European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 11, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May stars and stripes Mideast edition Page 9 Gates wants Dod in charge in emergencies rejects plan giving governors control Over Active duty troops in disasters by Lolita Baldor the associated press Washington defense Secretary Robert Gates has rejected a proposal to let governors command Active duty troops responding to officials said though the Pentagon will Grant National guard leaders More authority to coordinate with other military and Homeland Security Gates told Congress on wednesday he had approved 20 of the 23 changes recommended recently by an Independent com Mission in an Effort to improve guard fund equipment and coordination in Emer his comments came just Days after Torna does in Kansas highlighted deficiencies with guard equipment and gaps in plan Ning that were exposed by Gulf hurricanes More than 18 months Gates did not reveal which recommendations from the commission on the National guard and reserves that he but two defense officials familiar with the mat Ter told the associated press he didst agree with the panels suggestion that governors be allowed to direct Active duty troops responding to emergencies in their the officials requested anonymity be cause Gates decisions on the commission report have not yet been made asked for a spokeswoman for Oregon Ted Kulongoski the governor Doest believe the Best Structure is dual command during a time of emerged he thinks there needs to be further Dis Cussion and review of whether a governor and adjutant general should be Given com Mand of All troops assisting in the response during a time of said the Anna in previous situations such As Hurricane military leaders have worked Side by Side with governors but have maintained command of their Active duty the governors have authority Over their own National guard troops during state i but the military takes com Mand if the guard is federalized by the such As in major crises such As the the governors cannot command Active duty forc the commission in its March 1 report concluded that states and governors Are not adequately considered in decisions re lating to the Gates concurred with the panels other proposals to have the governors work More closely with the he told the Senate defense appropriations panel wednesday that the depart ment is trying to Deal with some of these guard and we will be More than Happy to work with you with the Gover nors with the adjutant general to get at this in its March the commission concluded that the National guard and re serves dont get enough Money or equip ment and Are left out of important planning for National the panel found a significant Lack of communication Between Reserve officials and other military the Homeland Secu Rity department and Northern com Susan defense Secretary Robert accompanied by joint chiefs chairman Peter testifies wednesday on Capitol Hill before the Senate appropriations committee hearing on the defense departments Navy identifies 5 killed in copter crash in the Navy re leased the names wednesday of five Crew members killed when their helicopter crashed during a training Mission in those killed in the monday night Accident were identified As Michael of Richard Francis Andersen of Virginia and aviation warfare systems operators William of Jared of Cor and Andrew of their sh60 Seahawk helicopter was assigned to an Antisubmarine Squadron based in Jack that deploys on the uss Harry Truman and was training in Sheahan was piloting the Heli copter when it struck a High Volt age Power line and crashed about 10 Miles West of Austin in Central the Navy Man sentenced for exporting military parts Santa an Irani Anborn Man has been sentenced to two years in prison for illegally exporting military aircraft parts to authorities said this Reza of pleaded guilty in june to violating the International emergency eco nomic Powers which prohibits the Export and reexport to Iran of certain items of Ori As part of his sentencing Mon Tabib also must Complete six months of Home a was arrested along with his Terri in february 2006 after immigration and customs enforcement agents intercepted and seized maintenance kits de signed for f14 jets that the Cou ple sent to Iran via go says he has proof he had to shoot at car Rome a Soldier on trial for the death of an italian intelligence officer in Iraq told ital Ian Media he has Given Rome prosecutors photos and a video that prove he had no Choice but to fire at the car carrying the in his first interviews with ital Ian Mario Lozano reportedly said he took the images soon after the March shooting of Nicola Calipari at a checkpoint near Baghdad air the footage shows that the car was very close to the Check Point when i Lozano said in an interview published wednesday by italian daily Corri Ere Della adding that he was forced to shoot not to kill but to defend from the associated press Dod to create civilian language corps 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