Trump Sends Letter To Pelosi Informing Her Of Signed Executive Order Activating Reserves For Counter-Narcotics Efforts

President Donald Trump on Thursday sent a letter to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi informing her that he signed an executive order intended to help prevent the use or distribution of illegal narcotics, by activating a select reserve of the Armed Forces. “Dear Madam Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:) Effective today, pursuant to section 12304 of title 10, United States Code, I am authorizing the Secretary of Defense to order units and individual members of the Selected Reserve to active duty to augment active component forces for the effective conduct of ‘Enhanced Department of Defense Counternarcotic Operation in the Western Hemisphere.’ This authority is necessary to ensure the Department of Defense can properly conduct operations required to meet our evolving security challenges,” Trump said in his letter to Pelosi.-- More...