On the recordMay 26, 2010
I ask through the Chair, if the Senator will yield further, do I understand the statement that was sent by the administration, the National Security Adviser, that the McCain amendment would circumvent the power of the President to deploy troops in the United States in the manner sought by this amendment, an unwarranted interference with the Commander in Chief's responsibility for the direct deployment of our Armed Forces? And this McCain amendment by Senator John McCain--I kind of recall speeches from the other side of the aisle about the right of the Commander in Chief, the power of the President--this McCain amendment would spend $250 million and allocate 6,000 National Guard troops to start within 72 hours, a mobilization within 72 hours of troops to the border. Is that the way the Senator from New Jersey reads this amendment?
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