the air

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force , uh , fully have integrated us

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into their operations bud . Wyatt's

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challenge . And I think he mentioned it

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to you today is how do you take 1/20

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century force that really evolved from

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the throes of World War two where we

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had a large excess of extra airplanes

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that came back home . Were put down at

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our civilian airports very cost

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effectively used very effectively

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through the rest of the Cold War . Now

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those planes have all turned over once ,

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twice , maybe three times . And now

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we're faced with no recapitalization

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assets and what but and I worry about

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most is having people with nothing to

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do . The term enclave is kind of

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anathema to us . We need to have people

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and mission and what BRAC 2005 did to

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us . It said you cannot have the same

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size force equipped with the same type

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of aviation assets that we have had for

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the last half of the 20th century . And

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so I know bud mentioned to you that in

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my cow guns , old unit up at Fargo ,

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the 1 19th great fighter unit that for

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years had demonstrated its capability

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one the former huge trophy . Many ,

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many times they transitioned out of

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fighters into MT one predators . And

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now if I fly into Fargo or any of our

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folks flying to Fargo , you see the

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transition that that unit has made .

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Dave blankenship has offered some

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services to us . We're moving into a

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new world . It's not the world that we

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grew up in . It's not the world that we

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all signed up to participate in ours

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were aviation asset based organizations .

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But what we found with some of our

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young people who do the transition is

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there ready ? They're highly motivated .

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They want to have a mission they want

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to assist and as long as we can provide

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those types of capabilities to the

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young men and women that I see in this

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audience I think will be fine fiscal

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challenges for sure . But it's not any

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different than the fiscal challenges

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that many of us saw in the mid to late

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70s when we had the so called Hollow

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Force , I think we can lead ourselves

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through this downturn in resourcing . I

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think we can preserve assets . I think

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we can guarantee a future for the

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assets and the people as long as we

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take care of the families and the

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people who served us so well . So I

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want to thank you all again for

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attending the conference . I'd like to

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thank mike Dunn in Sandy Shits who

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made this possible today and I'd like

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to open it up for any questions or

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comments that you might have for us now .

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I think I get more out of the dialogue

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than I do in the delivery . So

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questions Justin you probably

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have a couple . I've got a couple for

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Yeah . First what is the future of the

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Total force interaction ? Total Force

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again is 1/20 century term . I think it

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fits the time and place . We we

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developed a lot of models in the late

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eighties , early nineties , mid

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nineties . We we built associate units .

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We had a blended wing at Robin's . Uh

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that was the Total force . I don't know

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what the total force in the 21st

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century as I know that General Wyatt

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has put several proposals together to

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share with our Air force leadership

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about how the Air National Guard , for

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example , can fit in to the 21st

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Century Air Force . Uh but we're too ,

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we're not far enough into it yet for us

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to pull ourselves out of what it was

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and to put ourselves into what it

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should be or will be . Now the one

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critical factor here is how much money

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is there going to be ? How much of a

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force can we afford ? How much of that

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force should be in the Guard and the

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Reserve . I think over the next 12

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months , 18 months , those , those

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questions will be answered . But we

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want to make sure that it's a well

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informed discussion that we put our

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capabilities on the line . And as I

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said in that last clip in the video ,

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you sometimes have to take your case to

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the american public and in this case ,

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I think most of you have been in

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natural disasters in your state are

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pretty happy when you see a military

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vehicle pull up in front of your house .

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In most cases that's a National Guard

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vehicle . So we have to preserve the

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dual nature , the dual status of the

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National Guard . Uh so that we don't

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leave any of our theaters home or away

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vulnerable . The Peri

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Peri Hadley Review act of the QDR um

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talked about the Guard taking on a

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larger role in the Homeland Security

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mission . Can you talk to us about that

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a little bit ? We have taken on a huge

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responsibility since September 11 ,

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2001 Let's just talk about some of the

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air assets that we've used 1957 . The

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International Guard has been a

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participant with our air force in the

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Air sovereignty missions here at home .

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And for those of you who are old enough .

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And remember the Cold War era , we had

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many , many city states having units

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that were on alert . Um Larry Arnold

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was at first Air Force on september

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11th 2001 and he had seven alert sites

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as I recall seven when I joined the Air

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National Guard after touring Active

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duty , we were up in the mid thirties ,

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that was at the height of the Cold War .

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Um so the Air Force has allowed the Air

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National Guard to do something which we

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believe is a core competency which is

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defend the homeland and in our case it

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was using aircraft to do that . I know

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budget constraints are gonna put

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another squeeze on the fact of how much

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air sovereignty to do we need , where

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do we need the sites and chuck Jacoby

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is the new Commander , United States

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Northern Command and I'm sure he wants

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to inform the decision . But those are

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the types of things that are missions

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that the National Guard can perform ,

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both on the land and in the air that we

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feel are right up our alley . And so I

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I look forward to working with

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Secretary Panetta to find the right

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balance of four structure and mission

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uh so that we can continue to perform

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at home as well as support our army and

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Air Force overseas . We've we've heard

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over the past couple of days that Air

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Force leadership has talked about

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having a presence in every state . Um

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We've also heard that there's also a

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desired state of the National Guard in

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the flying mission in every state .

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Can you expand on that a little bit and

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what your thoughts are and how you see

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us fitting in . I guess by your

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question , you're saying those maybe

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are not compatible issues . I would say

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that for us and I do represent the

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interests of our 54 agitates General ,

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who represent the interests of their

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Governor that we would like to see an

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Air National Guard flying wing in every

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state that may not be possible . I

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don't know what the budget is going to

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allow us to have , but right now we're

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in the discussion face . So that's what

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we've asked our leadership to consider .

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Um If you say an Air Force presence in

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every state that could imply to me that

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there might be a state that doesn't

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have either a reserve unit or Air

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National Guard flying mission in the

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state . Um , I'd like to , I'd like to

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really look at that hard because I

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think , I think we lose something when

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we take away the ability for a state to

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have an opportunity to let its citizens

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participate in the defense . If less

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than 1% of our sessions where the

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uniform of the United States in many

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states that don't have an active duty

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air force base , the only presence they

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see in this color uniform is guard to

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reserve . So , um , again budget will

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dictate , but I think there's time and

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discussion room and uh , freedom to

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discuss that . But I know that the

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advocates general that I represent , uh ,

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to the Chiefs and the Secretary would

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like to see a flying mission in every

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state . How important is the state

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partnership program for the Air

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National Guard for the National Garden ?

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Well , again , I'll throw out some

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credits and kudos to john Conway , he

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and General Shalikashvili back in the

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early nineties decided that with the

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fall of the Berlin wall , that it was

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time to build partnership capacity .

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And we used demographic credentials

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back in the early days to make sure

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that we got the state and the nation

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partnered correctly . And so what

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started out as kind of an experiment in

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the Baltic states has grown to a point

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now where we have 65 partnerships . You

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say we only have 50 states . Well ,

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some of our big states have more than

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one state partnership . It's a very

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economical way to build partnership

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capacity . What I've seen is in my

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three years as chief is , it's very

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much needed today . All the combatant

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commands except Northern Command

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obviously have a state partnership

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program . We're in africa , were in

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Asia , were in the former eastern bloc

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of europe . But now those countries

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that have been independent for almost a

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decade , our military's worked very

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closely together and it's a very low

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cost and very effective way to do

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business again . I'll bring North

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Dakota , North Dakota's partner with

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Ghana . And uh , I talked to their

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current agin and General Davis Prison

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act the other day and to show how close

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that relationship has been with North

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Dakota in Ghana . Uh , many North

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Dakotans have adopted Canadian Children .

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They're living in North Dakota now . I

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mean , this goes beyond just military

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to military benefits . This goes into

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civilian to military benefits . And

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ultimately what we think is the crown

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jewel is to have civilian organizations

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in the state participate with the host

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nation . So I think it's vital

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Secretary Gates though had put some

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marks on the wall to be quite frank .

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And he said , we have to look at

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efficiencies . And then he said , we

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have to look at what's important , but

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not needed in the Department of Defense .

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Uh , I just talked to dr Downey who is

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doing a talk right up opposition be in

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another room . Uh , Doctor Downey is uh ,

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is a south com expert . He works latin

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America hemispheric program at the

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National Defense University . I'm

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concerned that those who are looking at

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every nickel or dime to save might say

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that state partnership , for example ,

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is important but not needed in the

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Department of Defense . Those are gonna

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be some very tough choices we're going

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to have to make and hopefully there's

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room for dialogue on this . And I know

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Secretary Panetta will wait until he's

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fully informed before he makes

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decisions . But if you do away with the

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partnership , capacity building , uh ,

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programs in the Department of Defense ,

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who else will pick them up ? Who else

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will have the time , the resources or

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the capability to do that . And right

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now I'm not sure there's any other

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agency in town that can do it as well

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as we are doing with state Partnership

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in the National Guard . It's been five

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years since country to and you talked

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about the number of disasters have

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already had this year . If something to

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the magnitude of Katrina was to happen

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again , how would it be handled

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differently than it was ? I think

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Katrina was uh , was both a very

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positive event and , and we learned a

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very large amount of information from

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Katrina . My predecessor Steve Bloom

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did a magnificent job in pushing about

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55,000 national guardsmen into the

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Louisiana Mississippi Alabama are

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every state are three territories of

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Guam virgin islands , Puerto rico .

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They all sent people and they were

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there for a long period of time and a

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lot of lives were saved , not just by

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the National Guard but by the entire

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interagency process that went in there

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I think for the first time in my life

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we saw a major city uh that really

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needed a lot of help and it needed it

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quickly . Um But one thing we did that

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I probably think is a lesson observed

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but learned is that we had a dis unity

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of command . Uh We needed to have a

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situation where the governors uh retain

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sovereign control over the forces that

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the national government supported the

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local governors so that they could do

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their job with first responders . And

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what has transpired since Katrina and

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what I was really happy to be

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participating in last year was Admiral

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Sandy Winfield . In his tour at United

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States Northern Command decided we had

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to solve the unity of command issue .

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And so he and his staff and our staff

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collaborated and we created what we

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call dual status commanders appointed

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by the governor , can command federal

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forces as well as state forces . Uh We

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were able to push that through the

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Council of Governors here four months

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ago . And now we have a situation where

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every state has a dual status commander ,

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fully trained by the United States

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Northern Command , certified by the

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Commander of the United States Northern

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Command who is under the supervision

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and control of the Governor . That has

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solved 95% of the problems of who's in

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charge and once you get beyond who's in

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charge now you can go out and solve the

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problem . And I think what we saw with

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hurricane Irene here three weeks ago is

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that all the states along the east

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coast implemented this process all the

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way from Georgia , all the way to maine .

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And so had Irene been the storm that

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they predicted which was a storm of the

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century . I know Vermont new Hampshire

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and other states took it on the chin ,

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but we had capabilities that we didn't

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have during Katrina to rapidly respond .

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And that also included a Federal

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Response force . That General Jacoby ,

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the current Commander of United States

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Northern Command actually prepositioned

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Now the Governor's didn't call it out

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but it was there to be used . The

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Governor's did use their National Guard

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very effectively . So uh Administrator

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Fugate , the administrator of fema and

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all of us are working together to make

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sure we do not have a repeat of some of

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the negative outcomes of Hurricane

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Katrina . Peter McKinley , thank you

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for being with us today . We have a

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copy of the bombs away book ,

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appreciate . Thanks Justin thank you

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all for your time today and enjoy the

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rest of conference