{"id":92234,"date":"2021-01-23T08:11:30","date_gmt":"2021-01-23T13:11:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/?p=92234"},"modified":"2021-01-23T08:11:30","modified_gmt":"2021-01-23T13:11:30","slug":"auto-draft-456","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/en\/2021\/01\/23\/auto-draft-456\/","title":{"rendered":"National Guard: President Biden apologises over troops sleeping in car park"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"BBC \u2014 US President Joe Biden has apologised after some members of the National Guard stationed at the Capitol were pictured sleeping in a car park. <\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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More than 25,000 troops were deployed to Washington DC for his inauguration after violence earlier this month.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Images spread on Thursday showing them forced to rest in a nearby parking garage after lawmakers returned.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The conditions sparked anger among politicians, and some state governors recalled troops over the controversy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr Biden called the chief of the National Guard Bureau on Friday to apologise and ask what could be done, according to US media reports.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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First Lady Jill Biden also visited some of the troops to thank them personally, bringing biscuits from the White House as a gift.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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