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'Utterly unacceptable': National Guard sent to garage

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'Utterly unacceptable': National Guard sent to garage

'Utterly unacceptable': National Guard sent to garage

U.S. Senators Chuck Schumer and Mitch McConnell responded Friday to the discovery that hundreds of National Guard members were sent to rest in a parking garage Thursday afternoon.

The Guard members later returned to the Capitol.


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