THOUSANDS OF TROOPS ARRIVE IN WASHINGTON SANS TESTING
Tens of thousands of National Guard troops have flooded into Washington to ensure a smooth transition to the next administration. The soldiers — several times more troops than are deployed to Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia and Syria — may also be dealing with another risk: Covid-19. A spokesman for the DC National Guard said that while Guard members with symptoms were directed to get tested, the size of the operation meant that testing all members was not feasible
Washington: The FBI and the Pentagon are vetting nearly 25,000 troops tasked with securing the Joe Biden-Kamala Harris inauguration on Wednesday amid apprehensions about an inside hit of the kind that killed Indira Gandhi, who was assassinated by her own bodyguards in 1984.
Fears that those entrusted with guarding the American leadership maybe infected with extremist ideology — a dread that was once assigned to distant developing countries — has suddenly grown in Washington DC in recent days after more than a dozen current or former members of the US military or law enforcement were found involved in the storming of the US Capitol. Social media and television footage showed some of the marauders using tactics, body armor, and technology such as two-way radio headsets similar to what is used in the military and police forces.
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Song and dance there, but where is Brazil's soul?
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