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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tikkalover" data-source="post: 338590" data-attributes="member: 600"><p><strong>Pentagon expected to OK National Guard for DC truck convoys</strong></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #2B2B2B"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'"><span style="font-family: inherit">W</span>ASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon is expected to approve the deployment of 700 to 800 unarmed National Guard troops to the nation's capital, a U.S. official said Tuesday, in the face of trucker convoys that are planning protests against pandemic restrictions beginning next week.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2B2B2B"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2B2B2B"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'">The District of Columbia government and the U.S. Capitol Police are requesting the National Guard assistance. The troops would be used largely to help control traffic and are expected to come from the district's National </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2B2B2B"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2B2B2B"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'">Guard and three states, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss aid not yet formally approved.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2B2B2B"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2B2B2B"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'">Modeled after recent trucker protests in Canada, separate truck convoys have been planned through online forums with names like the People’s Convoy and the American Truckers Freedom Fund — all with different starting points, departure dates and routes. Some are scheduled to arrive in time for </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2B2B2B"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'">President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address next Tuesday, March 1, though others may arrive afterward.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2B2B2B"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2B2B2B"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'">Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said the D.C. government and Capitol Police had requested National Guard personnel “to provide support at traffic control points in and around the District” and stand ready in case of “possible disruptions at key traffic arteries.” He too said no formal decision on the requests had been made.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2B2B2B"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2B2B2B"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'"></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>

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