DC National Guard commander says the Pentagon took away authority to send in a quick reaction force to respond to Capitol riots Ryan Pickrell National Guard troops assemble outside of the U.S. Capitol on January 16, 2021 in Washington, DC The commander of the DC National Guard told The Washington Post that the Pentagon restricted his ability to send in a quick reaction force to respond to the Capitol riots. Instead, he had to get approval from higher-up the chain of command. I absolutely wish I could have got there sooner, Maj. Gen. William Walker told The Post.
The Pentagon put restrictions on the DC National Guard commander s authority to send in a quick reaction force to respond to the Capitol riots earlier this month, The Washington Post reported Tuesday.
A fascinating and somewhat disconcerting article appeared Saturday in Vanity Fair online.
Adam Ciralski. a contributing editor who was an attorney with the CIA and a staffer on the National Security Council during the Clinton Administration, published an article based on two weeks he spent embedded with Acting Secretary of Defense Chris Miller, and his two top aides, Chief of Staff Kash Patel and Under-Secretary of Defense for Intelligence Ezra Cohen. Ciralsky inquired about embedding on January 4, and because of his background, he didn’t need any kind of long background investigation to be cleared. He settled into his embed on January 5, the day before the Capitol riots.
Department Of Defense May Change The Name Of Fort Polk
A Department of Defense (DOD) panel has been assembled to decide if Fort Polk will be renamed.
The panel committee has been charged with the comission to investigate any DOD properties named after any person who voluntarily served with the Confederate States of America as well as those that commemorate the Confederate States of America.
Secretary of Defense Chris Miller announced the committee has currently identified ten military installations, including Fort Polk, that have names tied to the Confederacy. The investigation will decide whether or not to change the names of DOD properties.
The United States Senate has confirmed President Joe Biden’s nominee for secretary of defence, retired Army General Lloyd Austin, making him the first African American to hold the top Pentagon position.
Austin gained broad support from Republicans and Democrats alike in the Senate, winning confirmation by a 93-2 vote.
“General Austin is an exceptionally qualified leader with a long and distinguished career in the United States military,” said Senator Jack Reed, the top Democrat on the Armed Services Committee.
Austin will take charge of the US Department of Defense “at a time when US strategic priorities have shifted to focus increasingly on near-peer competition with China and Russia”, Reed said.
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