On the recordMarch 15, 2016
The Congress added the Chief of the National Guard Bureau as a statutory member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff because we believed the President needed your best military advice.
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Leahy explains the rationale for including the Chief of the National Guard Bureau in the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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