"During this extended period, (Department of Defense) officials will work with the U.S. Capitol Police to incrementally reduce the National Guard footprint as conditions allow," Mr. Kirby said.
Pentagon approves extending National Guard presence at the U.S. Capitol through May 23
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"I don't have any policy changes or directives to announce," he said. "But as I've also said before, the secretary wants to keep an open mind about what we can do to better address this problem. And that would include how we recruit, how we train and maintain and lead people once they're in the ranks and how do we get them ready for being civilians again. And how much are we making them aware and informing them about what and who is waiting for them on the other side."
Special Operations Command gets 1st diversity chief
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