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The Pentagon has upped the number of National Guard members it wants present at President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration by 4,000. CNN reports the Pentagon on Friday authorized up to 25,000 National Guard members, marking an increase from the 21,000 troops authorized a day earlier. Law enforcement in Washington, DC, and around the country is bracing for more extremist violence after the deadly insurrection at the Capitol last week. The DOD announced Tuesday that Guardsmen and women will be armed. Law enforcement is monitoring phones and other communications in an all-out effort to track individuals to ensure they do not travel to Washington.
The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine is expected to get emergency use authorization from the Food & Drug Administration. And according to Business Insider, the Pentagon is working with military precision to deliver the vaccine to US troops. The Pentagon announced plans on Wednesday to distribute a COVID-19 vaccine to US military personnel, starting with almost 44,000 doses. Initially, vaccination will be voluntary, as is standard practice with emergency use authorizations. However, it could eventually become mandatory.
An animation of the third stage and part 1 of the marathon stage of the 2024 Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia: Al Duwadimi > Al Salamiya.
Paraguayan police seizes 3,312 kilos of cocaine stashed in rice bags, bound from South America to Europe. The shipment is valued at 1.4 billion US dollars. IMAGES
A US destroyer "operating in the northern Red Sea" shot down three missiles and several drones launched by Houthi forces in Yemen, Pentagon spokesperson Pat Ryder announces during a press conference. SOUNDBITE
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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