"There are no funds, no funds in here to meet the [Guard equipment] shortfall. That seems like a kind of a hole that you could drive a Humvee through-well, if they had the Humvees."
-Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing, May 9, 2007
NOT READY FOR PRIME TIME
"Congress is concerned that the low levels of readiness in our National Guard is handing the states additional risks to public safety. The lack of equipment leaves the states very concerned about the Guard's ability to respond to domestic contingencies and emergencies."
-Sen. Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii, Senate Armed Services subcommittee hearing, April 24, 2007
CONGRESSIONAL INTELLIGENCE
"Today the House of Representatives will debate whether global warming is so serious a threat to American national security that the director of National Intelligence, normally busy with issues like al Qaeda, Iranian nuclear research and North Korean missiles, should be ordered to put aside other projects to create a special National Intelligence Estimate on climate change. ... [A]nd there is a good chance it will become part of the final intelligence authorization bill passed by Congress."
-Byron York, "Al Qaeda, Iran, North Korea-and Global Warming," National Review Online, May 10, 2007
GUANTANAMO TORTURE
"An accused enemy combatant held at Guantanamo Bay told a military hearing he was physically as well as mentally tortured there by having to read a newsletter full of 'crap,' being forced to use unscented deodorant and shampoo and having to play sports with a ball that would not bounce. ... [H]e also had his baby pictures taken from him, that cleaners left marks on his cell walls and that detainees have no DVD players or other entertainment."
-"Terror Suspect Claims Torture by Americans, Not Enough Entertainment at Guantanamo Bay," FOX News, May 15, 2007
Source: National Guard
