Funds Needed for Emergency Security Forces ; Study Shows Changes Still Necessary for an Effective National Guard, Reserves.

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The government needs to stabilize funding and its long-term commitments to the National Guard and military reserves to ensure their effectiveness as a crisis-response force, a Washington-based research organization concluded in a study.

The Center for a New American Security said that although the government has improved support for equipment and training since the 2001 terrorist attacks, policy and budgeting changes are needed "to enable the Guard and Reserves to fulfill their critical operational role in U.S. national security."

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Funds Needed for Emergency Security Forces ; Study Shows Changes Still Necessary for an Effective National Guard, Reserves.

Among findings or recommendations of the study released Monday:

- Persistent equip...

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