Top General: Large Military Presence at Inauguration

[babylonsister]

Top General: Large Military Presence at Inauguration
December 17, 2008, 12:12 p.m.
By George Cahlink
CongressNow Staff


More than 10,000 active-duty military and National Guard personnel are expected to help with security or participate in next month’s presidential inauguration, a top military officer said Wednesday morning.

Air Force Gen. Victor Renuart, head of the Defense Department’s Northern Command, which oversees military support for homeland security, told the Defense Writers Group that about 7,500 active-duty military personnel and 4,000 National Guardsmen were due in town for the Jan. 20 inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama.

Renuart said there have been no specific threats to the inauguration, but he called it “prudent” to have military forces available to deter or respond to a potential threat. Officials are anticipating more than 1 million people will descend on the city for the event.

Renuart would not provide a more specific breakdown, but he said some of those troops would be supporting federal law enforcement efforts and others would have a ceremonial role, such as walking in the parade or providing honor cordons. He stressed that the Secret Service has the lead role in providing inaugural security but said the military would be an “active participant.”

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[Marblehead]

1. they are

trying to get us use to military force being used as police...

[babylonsister]

2. Not necessarily. Maybe they're going to monitor 4-5M people.

I imagine they don't have a police force that could police that many people.