CNNW CNN Newsroom With Brianna Keilar February 23, 2021
National guard. Then when we included mr. Stenger, the three of us discussed the specific issue on whether the intelligence warranted the troops and the answer was no. It was a collective answer no, and then mr. Stenger put forward his recommendation of having them on standby, and my recollection is mr. Sund was very satisfied with that. In fact, he briefed the day that he was satisfied, and i heard no concern anytime thereafter. This use of the word optics, the appearance, what it would look like to have the guard, there was reluctance to request assistance because of the appearance. Was ther...