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Commanding General District of Columbia National Guard Major General William J. Walker testifies before a Senate Committee (Shawn Thew/Pool via /AP)
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Lawmakers held a hearing Wednesday to continue their probe into what went wrong in the siege on the Capitol two months ago.
As they continue to dissect the insurrection from all angles, Wednesday s focus was on why it took so long for the National Guard to respond after an urgent request went out. At 1:49 p.m., I received a frantic call from then Chief of Capitol Police Steve Sund, where he informed me that the security perimeter of the U.S. Capitol had been breached by hostile rioters, said Maj. Gen. William Walker, Commanding General of the D.C. National Guard.
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The DC National Guard commander says that the Pentagon dragged its feet responding to the Capitol riot.
He said he could have had roughly 150 troops at the Capitol in 20 minutes if he had gotten approval.
He said he did not receive approval to deploy troops to the Capitol until almost 3 hours after an initial request.
The commander of the DC National Guard said Wednesday that it took military leaders in former President Donald Trump s Pentagon three hours from the time Capitol Police called for backup to tell him to send in troops to respond to the Jan. 6 assault on the US Capitol by a pro-Trump mob.
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