President Biden expressed his “dismay” Friday morning to Gen. Daniel R. Hokanson, chief of the National Guard, about how the troops had been treated, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said. About 25,000 Guard members from across the country deployed to help secure Biden’s inauguration, which went off with only a handful of minor arrests. First Lady Jill Biden visited Guard troops outside the Capitol on Friday, bringing them cookies and thanking them for protecting her family. She noted that the Bidens’ late son, Beau, served in the Delaware Army National Guard. “We’re already trying to reestablish trust with the Capitol Police and we’ve got to figure out exactly what happened.”AdvertisementThe National Guard Bureau said Thursday that of the nearly 26,000 Guard troops deployed to D.C. for the inaugural, only 10,600 remain on duty.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 23, 2021 00:45 UTC