National Guard inauguration deployment 4 times more than number of troops in Afghanistan and Iraq

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During a press conference on Wednesday, Metropolitan Police Chief Robert Contee said, 'I think you can expect to see somewhere, upwards beyond 20,000 members of the National Guard that will be here in the footprint of the District of Columbia.'

's inauguration, which is roughly four times more than the amount of troops currently in Afghanistan and Iraq combined.

When asked if he has ever seen law enforcement reinforcement to this magnitude in D.C., Contee said"not at this level, no." The 20,000 National Guard members expected in the city is an increase of 5,000, as 15,000 were previously deployed to the city by the Department of Defense earlier this week.noted on Tuesday, the 15,000 National Guard members deployed earlier this week was about twice the number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan and Iraq, due to a drawdown to 2,500 troops in both nations.

 

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Should of been there on the 6th protecting the biggest congressional live session in 50 years. And if there was sufficiant security. Trump would more than likely b prez bc 7 senators would of signed instead they recanted bc of the breach

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So domestic terrorists are more of a danger than Afghanistan.

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