An additional 200 Connecticut National Guard members will deploy to Washington D.C. to help secure the capital ahead of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration next week.
The group joins another 100 members approved by Gov. Ned Lamont earlier this week and who left for the nation’s capital Friday to join guard members from across the country pouring into Washington amid fears of more violence after the storming of the Capitol complex last week.
“At the request of the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, I am approving the deployment of an additional 200 members of the Connecticut National Guard to Washington, D.