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In this file photo, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Sens. Rubio, Feinstein introduce bill to create Space National Guard

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

A display of the fentanyl and meth that was seized by Customs and Border Protection officers is shown during a press conference on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019, in Nogales, Ariz. A Mexican national was sentenced Friday to nine years in federal prison for trafficking the largest amounts of methamphetamine and fentanyl seized by U.S. authorities in 2021 and 2022. (Mamta Popat/Arizona Daily Star via AP, File)

States look for solutions as U.S. fentanyl deaths keep rising

By Geoff Mulvihill - Associated Press

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis listens during a news conference at Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022, in Miami. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Gov. DeSantis rejects Biden’s request for National Guard troops for State of the Union

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

National Guard troops reinforce security around the U.S. Capitol ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Guard will assist D.C. police during trucker convoy protest

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Heavy vehicles, including garbage trucks and snow plows, are set near the entrance to Capitol Hill at Pennsylvania Avenue and 3rd Street NW in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022, amid reports that trucker protests will arrive on March 1, the day of President Joe Biden's State of the Union address. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Pentagon approves deployment of 700 National Guard troops to D.C. ahead of trucker convoys

By Ashraf Khalil and Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

In this June 3, 2020, photo, members of the District of Columbia Army National Guard stand guard at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington securing the area as protests continue following the death of George Floyd, a Black man who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) **FILE**

Pentagon weighs National Guard mobilization ahead of trucker convoys arriving in Washington

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Former President Donald Trump speaks at a rally, Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022, in Conroe, Texas. (Jason Fochtman/Houston Chronicle via AP) ** FILE **

Trump says calls for National Guard on Jan. 6 were ignored by Pelosi

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

In this Nov. 4, 2020, photo, protesters representing Black Lives Matter and Protect the Results march in Seattle. A financial snapshot shared exclusively with The Associated Press shows the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation raked in just over $90 million last year. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) **FILE**

Army reverses reprimand for ex-National Guard officer who attended Black Lives Matter protest

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin speaks during a media briefing at the Pentagon, Nov. 17, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Oklahoma weighs next move after court upholds COVID-19 vaccine mandate for National Guard

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Members of the Texas Army National Guard stand by as Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and 10 other governors hold a press conference at Anzalduas Park on Oct. 6, 2021, in Mission, Texas. Texas' Republican governor on Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021, told Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin the state will not direct National Guard members to follow a COVID-19 vaccine order as GOP opposition to the mandate across the U.S. military grows. (Joel Martinez/The Monitor via AP)

Pentagon goes to court to defend COVID-19 vaccine mandate for troops

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

100% vaccine compliance and military readiness illustration by The Washington Times

100% COVID-19 vaccine compliance is unrealistic, dangerous to military readiness

By Maj. Gen. Mick McGuire (Ret.)

President Joe Biden greets members of the United States Coast Guard at the United States Coast Guard Station Brant Point in Nantucket, Mass., Thursday, Nov. 25, 2021. after virtually meeting with service members from around the world to thank them for their service and wish them a happy Thanksgiving. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Biden issues Thanksgiving message, visits Coast Guard

By Darlene Superville - Associated Press

Washington National Guard members walk in formation away from the Legislative Building, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. Members of the Guard and Washington State Patrol troopers have been in place all week on the campus providing security against possible protests connected with the inauguration of President Joe Biden and the departure of former President Donald Trump in Washington, D.C.. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Backers of D.C. National Guard local control say they’re not giving up the fight

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this file photo, a U.S. Capitol Police officer, right, stands with two National Guard members near the scene where a fellow officer was killed after a man rammed a car into two officers at a barricade outside the U.S. Capitol and then emerged wielding a knife, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, April 2, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Congress approves emergency spending to repay National Guard, Capitol Police for Jan. 6 riot costs

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Member of the national guard patrol the area outside of the U.S. Capitol on the third day of the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump at Capitol Hill, in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Senators strike $2 billion deal to reimburse Capitol Police, National Guard for Jan. 6 deployments

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

In this file photo, National Guard keep watch on the Capitol, Thursday, March 4, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) **FILE**

Lobby group calls on Congress to repay National Guard for D.C. security mission

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Members of the National Guard arrive to secure the area outside the U.S. Capitol, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Senate Republicans propose $600 million bill to reimburse National Guard for Jan. 6 deployment

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

In this file photo from Wednesday, March 3, 2021, members of the Michigan National Guard join the U.S. Capitol Police to keep watch over the Capitol grounds in Washington, in the wake of the Jan. 6 insurrection by a mob loyal to former President Donald Trump. The Guard mission is ending as Democrats and Republicans spar over whether to form an independent bipartisan commission to investigate the attack that sought to overturn Trump's loss to Joe Biden. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)

Capitol deployment costs could curb National Guard operations

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Members of the National Guard leave the Capitol perimeter the they had been guarding, Friday, April 2, 2021, after a car crashed into a barrier on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Pentagon confirms National Guard mission at U.S. Capitol to end Sunday

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Cape Cod machine gun range gets key federal approval

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