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After the Capitol riot, the US military is in a very difficult place

By Kevin Carroll
Published January 18, 2021 6:01pm ET
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After the Capitol riot, the US military is in a very difficult place
America is in a strange constitutional place until this inauguration on Wednesday. The House of Representatives, the uniformed military, and the Justice Department agree that the United States experienced an insurrection on Jan. 6. Some 25,000 soldiers guard the Capitol, a display unseen since the Civil War. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell reportedly believes that […]

America is in a strange constitutional place until this inauguration on Wednesday.

The House of Representatives, the uniformed military, and the Justice Department agree that the United States experienced an insurrection on Jan. 6. Some 25,000 soldiers guard the Capitol, a display unseen since the Civil War.

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