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FOX has been told that some of the inner fencing and razor wire surrounding the U.S. Capitol will start to come down this weekend. The concertina wire will be removed and the fencing pushed back closer to the Capitol itself. ....
More than 6,200 National Guard members will take part in the response, McCarthy said. Roughly 150 Guard members were on the 60-acre grounds Thursday morning, with 850 more expected by the afternoon, he added. The fence will run along two of Washington, D.C. s most scenic and utilized thoroughfares, Independence and Constitution Avenues, and surround the front and back of the Capitol from 1st Street NE to 1st Street SW, stopping short of the Capitol Reflecting Pool. It will secure the building and provide a perimeter that lets the Metropolitan Police Department get back into the streets of Washington, McCarthy said. We can take over [the complex s] static security positions, he explained. ....