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Number Of National Guard Troops Pulled From Inauguration For 'Questionable Behavior' Reaches 12 Number Of National Guard Troops Pulled From Inauguration For 'Questionable Behavior' Reaches 12
Number Of National Guard Troops Pulled From Inauguration For 'Questionable Behavior' Reaches 12 A dozen U.S. Army National Guard troops have been removed from Wednesday’s inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, the Pentagon announced Tuesday. The services members were removed “out of an abundance of caution” after federal law enforcement authorities discovered “questionable behavior” or “inappropriate comments or texts,” a spokesman said. The behavior doesn’t necessarily have to involve extremism and could even be unrelated to the inauguration events, Chief Pentagon Spokesman Jonathan Hoffman said. The U.S. Department of Defense will conduct follow-up investigations to determine w…

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by Jerry DeMarco