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posted 22 January 2021 05:18 PM
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President Biden on Friday called the chief of the National Guard Bureau to apologize after troops who had been brought in to protect his inauguration were ordered to sleep in an unheated parking garage after they were booted from the Capitol on Thursday, administration officials said.

The issue has generated controversy in the first days of Mr. Biden’s term. Several governors and members of Congress have criticized the move, even as the reasons for the troops’ relocation remain murky.

In the telephone call with Gen. Daniel R. Hokanson, the head of the National Guard Bureau, Mr. Biden apologized and asked what he could do, the officials said. Jill Biden, the first lady, visited some of the troops stationed outside of the Capitol on Friday afternoon, thanking them for their work and handing out chocolate chip cookies.

“The National Guard will always hold a special place in the hearts of all the Bidens,” she said, noting that their son Beau, who died in 2015, was a member of the Delaware Army National Guard.




No whining. No blaming the media for fake news. Even if it's not your fault you apologize and try to make things better.

Could you see Trump apologizing and Melania giving out cookies? Wink


https://www.nytimes.com/2021/0...-parking-garage.html

Meanwhile, ya gotta ask what the heck is going on with the US Capitol Police. First they were unprepared for January 6th, and then this debacle....


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posted 22 January 2021 06:14 PMHide Post
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Mr. Biden apologized and asked what he could do


This just makes me want to weep, tears of joy but also of relief.

Wow.


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posted 22 January 2021 08:46 PMHide Post
Cognitive Dissonance


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posted 23 January 2021 12:29 AMHide Post
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Originally posted by CHAS:
Cognitive Dissonance


Not sure just what you meant by the above, CHAS, but having noticed your signature for the first time, I want to thank you. It's exactly what I see having happened, especially under Trump.

And that the same goes for trampling others to get ahead, so as to be a "winner". That without doing so, one doesn't have a chance of surviving in a world where "everyone else" is cheating.

I hope fervently that the same can be proven to be true of the power of a good example. Also that the same contagion may apply! Please G-d.


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