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'Stunned' by lack of urgency for National Guard -Contee

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'Stunned' by lack of urgency for National Guard -Contee

'Stunned' by lack of urgency for National Guard -Contee

Robert Contee, the Acting Chief of the DC Metropolitan Police, said Tuesday that he was "stunned" by the lack of urgency to send in the National Guard to help in the attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6th.


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