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Pentagon REJECTS President's request for huge military-style farewell parade with crowd of supporters hours before Biden's inauguration

President Donald Trump's wants a military-style farewell parade as he exits office on Wednesday, to include a massive crowd of his supporters

Two senior Defense offices insist that the Pentagon will not participate in any such event

Trump will vacate the White House on Wednesday, January 20 as Joe Biden is sworn in during a closed-to-the-public inauguration

More than 20,000 members of the National Guard were deployed to Washington D.C. after the Capitol storming earlier this months

They will remain in the nation's capital until at least after Inauguration Day

By KATELYN CARALLE, U.S. POLITICAL REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 14:33, 17 January 2021 | UPDATED: 15:17, 17 January 2021
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9156861/Pentagon-denies-Donald-Trumps-request-military-style-farewell-parade.html

Today's D Brief: No DOD farewell for Trump; US forces shrink in Iraq, Afghanistan; 20K Guardsmen to protect DC; New N. Korean weapons; And a bit more.

BY BEN WATSON JANUARY 15, 2021 THE D BRIEF

https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2021/01/the-d-brief-january-15-2021/171437/