The Pentagon has approached Congress to grant the Secretary of Defense the authority to post almost 400,000 military personnel throughout the United States in times of emergency or a major disaster.
In June, the U.S. Northern Command distributed a “Congressional Fact Sheet” entitled “Legislative Proposal for Activation of Federal Reserve Forces for Disasters.” That proposal would amend current law, thereby “authorizing the Secretary of Defense to order any unit or member of the Army Reserve, Air Force Reserve, Navy Reserve, and the Marine Corps Reserve, to active duty for a major disaster or emergency.”
Taken together, these reserve units would amount to “more than 379,000 military personnel in thousands of communities across the United States,” explained Paul Stockton, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and America’s Security Affairs, in a letter to the National Governors Association, dated July 20.
But NorthCom’s Congressional fact sheet refers not just to a “major disaster” but also to “emergencies.” And it says, “Those terms are defined in section 5122 of title 42, U.S. Code.”
That section gives the President the sole discretion to designate an event as an “emergency” or a “major disaster.” Both are “in the determination of the President” alone.
That section also defines “major disaster” by citing plenty of specifics: “hurricane, tornado, storm, high water, wind-driven water, tidal wave, tsunami, earthquake, volcanic eruption, landslide, mudslide, snowstorm, or drought,” as well as “fire, flood, or explosion.”
At the moment, says Pentagon spokesperson Belk, the legislation does not have a sponsor in the House or the Senate.-------------------------------------
Sponsor or no sponsor, follow links below from just a few very recent related news items, and the bottom two from just less than a year ago, then connect the dots. You cannot miss it. fyi
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Thank you for suggesting the following reading(s)
"Re-inventing the World"
Parts 1,2,3
by Berit Kjos
Kjos Ministries
Excellent, excellent, well documented resouce(s) !
In order to understand current events-0-the day, I'd say these articles get you up to speed. Once you "see it", the elephant will never leave your living room and denies being ignored or rationalized away.
She (Berit Kjos) has also researched well the present church apostasy. All her presentations are thoroughly researched and bibliographed.
Kjos Mimistries.....check it out. Lots there to read, as well be encouraged by.
Enjoy,
AB Leever
yup yup, and on that note, here is the specific address once more, a very good starting point:
"Re-inventing the World"
http://www.crossroad.to/articles2/Reinvent1.htm
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