SCNG may help advise President Obama on military affairs

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COLUMBIA -- A press conference discussing a historic move for the South Carolina National Guard is taking place Tuesday.

U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham and Major General Robert Livingston Jr. will discuss the move that was signed into law over the weekend.

For the first time in history, the National Guard will have a permanent seat on the nation's highest military council, the Joint Chiefs of Staff.?

The Joint Chiefs of Staff is a body of senior uniformed leaders in the United States Department of Defense who?advice the President and Secretary of Defense and others about military affairs.

Details of the announcement is taking place Tuesday at 11:30am at the South Carolina National Guard Headquarters.

Source: http://www.midlandsconnect.com/news/story.aspx?id=703157

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