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Arkansas & Mississippi are sending National Guardsmen to Biden inauguration [View all]
https://www.localmemphis.com/mobile/article/news/regional/arkansas-national-guardsmen-biden-inauguration/522-025680c0-777c-4568-87e2-e7e103d2d54aArkansas & Mississippi are sending National Guardsmen to Biden inauguration
The guardsmen are part of a broad contingent of National Guard soldiers from various states that will attend the ceremony.
Author: The Associated Press
Published: 1:10 PM CST January 14, 2021
Updated: 3:21 PM CST January 14, 2021
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The Arkansas National Guard is sending 500 soldiers and airmen to Washington to assist with security for President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration. The guard on Thursday said Gov. Asa Hutchinson approved the mission.
The deployment begins on January 17 and the guardsmen are set to return to Arkansas before the end of the month.
The Mississippi National Guard is also sending troops to Washington D. C. for the presidential inauguration. Republican Gov. Tate Reeves' press secretary, Bailey Martin, said the governor told the Mississippi National Guard to send troops if necessary "even before the riots at the Capitol last week."
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