By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 12304 of title 10, United States Code, and having determined that it is necessary to augment the regular Armed Forces of the United States for a named operational mission, specifically the “Enhanced Department of Defense Counternarcotic Operation in the Western Hemisphere,” I hereby order as follows:
Section 1. Activation Authority. The Secretary of Defense is directed to order to active duty for not more than 365 consecutive days, any units, and any individual members not assigned to a unit organized to serve as a unit, of the Selected Reserve under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Defense, not to exceed 200 Selected Reservists at any one time, as he considers necessary.
Sec. 2. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
April 30, 2020.
What’s in a name?
“…a named operational mission, specifically the ‘Enhanced Department of Defense Counternarcotic Operation in the Western Hemisphere…”
Hmmm…. Me thinks the “narcotic” is FREEDOM, and all this military offensive is for us, the good people of the world who are sick of slavery and aware of who enslaves.
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on the optimistic side ….taking down the drug cartels?
Naw. It’s either FOR us, or for part of the war they MUST get started.
‘Drugs’? No. Waaaay too much money made for all at the top. Look at the windfall from all the heroin sent out of Afghanistan?