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EMERGENCY RESPONSE UNITS WON'T PERFORM LAW ENFORCEMENT, OFFICIAL SAYS
December 12, 2008
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's American Forces Information Service issued the following press release:

The Pentagon's three new rapid-response task forces will assist civil authorities during possible terrorist attacks or natural disasters, but they won't perform law-enforcement missions, a senior Defense Department official said here yesterday.

Some people have surfaced concerns that active-duty soldiers, who make up the cor . . .

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