{"id":122050,"date":"2021-02-09T11:30:04","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T16:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=122050"},"modified":"2021-02-09T12:37:15","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T17:37:15","slug":"national-guard-protection-of-capitol-to-cost-483-million-through-march-pentagon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/national-guard-protection-of-capitol-to-cost-483-million-through-march-pentagon\/","title":{"rendered":"National Guard Protection of Capitol to Cost $483 Million Through March: Pentagon"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnational-guard-protection-of-capitol-to-cost-483-million-through-march-pentagon%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=122050&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Pentagon Spokesman John Kirby said Monday that the estimated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-cost\">cost<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-national-guard\">National Guard<\/a> protection of the U.S. Capitol complex through March 15 will cost taxpayers a total of $483 million.<\/p>\n<p>Kirby said at a Department of Defense (DoD) press briefing that the breakdown of the costs is $284 million to cover personnel and $199 million to cover operations.<\/p>\n<p>Tens of thousands of National Guard troops deployed to Washington to assist with security in the wake of the Jan. 6 Capitol breach. Around 5,000 troops are expected to remain in the city until March 15 as former President Donald Trump\u2019s Senate impeachment trial poses security concerns, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/01\/24\/impeachment-trial-national-guard-trump-capitol-461805\">Politico reported<\/a>, though it is unclear if there is any specific threat.<\/p>\n<p>Republican lawmakers have questioned the need for National Guard troops around the Capitol Hill complex.<\/p>\n<p>Last week,\u00a042 House Republicans sent a letter to House Speaker\u00a0Nancy Pelosi\u00a0(D-Calif.) urging her to remove the barricades surrounding the\u00a0Capitol.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Ted Budd (R-N.C.), the primary signatory of the letter\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/budd.house.gov\/UploadedFiles\/Budd_-_Capitol_Fence_Letter.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pdf<\/a>), said in a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/budd.house.gov\/news\/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1041\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a>\u00a0that the request is for Pelosi to remove what some fear is poised to become \u201cpermanent military-style fencing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn particular, we are concerned with recent reports that the fencing surrounding the Capitol may become permanent,\u201d they wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3686742\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Capitol-fencing-2-1200x800-1.jpg\" alt=\"Epoch Times Photo\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Riot fencing and razor wire reinforce the security zone on Capitol Hill, in Washington, on Jan. 19, 2021. (AP Photo\/J. Scott Applewhite)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are willing to have an honest debate about providing Capitol Hill Police with the resources they need to be better prepared without turning the Capitol into a permanent fortress,\u201d they wrote, and urged Pelosi to take down the barbed wire fencing and send the National Guard troops home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s time for healing and it\u2019s time for the removal of the fencing so the nation may move forward,\u201d they said in the letter.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Michael Waltz (R-Fla.) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/gop-congressman-answers-national-guard-remaining-around-capitol\">told Fox News<\/a> on Monday that\u00a0lawmakers are still waiting for an explanation as to why National Guardsman are still on duty around the Capitol complex more than one month after the breach.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe still have National Guardsmen out there, away from their families, away from their jobs, supplementing the police, and yet we can\u2019t get a briefing on what is this dire threat that requires so many people. We still don\u2019t have answers,\u201d he told the outlet.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy size-large wp-image-3686741\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/themes\/eet\/images\/white.png\" alt=\"Epoch Times Photo\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Capitol-fencing-3-1200x800-1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3686741\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Capitol-fencing-3-1200x800-1.jpg\" alt=\"Epoch Times Photo\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Members of the National Guard work outside the U.S Capitol building on Capitol Hill, in Washington, on Jan. 20, 2021. (AP Photo\/Andrew Harnik)<\/p>\n<p>Acting Army Secretary John Whitley <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalguard.mil\/News\/Article\/2482683\/army-leaders-update-guard-activities-in-washington\/\">said at the end of January<\/a> that the U.S. Secret Service and other law enforcement agencies in Washington had issued requests to the National Guard for follow-on assistance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNational Guard members will be postured to meet the requirements of the supported civil authorities up to and including protective equipment and arming if necessary,\u201d Whitley said at the time.<\/p>\n<p>National Guard service members will provide security, communications, medical evacuation, logistics, and safety support, Whitley said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pentagon Spokesman John Kirby said Monday that the estimated cost for National Guard protection of the U.S. Capitol complex through March 15 will cost taxpayers a total of $483 million. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1892987,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4172,5975,4570,4116,4107,4140],"class_list":["post-122050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-capitol","tag-cost","tag-guard","tag-million","tag-national","tag-protection"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122050\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1892987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}