House authorizers want to give the National Guard Bureau chief the authority to pick Army National Guard and Air National Guard directors and deputy directors, according to the panel's version of the fiscal year 2015 defense authorization bill. While the Army and Air Force secretaries have the authority to select the directors and deputy directors for the Army and Air National Guards, Reps. Madeleine Bordallo (D-Guam) and Steven Palazzo (R-MS) submitted an amendment to the bill that passed the House...
