Arizona Governor: Send Guard choppers from other states
Ariz. gov.: Send Guard choppers from other states
PHOENIX (AP) - Arizona
Gov. Jan Brewer is asking President Barack
Obama to reallocate National Guard helicopters from other states
to
help Arizona secure its border with Mexico.
Brewer made the request in a letter to Obama dated Thursday and released
Friday.
She says Arizona only has four OH-58 Kiowa helicopters available for
border missions because some choppers are deployed overseas and others
are reserved for training
missions.
are reserved for training
missions.
Brewer requests that additional helicopters be freed up from training
missions or taken from other states and assigned to the southwestern
border.
border.
The governor acknowledges her request may be unpopular with other
governors, but she says she believes there are legitimate national
interests in sending more aircraft to Arizona.
interests in sending more aircraft to Arizona.
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