Who is correct in Kansas?

[BobbyO]

88% of the Kansas National Guard, and its equipment, is in Kansas.

So much for the good governor's complaints...

[RickSp]

Quote by: BobbyO 88% of the Kansas National Guard, and its equipment, is in Kansas. So much for the good governor's complaints...

Right Booby, lies and denial. I see you didn't quote a source. Better to just repeat the lies and hope we are gullible enough to buy it. Typical of the Bush administration and their supporters.


Sebelius: Iraq War Is Slowing Nation...rnado Response

This morning on CNN, Gov. Kathleen Sebelius (D) said that the state is missing vital National Guard equipment because of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Usually the state has approximately 70-80 percent of its equipment at any given time, but it currently has just 40-50 percent. She added that these shortages “will just make it [recovery] that much slower.”

Governors say war has gutted Guard

In late 2005, a GAO report found that almost every state's National Guard had just a fraction of the equipment it was supposed to have. Another GAO report issued just months ago took the criticism further. "The high use of the National Guard for federal overseas missions has reduced equipment available for its state-led domestic missions," it concluded. The top commander of the National Guard, Lt. Gen. Steven Blum, testified to Congress last month that the continuous use of its forces for overseas missions has "resulted in a decline of readiness for units here at home." Missing equipment -- much of which has been shipped to Iraq or destroyed there -- is a large part of the problem. Certain states are worse off: Arizona has just 34 percent of its allotted equipment; New Jersey and Idaho 42 percent; and Louisiana, ground zero for the worst natural disaster in modern memory, remains at less than 50 percent.