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Military defends Jan. 6 response as House steps up probes

by Mary Clare JalonickNomaan Merchant
| June 17, 2021 12:03 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — A top Army leader defended the Pentagon’s response to the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, telling a House panel Tuesday that the National Guard was delayed for hours because it had to properly prepare for the deployment and that senior military leaders had determined beforehand that the military had “no role” in determining the outcome of an election.

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