Commentary: Report: Nat’l Guard General Wants To Bring His Soldiers Home, Biden Admin Refuses Reque

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Commentary: Report: Nat’l Guard General Wants To Bring His Soldiers Home, Biden Admin Refuses Request
Elizabeth Stauffer, The Western Journal March 12, 2021
 

The Pentagon announced on Tuesday that Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III approved a request from the U.S. Capitol Police for 2,300 National Guard troops to remain in Washington, D.C. through May 23, 2021. There are currently 5,200 troops deployed to the Capitol.

On Thursday, the Fox News Channel obtained a copy of a memo written by Gen. Daniel R. Hokanson, chief of the National Guard Bureau, in which he explained why the National Guard “cannot and should not fulfill the Capitol Police’s troop request at this time.”

Hokanson argued that “the National Guard is already over-stretched due to coronavirus constraints, civil disturbances and wildfires. Efforts to date have not secured enough volunteers among supporting states to meet the USCP request of 2,280 soldiers, nor Option B of 1000 soldiers.”

https://ijr.com/national-guard-general-bring-soldiers-home/