20,000 National Guard troops expected in Washington for Biden's inauguration

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Source: CBS Milwaukee/CNN

20,000 National Guard troops expected in Washington for Biden's inauguration
By: CNN
Posted: Jan 13, 2021 11:55 AM CST

(CNN) -- More than 20,000 National Guard members could be in the nation's capital to help secure President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration, Washington, DC, Police Chief Robert Contee said Wednesday.

Contee's announcement came as the US Secret Service on Wednesday officially took charge of security for President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration as authorities warn of new threats across the country and unfold a massive security presence in Washington, DC, after last week's violence at the US Capitol.
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There are significantly more US troops currently deployed on Capitol Hill than in Afghanistan and Iraq combined, a staggering statistic that underscores just how massive the security presence already is.

Multiple defense officials tell CNN that the total request for National Guard is close to 30-thousand guardsmen to support US Capitol Police, Park Police and Washington Metropolitan Police Department but officials believe that the actual number needed is closer to 20,000. The final numbers will be provided by the Secret Service.
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Read more: https://www.cbs58.com/news/20-000-national-guard-troops-expected-in-washington-for-bidens-inauguration

[nitpicker]

1. Shades of the Vietnam-era use of the National Guard during protests

But I don't think there's enough space anymore to put them all on Bolling/Anacostia as they did back then.

Well, the hotels could use the business...

[dreamland]

2. This is going to be a sight. tRump will be drooling with envy..

..at not having been given the magnitude of military presence in 2016. Little man Rumpkin wanted a show of military might so badly. Now, he ends up creating a situation in which Biden will need the military "show."

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3. Trump finally gets his military parade

[onetexan]

4. teehee

[Omaha Steve]

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