From the NY Times:
| WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 — Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld ordered an additional 15,000 Reserve and National Guard troops on Wednesday to prepare for the possibility of yearlong duty in Iraq or Kuwait, rounding out a plan to rotate American forces in the region by next spring. Combined with alert warnings and deployment orders approved two weeks ago, Mr. Rumsfeld's decision brings to 58,000 the total number of Reserve and National Guard troops who have been alerted for possible service in the Persian Gulf region early next year. |
Would someone PLEASE explain to me why we are using National Guard troops overseas?
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