Schwarzenegger stands up to Controversial National Guard Assignment

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger finally agreed on Thursday to send the California National Guard to the Mexican border, ending a 17-day standoff with the Bush administration over whether the state's troops would join the border patrol effort and who would pay for it, administration officials said.

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