National Guard key to president's Afghan agriculture initiative: "The National Guard continues to make a significant contribution to developing agriculture in Afghanistan, one of the initiatives that President Obama discussed Dec. 1, in his speech to the nation.
'We will ... focus our assistance in areas - such as agriculture - that can make an immediate impact in the lives of the Afghan people,' the president said in a televised speech made from the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y.
Eight National Guard Agribusiness Development Teams are currently on the ground in Afghanistan, and more teams are preparing to deploy, Guard officials said."
