[NYTr] Schwarzenegger defies Bush over Guards for border
 
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 19:13:41 -0500 (CDT)

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AFP - Jun 24, 2006

Schwarzenegger defies Bush over Guard border reinforcements: report

LOS ANGELES (AFP) - California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has defied a
request from Washington to deploy additional National Guard troops from his
state to the border with Mexico, according to a newspaper report.

President George W. Bush has backed a program under which thousands of
National Guard troops would back up US border patrol agents in boosting
security along the United State's porous border with its southern neighbor.

"The governor did not feel that it was appropriate to send additional Guard
out of state," Adam Mendelsohn, the California governor's communications
director, told The Los Angeles Times newspaper.

Mendelsohn said Schwarzenegger disagreed with the request for further Guard
border reinforcements because of concerns the western state, which is the
country's most populous, could be vulnerable if an earthquake or large fires
spark a state emergency.

California is due to deploy some 1,000 Guard troops to points along the
border by July 31, and has dispatched 250 troops in the past week.

The LA Times said the White House was now requesting that California deploy
up to 1,500 troops.

Schwarzenegger's office declined to comment to AFP on the report.

Under the White House-backed program, US border security is due be boosted
by some 6,000 additional Guard troops by August 1.
       
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