State/Federal Disaster Relief - use of US troops

[Eric Freedman]

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/09/national/nationalspecial/09military.html?pagewanted=2&ei=5094&en=905e7a862e1c0023&hp&ex=1126324800&partner=homepage

-Could someone on list explain the legal situation.
On the one hand, I certainly don't want the U.S. military conducting domestic law enforcement in any expansive way.
On the other hand, I also don't want available and needed military assets to be sitting useless at Fort Bragg because they are ensnarled in red tape.
Best. -E.





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