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States Have Not Been Reimbursed for National Guardsmen Deployed to U.S. Capitol: Official
On 4/20/21 at 3:45 PM EDT
Michael McGuire, chairman of the National Guard Association of the United States, said in an interview with the
Associated Press in March that state National Guard leaders were tired of the ongoing pickup game of using Guard troops to supplement law enforcement in Washington, D.C.
McGuire also said that states have not been reimbursed for the salary costs and that Guard units are under growing strain to meet local missions, saying, There s been quite a pivot in where people are at with this idea of having an expeditionary military police force in the District of Columbia.
By: CBS News
Two members of the National Guard have been removed from Wednesday s presidential inauguration over possible ties to extremist groups, officials said. The FBI has been working to vet the 25,000 troops standing guard in the Washington, D.C., area.
At a Pentagon briefing Tuesday, General Dan Hokanson, the National Guard chief, said the two members made inappropriate comments or texts and were sent home out of an abundance of caution. Hokanson said one member was flagged through a tip line and one was reported by other soldiers.
Ten others were also removed from duty for a number of different reasons unrelated to extremism, Hokanson said. He did not elaborate.
US National Guard troops pour into Washington days before Joe Biden s inauguration As Washington begins to resemble an armed camp, with more than 25,000 guards expected in the city by early next week, concerns about violence at state capitals have grown in the wake of the recent Capitol riots The Associated Press January 17, 2021 08:41:56 IST Troops walk behind security fencing on 16 January, 2021, in Washington as security is increased ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. AP
Washington: By the busload and planeload, National Guard troops were pouring into the nation s capital on Saturday, as governors answered the urgent pleas of US defence officials for more troops to help safeguard Washington even as they keep anxious eyes on possible violent protests in their own states.
A senior administration source confirmed to CBS News that President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence spoke Monday evening in the Oval Office, their first meeting since the assault on the U.S. Capitol last week. The source described it as a good conversation.
A former White House official with close ties to Pence earlier told CBS News that the vice president is discouraged, disheartened, hurt and stunned.
The source said Pence never seriously considered using the 25th Amendment to remove Mr. Trump from office. The source said that during conversations earlier in the administration, White House lawyers researched its applicability and found it really covered incapacity, due to things like a serious injury or undergoing anesthesia.