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General details hourslong delay in getting Guard to Capitol

by Mary Clare JalonickEric Tucker
| March 3, 2021 8:03 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Defense Department took more than three hours to dispatch the National Guard to the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol after a request for reinforcement from police, according to testimony Wednesday that added to the finger-pointing about the government response.

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