Obama talks a lot but doesn't deliver much.

http://www.azcentral.com/12news/news/articles/2010/07/29/20100729arizona-national-guard-border-deployment.html

An Arizona National Guard spokesman said troops will not begin bolstering security along the Arizona border this Sunday, despite what was announced by the Departments of Homeland Security and Defense 10 days ago.

"We won't have any units deployed by August 1," said Lt. Valentine Castillo, a public-affairs officer. "We don't yet know when troops will actually arrive."


On July 19, Homeland Security issued a news release headlined, "Obama administration announces Aug. 1 National Guard deployment to support federal law enforcement along the Southwest border."

At the same time, in a commentary written for The Arizona Republic, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano wrote that deployment of troops - including 524 assigned to Arizona - "will begin on August 1 to coincide with the (Homeland Security) resources being surged to the Arizona border." Napolitano said the surge is to include reassignment of hundreds of Border Patrol agents and port inspectors to Arizona, along with aircraft and other technology.

The Arizona Republic and media nationwide published stories announcing the National Guard deployment date based on those representations, which came after months of demands by politicians in Washington and in border states who contend that federal agents on the border need military reinforcements.

Homeland Security referred questions about the announcements and the timing of deployment to the National Guard Bureau in Arlington, Va.

Jack Harrison, a spokesman there, said announcements earlier this month were "over-interpreted. . . . We've said all along that there's a ramp-up time. . . . In a general sense, Guard members will begin the process of receiving required training on or about the first of August."

Castillo said Sunday would be the first date when soldiers might arrive on the border. But that will not happen in Arizona, he said, because the National Guard here is still seeking, screening and training volunteers.

"We have until the end of September to fill the 524 slots," Castillo said. "They're giving us August 1 as the first day we can put troops on the border. But we're not going to be able to."

Castillo said soldiers and airmen will have to go through weeks of preparation before they can be placed in the field, where they are expected to take on jobs in border surveillance and intelligence.

When the processing is completed, he said, some will work as intelligence analysts using computers linked to surveillance equipment, and some will be lookouts at concealed outposts along the border.

"We don't have law-enforcement authority to detain," he said. "We'll be there as extra eyes and ears."

I'll bet Napolitono has something to do with this.

he's been sending NG to the border for some time now, but i'm not quite sure why they are there. they not not to stop illegals, so i'm wondering...

why?

u would think the Mexican Gov't might take note that we are massing troops on the border...HELLLLOOOOOO

Sounds like another empty promise to the American people.The national guard to the border was just a publicity stunt.I won't be surprised if they never show up.

i think it has something to do with the drug cartels so close to our border. a show of force, if you will. they have been in Laredo for a few months now.

He sent some like Napolotano did, its all a dog and pony show becuase the dems view illegals as future deomcrats. The NG is their to look good for the cameras and that's about it.

I wonder what the other countries are thinking about us concerning this illegal immigration issue?They must be laughing at us and shaking their heads.The great country of America is being pushed around by a bunch of illegals that laugh at our police,don't pay taxes,and sit around and milk the Government for all it is worth.

i won't disagree there...hussien said a few months ago he was sending them there, but not to enforce the border.... i still don't understand

it is the border patrols job to enforce the border, but they are overworked, the national guard is coming in as relief of some of their other tasks so that they can focus on the border

If we know NG will be unarmed, you can bet yer last buck the Cartels know it and are laughing their assses off.

Token, is a term for Hussein and all his half-asssedness.

I cant wait to see the add's put out by not only Republican's but also Independant's in 2012, since he has pissed both off.

They are under orders to do nothing, it is just a publicity stunt.

This border situation is worse then we think. We have AQ teaming up with MS13 to help get smuggled into the country, trained fighters. Noot to mention the drugs and illegals coming across damaging property and costing the taxpayers a ton of money and costing innocent people their lives.

This is a simple fix. Hire more border patrol agents. Build a three tier fence system along the entire border with sensors and cctv cameras the entire way across.. Send heavy combat rained military men and women down to help protect the border. Also assign about 12-12 Predator or simular drones to have non stop flights 24/7 over the border.