National Guard

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The Pentagon has approved the deployment of 700 unarmed National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., as the city prepares for trucker convoys that are planning protests against pandemic restrictions beginning next week.

Governor Mark Gordon announced on Tuesday that Wyoming guard members would be assigned to help hospitals across Wyoming cope with surging COVID-19 cases.

Governor Gordon has activated the Wyoming National Guard to provide assistance to Wyoming hospitals who are dealing with a surge of COVID-19 patients.

President Biden has appointed Governor Mark Gordon to the Council of Governors, a Bipartisan council that serves as the lead forum to "strengthen partnerships between the Federal government and State governments to better protect the nation from threats to our homeland security and all types of hazards."

Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon announced that the final Wyoming National Guard members who were serving in Washington D.C. as part of the Capitol Response mission have returned home.

The Defense Department took more than three hours to dispatch the National Guard to the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol despite a frantic request for reinforcement from police.

That concern is prompting the FBI to vet all 25,000 National Guard troops coming into Washington for the event.

The FBI has warned that armed protests by violent supporters of outgoing President Donald Trump are being planned in all 50 state capitals and in Washington in the days leading up to the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden.