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National Guard Plans to Ask Thousands of Troops to Remain in DC Until Mid-March
Virginia National Guard soldiers render a salute during the National Anthem at the 59th Presidential Inauguration Jan. 20, 2021, in Washington, D.C (U.S. Army National Guard/Staff Sgt. Lisa M. Sadler)
22 Jan 2021
The National Guard Bureau is working on a plan to call for thousands of volunteers from the 25,600 Guard members in Washington, D.C., to remain on duty in the city until as late as mid-March.
Guard officials announced Thursday that approximately 15,000 Air and Army National Guard troops would begin returning to their home states as early as this weekend.
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Fact check: Bus near Capitol ahead of inauguration is probably a National Guard troop transporter, not a ‘prison bus’
By Reuters Staff
Update Jan. 20: Including statement by Federal Bureau of Prisons in paragraph 10.
A National Guard member patrols around the U.S. Capitol building ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden in Washington, U.S., January 20, 2021. REUTERS
Social media users have been sharing photos and videos of a bus driving outside the Capitol the day before the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, describing it as a “prison bus”. A spokesperson for the National Guard, however, said the bus looks like one of their standard troop transport buses.
National Guard distributing coronavirus vaccine in 26 states December 14, 2020 A pharmacist labels syringes in a clean room where doses of COVID-19 vaccines will be handled, Dec. 9, 2020, at Mount Sinai Queens hospital in New York. The hospital expects to receive doses once a vaccine gets the emergency green light by U.S. regulators. (Mark Lennihan/AP) On Monday as the first coronavirus vaccines went into arms across America senior National Guard officials from Ohio, Oklahoma, and West Virginia detailed the critical role their troops are playing in distributing the vaccine in spite of its extreme storage temperature requirements. “Currently, governors in 26 states and territories are planning to use the National Guard in some capacity for COVID-19 vaccine distribution,” said Nahaku McFadden