Abbott orders Texas Military to monitor U.S. Army exercise

Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered members of the Texas Military to monitor federal troops in an upcoming two-month training exercise planned for the Lone Star State.

Operation Jade Helm will bring the U.S. military’s most elite soldiers, including the Green Berets and Navy SEALS, to Texas for simulated special operations in a hostile territory.

But plans for the exercise have roused fears in some Texans of a federal occupation.

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