Mr. President. I thank the Senator for his question. I was going to address his very point. The way that the Border Patrol. the National Guard. and the administration have developed their plan envisions that about onethird of the 6.000 Guardsmen would actually be on the border for longer than the 21 day maximum. My amendment mirrors their plan. It sets forth that twothirds of the overall personnel will perform their required 21 days of annual training down on the border. That time is time that the Guardsmen committed to when they signed up. The amendment also says that about a third of the force. consisting of command personnel and guardsmen who are necessary for integration purposes. will be down there full time.
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