Friday, December 12, 2003

Governor Granholm Proposes Funding to Bring Guardsmen Home for the Holidays
LANSING – Governor Jennifer M. Granholm has asked state lawmakers to approve funding so nearly 900 Michigan National Guardsmen can be with their families for the holidays later this month before they are deployed overseas.

The funding, which the Granholm administration included in a supplemental appropriation approved by the State Senate and now awaiting approval by the House of Representatives, will enable citizen soldiers to come home during their December 23-27 furlough recently approved by the U.S. Department of Defense.