{"id":55855,"date":"2021-03-13T18:38:15","date_gmt":"2021-03-13T22:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=55855"},"modified":"2021-03-13T19:02:50","modified_gmt":"2021-03-13T23:02:50","slug":"national-guard-general-overruled-on-continued-d-c-military-occupation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=55855","title":{"rendered":"National Guard General Overruled on Continued D.C. Military Occupation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Report: Biden Admin Overruled National Guard General Who Wanted To Pull Troops Out Of D.C.<\/h1>\n

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By Tristan Justice
\nThe Federalist<\/p>\n

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The top general at the National Guard pushed the Biden administration to relieve troops of their deployment in Washington D.C. but was ignored and overturned by the Pentagon to instead\u00a0gaslight<\/a>\u00a0the public with the continued military presence.<\/p>\n

According to an official memo obtained exclusively by Fox News Thursday, the National Guard chief told the Pentagon he disagrees with the need for 2,300 troops to remain at the U.S. Capitol, which has seen beefed up security from federal troops since the riot in early January.<\/p>\n

Despite the National Guard citing no need for their occupation of D.C. and being overstretched for resources, Fox News reported, Biden Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin \u201coverrode the National Guard\u2019s recommendation and extended the D.C. mission.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cEfforts to date have not secured enough volunteers amongst supporting states to meet the U.S. Capitol request of 22,280 soldiers, nor even option B, which is to keep 1,000 soldiers there,\u201d wrote National Guard Bureau General Daniel Howkanson in the memo read on air by Fox News reporter Gillian Turner. \u201cI\u2019m concerned that the indefinite nature of this requirement may also impede our ability to man future missions.\u201d<\/p>\n