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President orders more active troops to Gulf Coast relief
President Bush announces 7,000 additional active duty troops will join 4,000 already in the hurricane scarred Gulf Coast. The moves come after meetings with Rumsfeld and Chertoff, as he tours Katrina wreckage and signs a 10.5 billion disaster aid package. Bush vows to restore order, rush aid, and provide temporary housing amid widespread devastation in Alabama Mississippi and Louisiana.
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America
Army
82Nd Airborne
Fort Bragg
N.C
1St Cavalry Division
Fort Hood
Texas
Marines
1St
2Nd Expeditionary Forces
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Camp Lejeune
National Guard
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Donald H. Rumsfeld
Homeland Security
Michael Chertoff
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Newt Gingrich
Mitt Romney
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Rose Garden
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Richard B. Myers
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Donald Rumsfeld
Sec. of Homeland Security