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December 5, 2008     

(Wash. Post) Pentagon to Deploy 20,000 Troops Inside U.S.

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The U.S. military expects to have 20,000 uniformed troops inside the United States by 2011 trained to help state and local officials respond to a nuclear terrorist attack or other domestic catastrophe, according to Pentagon officials. So what exactly is a domestic catastrophe anyway?

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Troops in the streets by John Shriver on Sunday, Dec 7, 2008 at 9:14:16 AM

 
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