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Texas Governor Greg Abbott wrote a letter to President Joe Biden opposing a Department of the Air Force proposal to transfer National Guard units from state control to federal without the governors’ authorization. The proposal calls for certain National Guard units to be transferred out of the National Guard to the newly created Space Command.
The letter places Governor Abbott in alignment with a recent statement by the bipartisan Council of Governors who penned a letter to Secretary of Defense Loyd J. Austin, III, on April 22 asking the Department of the Air Force to retract its Legislative Proposal 480. The proposal would bypass federal laws to take 14 units currently assigned to the National Guard and put them under the U.S.
The governor described the crucial role the Texas National Guard plays in protecting the lives and property of Texans: The governor did not mention the critical mission of the Texas National Guard in securing the state’s southern border with Mexico underCongress has long required the consent of a governor before units can be transferred out of the National Guard he commands. See 32 U.S.C. § 104; 10 U.S.C. § 18238. By departing from this sensible arrangement, and allowing the Secretaries to dismantle National Guard units on a whim, Legislative Proposal 480 would set a dangerous precedent.
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