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In this Feb. 23, 2019, file photo, Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers speaks during an interview during the National Governors Association 2019 winter meeting in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Tony Evers, Wisconsin governor, withdraws National Guard troops from border

By Todd Richmond - Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday, Jan 7, 2019, file photo, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham speaks at a news conference in Albuquerque, N.M. Grisham has chosen an Albuquerque attorney to fill a vacancy on the bench that serves New Mexico's busiest judicial district. Erin O'Connell will fill the seat left open by the retirement of Judge Nan Nash, who served as the 2nd District's chief judge before stepping down. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras, File)

Michelle Lujan Grisham, New Mexico governor, defends pulling National Guard troops from border

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

FILE - This Oct. 30, 2018, file photo shows the international border between Mexico, left, and New Mexico of the U.S., three miles south of Columbus, N.M. New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham ordered the withdrawal of the majority of the state's National Guard troops from the U.S. border with Mexico on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019, in a move that challenges President Donald Trump's description of a security crisis. (Roberto E. Rosales/The Albuquerque Journal via AP, File)

The Latest: Governor says troops withdrawal is popular

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom discusses his decision to withdraw most of the National Guard troops from the nation's southern border and changing their mission, during a Capitol news conference Monday, Feb. 11, 2019, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

The Latest: Governor to keep some troops at Mexico border

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New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham talks after signing an executive order for state agencies to aggressive pursue strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019, in Santa Fe, N.M. The order endorses goals of the 2015 Paris climate agreement to limit global warming and sets in motion new efforts to encourage renewable energy development, improve energy efficiency for buildings, safeguard air quality and possibly set new vehicle emission standards. ( AP Photo/Morgan Lee)

Michelle Lujan Grisham, New Mexico governor, pulls National Guard troops from border

By Morgan Lee - Associated Press

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham talks after signing an executive order for state agencies to aggressive pursue strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019, in Santa Fe, N.M. The order endorses goals of the 2015 Paris climate agreement to limit global warming and sets in motion new efforts to encourage renewable energy development, improve energy efficiency for buildings, safeguard air quality and possibly set new vehicle emission standards. ( AP Photo/Morgan Lee)

New Mexico governor pulls National Guard troops from border

By MORGAN LEE - Associated Press

Illinois governor’s pick to lead Air National Guard promoted

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Discontinued Venezuelan bank notes hang above a cigarette stand in the San Jose del Avila neighborhood in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019. Working class neighborhoods in Venezuela's capital sifted through charred rubble and smoldering trash on Tuesday, following a day of isolated protests in response to the arrest of National Guardsmen who mounted an uprising against President Nicolas Maduro. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

The Latest: Venezuelan lawyers seeking protection for Guaido

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Roadblocks set up by anti-government protesters block a street in the Cotiza neighborhood during clashes with security forces as some residents show support for a mutiny by a National Guard unit in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, Jan. 21, 2019. Venezuela's government said Monday it put down the mutiny. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

The Latest: Group in video threatens action in Venezuela

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Mexico Congress backs National Guard, weakens military role

By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN - Associated Press

Mexican president backtracks on military-led National Guard

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Ceremony Wednesday for Air National Guard units to depart

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Military, NY tree farm work to ship Christmas trees overseas

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Prosecutor accused of embezzling $7K from Air National Guard

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Leader of Army’s mountain flying center leaves his dream job

By PAM BOYD - Associated Press

In this Nov. 16, 2018, photo, members of the U.S. military install multiple tiers of concertina wire along the banks of the Rio Grande near the Juarez-Lincoln Bridge at the U.S.-Mexico border in Laredo, Texas. The Pentagon is estimating the cost of the military's mission on the U.S.-Mexico border will be about $210 million under current plans. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Pentagon says troops at US border to cost about $210 million

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

This undated photo provided by the Alpine, Texas Police Department shows Luis Carlos Ontiveros. Ontiveros is a Texas National Guard member serving at the U.S.-Mexico border and is accused of sexually assaulting a woman in a motel. Police in Alpine arrested Ontiveros on Monday, Nov. 12, 2018. The Texas National Guard confirmed that Ontiveros was serving in Operation Guardian Support, the mission launched in April in response to President Donald Trump's call for the National Guard to go to the border. (Alpine Police Department via AP)

Guardsman arrested at border fired last year by sheriff

By Nomaan Merchant - Associated Press

Soldiers attend a news conference where Gov. Gary R. Herbert and Maj. Gen. Jefferson S. Burton address the media Sunday, Nov. 4, 2018, in Draper, Utah. Military officials say a major in Utah's Army National Guard who was also the mayor of a city north of Salt Lake City was killed in Afghanistan after being shot by a member of the Afghan security forces. They say North Ogden Mayor Brent Taylor was in the country to train Afghan commandos and was shot Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018, by one of the trainees at the Kabul military training center. The attacker was then killed by Afghan forces. (Francisco Kjolseth/The Salt Lake Tribune, via AP)

The Latest: Funeral plans are pending for Utah Guard major

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In this Oct. 18, 2018, photo, dentist Kou Vang works on a patient in his St. Paul, Minn. office. Vang, 63, didn't get around to dentistry until he was in his 40s. He was told he was the first Hmong to go into dentistry in Minnesota, and probably the first grandfather to graduate from his program. That's because Vang's life took him the long way, through war, prison camp, destitution, immigration and a lot of hard work. (Scott Takushi/Pioneer Press via AP)

Minnesota man reflects on journey from refugee to dentist

By DEANNA WENIGER - Associated Press

In this Oct. 27, 2018, photo, President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at Southern Illinois Airport in Murphysboro, Ill. Eager to focus voters on immigration in the lead-up to the midterm elections, Trump on Oct. 29 escalated his threats against a migrant caravan trudging slowly toward the U.S. border as the Pentagon prepared to deploy thousands of U.S. troops to support the border patrol. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

US troops deployed at the border limited in what they can do

By ASTRID GALVAN - Associated Press