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PHOENIX - The Obama administration is having second thoughts about withdrawing all National Guard troops from the border by the end of June.
The National Guard Bureau in Virginia is asking Arizona officials for input on "different courses of action" for what to do about the 560 soldiers now assigned to border-security duty in Arizona, part of 1,200 troops placed along the entire Mexican border. Lt. Valentine Castillo of the Arizona National Guard said Tuesday that one of those options is to extend the mission.
And Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, in an interview with Reuters, said the administration is weighing whether to keep troops there to tamp down border violence.
"They have proven to be very, very useful at the border," the former Arizona governor said. "They have helped in a number of drug seizures, among other things."
But Napolitano said there has been no "final decision about whether and at what strength to leave the Guard at the border."
A decision is needed soon
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US weighs option of extending Guard's deployment to border
Does this seal in the millions of illegals already here?