Governor Hutchinson approved the mission to send 500 Arkansas Guardsmen to support the 59th Presidential Inauguration. Author: 5NEWS Web Staff Updated: 1:08 PM CST January 14, 2021
ARKANSAS, USA Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson approved the mission to deploy 500 Soldiers and Airmen to support the 59th Presidential Inauguration following a violent attack on Capitol hill by a mob of President Trump supporters earlier this month.
Beginning on Jan. 17, the Arkansas National Guard will mobilize and deploy approximately 500 Soldiers to Washington, D.C., primarily from the 142nd Field Artillery Brigade based in Northwest Arkansas and Airmen from the 189th Airlift Wing, all expected to return home before the end of the month.
Video courtesy of the Office of Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson.
Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson is delivering his State of the State address at a joint session of the 93rd General Assembly of the Arkansas Legislature. Watch his address live.
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Transcript: Governor Asa Hutchinson on Face the Nation, January 3, 2021
The following is a transcript of an interview with Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson that aired Sunday, January 3, 2021, on Face the Nation.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Welcome back to FACE THE NATION. We want to go now to Governor Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas, who is also the vice chair of the Nationals Gov- National Governors Association. He joins us from Little Rock. Good morning to you, Governor.
GOVERNOR ASA HUTCHINSON: Good morning, MARGARET. Good to be with you.
MARGARET BRENNAN: I m glad we have you today to talk about the vaccine and distribution. I want to quickly ask you something though on the political front as a Republican. Nearly a quarter of Senate Republicans say they have concerns about voter integrity, and plan on Wednesday to challenge Joe Biden s Electoral College win. This is, to be very clear, all but certain to fail in terms of changing the outcome of the election. But other Republica