"In May, I pledged to deploy up to 6,000 National Guard members to support the Border Patrol, and we fulfilled that pledge by August 1st. Through Operation Jump Start, National Guard members are now on duty supporting the Border Patrol in Texas, California, Arizona, and New Mexico. "
No, Mr. Bush, the truth is that they are NOT now on duty supporting the BP!
National Guard Border Numbers Are A Carnival Shell Game, It’s That Bad
PoliPundit ^ | 8/1/06 | Oak Leaf
Posted on 08/03/2006 12:14:23 PM EDT by Kimberly GG
"Yesterday, Col. Mark Allen, a spokesman for the National Guard Bureau said that “2,000 to 3,000 were on the border, most searching for illegal activity” and the the balance of “6,199 troops were somewhere in the four southwestern border states, with many still in training.”
As a fellow Reserve Commissioned Officer I would ask COL Allen, what is this spread of 2,000 to 3,000? You either know where your soldiers are or you don’t. Where are these missing 1,000 soldiers. Where is this place called “somewhere?” How much time will soldiers have to do their job if “they are still in training” when the deployment is in two to three week cycles?"
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1677113/posts
6,000-plus Guard troops in border states - though only about half are on duty along the border
AP on Yahoo ^ | 7/31/06 | Elliot Spagat - ap
Posted on 07/31/2006 8:39:47 PM EDT by NormsRevenge
SAN DIEGO - More than 6,000 National Guard troops have been assigned to southwestern border states by the government's Aug. 1 deadline — though only about half of them are on duty along the border, the Guard said Monday.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1675405/posts
Pundits believable over the President?
I see articles by someone named Oak Leaf and someone named Elliot Spagat. To me that is pundits and their opinion. Granted one has quotes from the National Guard person you mentioned. But still it is written by a pundit.