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   From: lets.go.brandon@salon.com   
      
   The Pentagon on Monday extended National Guard support to   
   Washington, D.C., law enforcement after the Capitol Police Board   
   over the weekend issued an emergency declaration due to truck   
   drivers protesting COVID-19 policies in the area.   
      
   Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin approved requests from the U.S.   
   Capitol Police and the D.C. Homeland Security and Emergency   
   Management Agency “to extend previously approved National Guard   
   support in the District, including around the U.S. Capitol area,”   
   according to a statement from press secretary John Kirby.   
      
   The guardsmen will provide support at traffic control points for two   
   additional days through Wednesday, Kirby said.   
      
   Austin last month approved 700 unarmed National Guard troops to be   
   deployed in Washington from Feb. 26 through March 7 to help with   
   traffic ahead of the truck convoy.   
      
   The Pentagon extended the guardsmen’s time in the Beltway region   
   after the convoy protests began Sunday and slowed traffic outside   
   the capital. The gathering, dubbed the “People’s Convoy,” is   
   expected to last several days.   
      
   Capitol Police leaders are reportedly worried about the possibility   
   of the trucks and other vehicles causing shutdowns of various roads   
   and highways and creating a situation similar to the “Freedom   
   Convoy” that shut down parts of Canadian capital Ottawa.   
      
   https://thehill.com/policy/defense/597162-pentagon-extends-   
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