Tragedy in Kansas Tornado - National Guard Strained By Violence in Iraq
CNN reports that 12 have died in a deadly tornado in Kansas. The National Guard has struggled with rescue efforts, strained by the deployment of many Guard units and equipment to Iraq. Rescue efforts have been hampered by a woeful shortage of trucks, humvees and other equipment that has been diverted to the fight in Iraq. Kansas National Guard officials complain that they have less than half the equipment allocated to them by the US National Guard Bureau.
| 5/7/2007 # Link to this video