Chief of the National Guard Bureau Joins the Joint Chiefs of

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Chief of the National Guard Bureau Joins the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Posted by Erin Lindsay on February 23, 2012 at 2:00 PM EST

Yesterday, the White House responded to a petition asking us to give the National Guard a seat on the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In the response, Christine Wormuth, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Defense Policy explained that through the Fiscal Year 2012 National Defense Authorization Act, the Chief of the National Guard Bureau became a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff with the specific responsibility of addressing matters involving non-Federalized National Guard forces in support of homeland defense and civil support missions.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/02/ ... iefs-staff