Simply Politics & News

[SharonB]

Obama's Civilian National Security Force
How about this one? I'm still concerned about the direction the politics of this administration is taking the country I love. The spending, growing government size, and scope of control is not what I think Obama promised before the election. Where is the transparency? SharonB

Senator Obama was nearly 17 minutes into his July 2 speech in Colorado Springs, Colorado and made this pronouncement.
"We cannot continue to rely on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded." (emphasis added)
http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/07/obamas_civilian_national_secur.html

"People of all ages, stations, and skills will be asked to serve."
He plans to double the Peace Corps' budget by 2011, and expand AmeriCorps, USA Freedom Corps, VISTA, YouthBuild Program, and the Senior Corps. Plus, he proposes to form a Classroom Corps, Health Corps, Clean Energy Corps, Veterans Corps, Homeland Security Corps, Global Energy Corps, and a Green Jobs Corps.

Barack Obama's recent words to promote his image as Community Organizer in Chief were not about forming a paramilitary force of volunteer brown shirts. They were about turning America into one, giant, community organizer's sandbox at enormous cost to taxpayers.
…………………
The U.S. Army alone has nearly 500,000 troops. That doesn't count reserves or National Guard. In 2007, the U.S. Defense budget was $439 billion. Certainly there have been initiatives like this elsewhere – Cuba, the Soviet Union, China, Venezuela, North Korea. But has anything like this ever been proposed in a free country?
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?pageId=69601
…………………
Defense Department Announces Civilian Expeditionary Workforce
Obama's promise of a civilian security force is set in motion
The program was officially implemented one week ago, on the 23rd January, when Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England signed Defense Department Directive 1404.10 (PDF), which provides a summation of the duties the workforce will undertake.

The directive, which is effective immediately, states that civilian employees of the DoD will be asked to sign agreements stating that they will deploy in support of military missions for up to two years if needed.
Management retains the authority to direct and assign civilian employees, either voluntarily, involuntarily, or on an unexpected basis to accomplish the DoD mission.
http://infowars.net/articles/january2009/300109workforce.htm
……………………..