NGAUS has taken its push for Guard Empowerment to the top of the chain of command. Retired Maj. Gen. Gus L. Hargett Jr., the NGAUS president, sent a letter to the White House last month asking President Barack Obama to honor his campaign pledge to give the chief of the National Guard Bureau a seat on the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Obama's 2008 Blueprint for Change endorsed the seat at the table. But he has been silent on the issue while Pentagon officials have expressed opposition to the move. "You had the foresight to recognize that the Guard Empowerment advances of 2008 did not go far enough to serve the type of Guard the nation needs for the 21st Century," Hargett wrote.
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机译：NGAUS已将推动卫队赋权推到了指挥链的顶端。 NGAUS总统已退休的少将Gus L. Hargett将军上个月给白宫写了一封信，要求总统巴拉克·奥巴马（Barack Obama）兑现竞选承诺，让国民警卫队首长在纳粹联合首长席位上员工。奥巴马的《 2008年变革蓝图》认可了席位。但是当五角大楼官员表示反对这一举动时，他对这一问题保持沉默。哈盖特写道：“您有先见之明，他们意识到2008年的“后卫”授权进展不足以服务于21世纪国家需要的那种“后卫”。
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