Pentagon deploys active-duty troops to DC ahead of Biden inauguration

The Pentagon has deployed 750 specially trained members of the US military  — including bomb squads and trauma medics — to Washington, DC, amid security concerns over Wednesday’s inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden.

The troops also include active-duty personnel trained in “extraction and decontamination operations” following attacks with chemical, biological, nuclear, radiological and explosive weapons, the Department of Defense said Monday.

Others will assist the attending physician of ... (Read more)

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