National Guard Troops End Mission Securing Capitol
Kristina Wong 24 May 2021
National Guard troops are wrapping up their months-long mission of securing the United States Capitol this week, the Pentagon said Monday.
“Their mission is over. There’s still about 1,000 or so that are still in the Capitol area, but they’re in the process as their whole effort now is just in the process of moving on back home,” Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby said Monday.
Kirby said there are no plans for any National Guard members to remain in place for the mission.
‘The thousand or so that are still in the Capitol region are preparing for departure. I don’t have any additional requests or desires to talk to today by the Capitol Police for any residual capabilities,” he said.
However, he added, “If that changes, we’ll certainly let you know.”
Kirby did not rule out the creation of a quick reaction force to take the troops’ place, as recommended in a review commissioned by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
“I think we’re still taking in some of the recommendations by General Honore and his team. No decisions have been made about any of the specifics with respect to those recommendations. And again, if that changes, we’ll let you know,” he said.
He said he knew of no specific plans to act on the recommendations, but said, “We’re still going through that and in–in concert with the interagency to see what capabilities might be best going forward. But I wouldn’t want to speculate right now.”
The nearly six-month mission cost at least $483 million.
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