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Pentagon readying thousands of Guard ‘reaction forces’ as U.S. mission widens
The Defense Department’s newly established “quick reaction force” within the National Guard is being readied for civil unrest missions in U.S. cities.
With potential deployment of National Guard troops on hold until at least Tuesday and windy, rainy weather proving inhospitable or downright hostile to outdoor activity, court watchers and pro- and anti-ICE activists in Portland largely took a timeout Saturday.