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Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, Hawaii Democrat

Tulsi Gabbard activated by National Guard

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Anchorage School District bans military recruiters

Associated Press

President Barack Obama, right, next to Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell, speaks to the media about Ebola during a meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014, with members of his team coordinating the government’s response to the Ebola outbreak. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama executive order authorizes Guard, reserve call-up for Ebola

Associated Press

FILE- In the Oct. 1, 2014 file photo, Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks at a news conference at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, in Dallas. The first diagnosed case of Ebola in the United States is a potential health crisis that gives Gov. Rick Perry another real-time leadership test. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

Ebola case gives Perry real-time leadership test

By WILL WEISSERT - Associated Press

The Justice Department is seen in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Five Army National Guard officers are charged with contract kickbacks and bribery

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

Gov. Rick Perry speaks the during the Stars of Texas awards ceremony at the State Capitol in Austin, Texas on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014. (AP Photo/Austin American-Statesman, Ricardo B. Brazziell)

Rick Perry strikes back, invites Mexico’s Enrique Peña Nieto to visit Texas

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Sept. 2, 2014 file photo, Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto gives his second state-of-the-nation address inside the National Palace in Mexico City. The Mexican president said in an interview with the newspaper El Universal published Friday, Sept 12, 2014, that Texas' decision to deploy National Guard troops along the border is &quot;unpleasant&quot; and &quot;reprehensible,&quot; and could affect bilateral relations. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File)

Mexican president condemns Texas’ guard deployment

Associated Press

In a photo provided by the the Michigan National Guardf, Gov. Rick Snyder and Brig. Gen. Leonard Isabelle, Jr., hold up House bill 5451 after the governor’s signing of the bill at the Michigan National Guard Joint Force Headquarters in Lansing, Mich., Tuesday, July 1, 2014. Behind Snyder Maj. Gen. Gregory Vadnais and members of the Michigan Department of Veterans Affairs. (AP Photo/ Master Sgt. Denice Rankin)

Federal budget crunch idles Guard units across US

By RUSS BYNUM and DAN SEWELL - Associated Press

Soldiers prepare a SKED litter during a medical evacuation class at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., Aug. 8, 2014. (U.S. Army National Guard)

Delaware National Guard cancels training due to budget cuts, ‘sins of others’

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Smoke from an alleged military jet crash near Deerfield, Virginia (Photo credit: Garrett Beck )

F-15 crashes in mountains of Virginia

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

A law enforcement officer on a tactical vehicle watches after a device was fired to disperse a crowd Sunday, Aug. 17, 2014, during a protest for Michael Brown, who was killed by a police officer last Saturday in Ferguson, Mo. As night fell Sunday in Ferguson, another peaceful protest quickly deteriorated after marchers pushed toward one end of a street. Police attempted to push them back by firing tear gas and shouting over a bullhorn that the protest was no longer peaceful. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Ferguson pledges outreach efforts after shooting

By NIGEL DUARA - Associated Press

Police stand guard Monday, Aug. 18, 2014, in Ferguson, Mo. The Aug. 9 shooting of Michael Brown by a police officer has touched off rancorous protests in Ferguson, a St. Louis suburb where police have used riot gear and tear gas. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Christian Gooden)

Holocaust survivor, 90, arrested in Ferguson protest

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama speaks in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Aug. 18, 2014. Taking a two-day break from summer vacation, President Barack Obama met with top advisers at the White House Monday to review developments in Iraq and in racially charged Ferguson, Mo., two trouble spots where Obama has ordered his administration to intervene. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama appeals for calm from protesters, law enforcement in Ferguson, Missouri

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon speaks at a news conference dealing with the aftermath of a police shooting of teenager Michael Brown, Saturday, Aug. 16, 2014, in Ferguson, Mo. The governor declared a state of emergency Saturday and imposed a curfew in the St. Louis suburb where police and protesters have clashed after Brown was shot to death by a white police officer a week ago. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Missouri governor calls off Ferguson curfew

Associated Press

FILE -In this Nov. 3, 2012 file photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, a small-boat crew patrols near Sandy Hook, N.J., during the agency's first patrol of Sandy Hook waterways since Superstorm Sandy hit the region a week earlier. For the Coast Guard, the devastation to Sandy Hook altered the mission there. Piers and mooring stations were broken apart and base housing for more than 30 families had to be abandoned after a sewerage treatment plant shared with the National Park Service was knocked out of operation. (AP Photo/U.S. Coast Guard/ Petty Officer 2nd Class Erik Swanson, File)

Military still recovering from Superstorm Sandy

By TED SHERMAN - Associated Press

This Aug. 8, 2014, photo shows Governor Rick Perry as he speaks at the 2014 Red State Gathering, in Fort Worth, Texas. The Associated Press has tracked the movements and machinations of more than a dozen prospective presidential candidates including Perry. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Perry not sure how long Guard troops to deploy

By WILL WEISSERT - Associated Press

In this July 16, 2014 photo, from left to right, Republican candidates for Arizona governor Scott Smith, Frank Riggs, Doug Ducey, and Christine Jones stand prior to being introduced at the 2014 Arizona West Valley Republican Gubernatorial Forum in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Immigration leads Arizona governor’s race issues

By BOB CHRISTIE - Associated Press

In this July 12, 2014, photo, Central American migrants ride a freight train during their journey toward the U.S.-Mexico border in Ixtepec, Mexico. The last time so few people were arrested at the country’s borders was 1973, when the Border Patrol recorded just fewer than 500,000 arrests. And the volume of people being arrested at the border remains dramatically lower than the all-time high of more than 1.6 people in 2000. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

KING: “Man-caused disaster” on the southern border

By Steve King

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Military bans troops from Baptist church event honoring ‘God’s Rescue Squad’

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times