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Hello , everyone . Okay , Thanks for

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coming in . General Jolan . Guilty if

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the National Guard Bureau five days ago

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I stood before he over 2000 guardsmen

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and women from 27 states were

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supporting the cove in 19 response

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efforts . Today , that number has

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swelled to over 9000 in each of the 50

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states territories in , um , district

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of Columbia . We expect these numbers

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will continue to grow in the coming

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days and weeks . As most of you know ,

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the president recently approved 100%

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federal funding for National Guard and

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some of the hardest hit states

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Washington , New York and California .

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Just as important , he left control of

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the National Guard to the governors and

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the accidents . Generals , who are the

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people who know best how to apply these

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resource is and people to fix problems

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in their states . As I speak ,

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guardsmen and women are providing

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medical testing , screenings ,

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transportation , commanding control ,

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engineering , planning and logistics

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throughout the country . In 12 states ,

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guard members are either directly

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administering tests or supporting

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medical professionals . The National

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Guard also has the ability to bring

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trained units and leaders to people who

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can take on any task in California .

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Guard leaders are managing food , banks

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are combined . Combat and civilian

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acquired skills helps to create a

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blueprint for an ideal military

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component capable of addressing a

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myriad of challenges presented by this

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cove . It 19 Response If you need us to

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drive trucks like planes , be mechanics

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or planned large response efforts , the

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National Guard is able to adapt to

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whatever mission the governor may need

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us to . This is a story historic event

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that will require a historic response .

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Americans have a long history of rising

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to the occasion . Americans should know

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the National Guard has their backs

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throughout this crisis . We're in this

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together and we'll get through this

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together . And with that I will take

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your questions . Okay , first question

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will go to the phone . Um , Bob Burns

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safety . But thank you , General .

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How many Coben cases have been thus far

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among National Guard members ? And also ,

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when you mentioned that you expect the

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9000 number to grow , can you be more

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specific about how many more you

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expected ? Let's say the next week or

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stuff . Sure . Um , you know , I think

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this morning we were tracking 26

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National Guard members that had

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actually tested positive for cocaine .

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19 . Um , and you know , we expect as

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well that number will continue to grow .

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I think that , um , you know , it's

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hard to predict what the what the

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complete and total response will be .

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Um , you know , governors and imagines

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generals were telling me that they're

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planning on bringing mawr in the near

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term in the in the hundreds and

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thousands . Um , and so , uh , it

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wouldn't surprise me that , you know ,

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by the afternoon will be above 10,000 .

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We seem to be increasing at a rate of

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somewhere about 1000 a day over the

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last several days . So I would

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anticipate that that that would happen .

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I think , um , you know , as we work

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through the process as you well know ,

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the president authorized 502 f

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authority title 32 which is federal

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funding of National Guard forces that

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are under state control , not

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federalization of the National Guard .

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He's not activating the guard . He's

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just giving the authority for members

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of the guard to be brought and

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federally funded under state control .

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And we're working through those issues

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now as state submit their requests

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through FEMA to be in concert with the

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president's guidance has to be a a FEMA

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approved mission . But as those get

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approved , I would think that even Maur

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National Guard members will come on

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duty faster and sooner . So I think ,

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um , that is without a doubt going Thio

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increase the numbers as we go forward

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in the coming days and weeks . Thank

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you . Um , General , I just want to

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clarify In the 26 guards who were

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tested positive , were they all in the

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field helping helping state officials ?

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Or is it a mix ? No , it's been , it's

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been told . Mix . I have heard of one

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Colorado Guardsmen who was actually not

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directly involved with touching ,

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touching with administering a test .

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But he was part of a testing process .

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He did test positive for it and

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numerous other cases throughout . We

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had one on our own staff that ah ,

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across in here in Arlington that tested

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positive . So I know the guards doing

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everything from your set food , banks

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and transportation . We are , yes , Do

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you anticipate ? As industry ramps up

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the number of test kids , you'll be

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much more evolved in the actual medical

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testing effort . Yeah , I think that's

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still you know . I think right now

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there's two ways that we can consider

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getting this . Ah , title 32 funding

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one . Is that what the president said

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the other night and support of FEMA ?

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And currently we're working an issue

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with direct support to HHS to do the

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community based testing ? Ah , process .

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Um , it's unclear how that process is

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clearly involving . They're inventing

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new and different kinds of tests that

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will be fielded . I think in the coming

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weeks , um , some of some and all of

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that may impact how many National Guard

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members need to administer that test .

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Um , we had a meeting this morning ,

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and it was , you know , kind of brought

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to my attention . HHS is trying to work

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towards more of a civilian , Um ,

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answer toa providing capability at

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those test sites . So it's it's , um ,

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right now in 12 states . We are doing

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some testing . I would expect that

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would expand a little bit in the near

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term , but it's unclear how big it will

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get . Beyond that , HHS was more

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civilian effort . Whether trying

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together , they're they're looking to

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make that a civilian kind of thing ,

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provided they confined the capability

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to do it Yes , absolutely . And we are .

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We're on . We're doing testing right

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now and , like I say , 12 12 separate

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states out there . So where there is a

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resource should the two of the HHS need

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to help , since governors want to do it

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if they need to expand the testing ? As

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you know right now , it sze popping big

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in New York City . And it's big on the

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West Coast . And but we're watching

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Florida grow . We're watching Louisiana

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grow and we're watching . Ah , many

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other cities in the country grows , so

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we're a resource available to governors

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to do that . Megan Myers , Military

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Times So under Title three to the

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National Guard is able to perform some

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law enforcement functions . What might

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those look like in this scenario ? So

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I'll just say to begin with again to

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dispel the rumor that there is no

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discussion . There's no plan . There's

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no no plan to use National Guard

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entitled 32 or state active duty status

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or in any other status to do quarantine

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or enforce shelter and price operations .

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Posse Comitatus does not apply to the

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National Guard entitled 32 status , so

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we can be federal funded under state

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control and do law enforcement Azaz

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a mission set if our governors and

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communities need us to do . But you

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know , once again , no plan to use

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National Guard in any kind of large

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scale , locked down capacity of United

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States of America . Hey , we'll go to

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the phones . Dave Martin , CBS .

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General , you said , uh , you

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anticipate the number of National Guard

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called up by governors , too .

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Increased by 1000 . So coming in the

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coming days , do you have the judgments

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of wear ? Uh , the guard

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is most likely to be called out in the

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largest numbers after the three states ,

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you know , then the focus of the

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outbreak . So , David , you know , I

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think the 1000 day has been what I have

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seen over the past week or so . Um ,

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and , uh , you know , I got a note

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before I walked in here from Majid in

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general of Arizona . That and they're a

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couple 100 now , and they'll be at 750

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tomorrow . Massachusetts Governor , As

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you saw , Governor Baker just announced

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that he was authorizing up to 2000

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National Guard members to come on duty .

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Maryland governor now has authorized

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his state to increase their there at

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1500 still going going north .

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So more and more states than we're

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happy to share them with you as we get

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them and we get the projections . But

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more and more states are incrementally

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adding members of the National Guard to

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do it . It's interesting I'll share

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with you . The Arizona folks are coming

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on board and and there are doing things .

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For instance , in you know , they've

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got trucks showing up at stores ,

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nobody to unload the trucks , so to

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keep the shelves stock so people can do

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it some . In some cases , they're using

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National Guard members to keep assist .

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If you will , that supply chain Thio

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keep product available toe people in

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the community , so I expect it will

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continue to grow . Um , state by state .

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Louisiana's another one that's in a

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growth mode right now . So , um , we'll

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keep you informed as these numbers grow

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every day . Sir , do you

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expect National Guard to be involved in

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mortuary affairs in any way in these

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states ? Are you planning for that ?

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Are you setting up locations for that

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kind of situation and also have you

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been asked to start law enforcement

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duties in any states . We have not , Um ,

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we're not doing any law enforcement

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activities , Um , to my knowledge , at

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the present time . Um , but again ,

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should anybody used to do it , we have

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the capacity to do it . I think that

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mortuary affairs as a skill set , we in

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the National Guard do have ah , ah , ah

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unique you , Nichol of Fatality Sport

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and Recovery Team F s Artie . And I've

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been told that some states have started

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to look at the potential that they

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should . They need that . They can use

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that . Um , but no state , to my

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knowledge , has brought them up yet .

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But I do know there are some states

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that are considering accessing that

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special kind of unit that exists in the

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National Guard . Is there Mike ?

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Remember the Washington Times ? He's 26

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cases that you've identified your

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people . Are you different from active

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duty and that they have medical people

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both in their civilian lives as well as

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their military lives ? Are these all

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these 26 cases where they all confirmed

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done by medical or military medical

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personnel ? Or was it did you talk to

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the civilian doctors and you sort of

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put that number together , so I I don't

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have the statistics for you on exactly

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what the source of their , um , testing

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was . Some of them were not active duty .

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They were National Guard members who

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were in a M Day status , not

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activated . So in most cases , they

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would use a civilian member to do their

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their test and would eventually get

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sort through the commit normal command

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channels . They would report it and

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becomes a special information report .

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Yes . Okay . He will go back to the

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phones tree , Sully Reuters .

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Okay . Next about , um , Rose , their

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stars . Stripes . Hey ,

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there . I had a question about when

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soldiers go off active duty from the

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guard and they go back to their

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communities . Are they going to do any

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sort of felt quarantine at home or any

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sort of follow up to ensure they're not

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bringing croon of I respect with them ,

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So I think that , you know , they're

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they're taking all the health

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protection measures that every other

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person is that goes around there trying

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to avoid Ah , you know where they are .

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They're watching their hands , large

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groups , all of those kinds of things .

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Um , they're they're coming to work .

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And unless they have some reason to

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believe that they may have been

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infected or some other other ah ,

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reason to believe that they are a

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danger to themselves or others .

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There's no special procedures from

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coming on off of guard duty and going

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back to your home or your civilian

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world at night over . Okay , next

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up , we'll go to off Hannah from

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Washington . Examiner Saving recall

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In terms of duty , the Guard could be

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activated for in certain states . Um ,

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let's say a state wanted to do

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something with making sure people are

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not out on the streets and I'm in a

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busy city or something . What would

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that look like if the guards were

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activated for social distancing sort of

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things . So you mean in a law

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enforcement kind of scenario ? Is that

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what you're asking ? Yes . So I think

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that you know the way that scenario

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most likely works out is they would be

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matched up with some civilian law

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enforcement agency that had

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jurisdiction or control over some

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particular part that they were

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concerned about . Um , and they may

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need toe augment that with National

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Guard members , or either they need

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more people Or maybe the force of

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police officers became less available

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to the community . So they wanted to

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augment them with National Guard

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members . They would take their

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direction , um , on what they were

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going to do and tell the people the

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from whatever section they were going

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to . That has not happened yet . But

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when we do civilian law enforcement ah ,

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we generally do it under the control

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and in support of the local , um ,

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uh , legal authorities and whatever

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community we were working it . So

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that's how that would work . Next up ,

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Carol Rosenberg , New York Times .

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Okay , uh , let's see how Sylvie MP

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with us . Do you hear me now ?

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Yes . Hello ? Oh , Carol , you are on .

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I love you , Karen . Thank you ,

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General . Thank you for the opportunity .

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My question is about test results . The

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guard who are deployed . Do you have

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any information about turnaround time ?

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From swab to test results . There seems

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to be a big lag time for the remote

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bases and other certain deployed

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personnel . Carol , I will have to get

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back to you on that information . I'm

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not aware of any lack time . Um , from

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any member that you know , all of my

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positives . I believe we're here in

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Continental United States . I'm not

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aware of deployed , um , positives of

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those 26 members , but , um , and I

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certainly haven't heard of any

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excessive lag time from test to

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analysis , but I will get that back ,

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get that information and get back to

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you . Over . Thank you , General .

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Right back to you , silly .

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Thank you , General . I'm going to ask

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you the question . I already asked you

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last week to see if there is a new

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evolution . Do you have enough

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equipment on ? Do you need ? Is there

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something that you need more

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particularly . So , you know , I think

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you know , last week I probably said

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the same thing . I mean , we have

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concerns , surely , like the rest of

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the enterprise dealing with this

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problem over long term supply of

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personal protective equipment . Um ,

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you know , nobody is doing any mission

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that they don't have the appropriate

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protective equipment for toe wear . Um ,

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in fact , you know , I saw a story last

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night . Ah , piece of information .

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Managing General Minnesota , who had

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81,000 m 95 masks that he was able to

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contribute thio local hospitals in

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the like . So I think that , um , you

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know , for us and the mission sets that

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we're doing , we're not administering

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tests without appropriate equipment .

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We're not handling people the or

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potential patients that may be positive

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without appropriate equipment . But

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like everyone , we have concerns over

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the long term , um , availability of

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peopie . And we're working through

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those like everybody else's

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the eye . So yesterday , an interview

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off doctor in New York , we said that

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he , for example , doesn't change

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his mask as often as he shoot because

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he has toe Be careful . It doesn't have

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enough . That's my question is more .

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Do you use your equipment exactly the

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same way as you used to do ? Oh , do

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you try to spare them ? So I I saw that

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same doctor's interview , And , um ,

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I'm not aware of any particular anybody

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using their equipment and other than

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the record may be mended technique on

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how to use it . And and so , uh , I'm

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sure I'm sure that , um , people are

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trying to be a smart and and as

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efficient as they can , preserving the

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equipment to the best that they can do

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for this known that this is going to

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take certainly weeks maybe months , as

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as we work through the issues of supply

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of personal protective equipment . But

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no one that I know of . No National

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Guard members been asked or been put in

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a position to do any job , Um , and

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user their equipment and any other than

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the other than the recommended way .

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Okay to the floor . Jennifer . I just

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like to follow up . General . Last week

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we heard that the Air National Guard

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had flown to Italy to get nearly a

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1,000,000 swaps for testing . Have

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there been more flights like that ? And

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why don't you use the Air National

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Guard to go get P p e from other

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countries that might have a surplus ?

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Well , I can assure you that , you know ,

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if if we find stockpiles off of other

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countries that have pee pee and they're

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available and willing to give it to us

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Ah , I feel quite certain that we'll be

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able to go and get it . I'm not aware

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of anybody offering up PP around the

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world that we can do that . Um , their

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national guard , um you know , as as

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you mentioned , went and got a

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1,000,000 swabs for the test kits . Umm

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and Ah , So far , I haven't heard of

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any other deployed use of that . But

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surely , Ah , if we needed to use those

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equipment , Thio , get the appropriate

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equipment . I'm sure we could do it .

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Okay , We've got time for two more .

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Jeff showgirl tasking purpose .

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Thank you , General . Thank you for

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doing that . You've said repeatedly

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that the mobilization of the National

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Guard is not the precursor to a massive

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quarantine . Can you talk about why the

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rumors about martial law and the

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quarantine persist ? And also does the

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President have the authority to

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federalize the National Guard and use

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them as law enforcement officers by

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invoking the insurrection Act ? Thank

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you . Right . Okay . Well , um

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let me think the first question was ,

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Why are these rumors out there ? Was

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that the first question to that ? I

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just I don't know . I've seen Ah , I've

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seen people portray video clippings of

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trains with Humvees and equipment ,

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rolling down the railroad tracks and

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making comments that that was

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mobilization of National Guard to move

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into big cities and quarantine . The

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place is just It's just not true . I

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mean , it is just not out there . I'm

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sure I saw the secretary and chairman

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addressed that question earlier in

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their press conference . Um , you know ,

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so some of it is just , you know ,

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social media doing what they do . Some

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of it may be bad actors around the

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world trying to portray unrest in bad

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information . We don't We don't know

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what that is . Um , and , um , you know ,

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the insurrection acts . Ah , a unique

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part of ah , of mean should should on

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insurrection act be declared . I think

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that would have to happen first . And

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the president ? Ah , you know ,

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mobilizing us . I I just I don't think

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that that's a even in the realm of the

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possible , so I don't I'd rather not

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even address that over . Okay , Got

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time for one more . We'll go to tree

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Scania music . Yes . Good afternoon .

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Thank you so much for taking my

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question . I actually just interviewed

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a couple of units to There were a lot

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of concerns not from the unit , per se ,

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but from others that taking medical

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staff from the civilian sector and

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having them be activated for the guard

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may cause shortages . What do you say

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to two billion to ease That confirms .

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So I can tell you that um , you know ,

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the Department of Defense is very We're

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very well aware of what ? Accessing the

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reserve component medical path capacity

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does . I've heard Secretary s per se it

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numerous times that you know , all of

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these professionals , medical

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professionals have careers and lives in

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the civilian medical sector . So to the

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degree that we can avoid it , we want

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to not mobilize reserve component

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people away from their civilian jobs .

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Um , so that's that's That's really

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what I would tell you that there'll be

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some that has toe that has to have

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happened . I would tell you have a

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doctor on my staff who's who's ah ,

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emergency room doctor in Missouri . And

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I brought him here to Washington , D .

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C . To help me deal with this and make

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the right decision about National Guard

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members on the medical issues that

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associate with them . They'll be some

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unavoidable . Um , I'd say , you know ,

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use of reserve component medical

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capability just gonna happen . But

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we're well aware of the issues , and I

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think that as a department , we're

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dialed in tow , mitigating those issues

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to the degree that we can . Yes , sir .

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And I have a follow up to that question .

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So the unit that I spoke to , they said

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that closures off clinics in the area

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were actually creating opportunities

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for medical staff directly . Volunteers .

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So they're not necessarily assorted ,

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sort of actually being created by the

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clinic closures . So are there any

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other instances where certain closures

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are actually creating opportunities for

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individuals to come and volunteer ? No .

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Where was that ? And I'll try and track

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that down and see if those folks can

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can come . And we've got the National

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Guard members that might be looking for

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work . I can tell you that the reserve

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component has put out a message to all

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of our medical folks in the reserve

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component to say , You know , if you

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are available and you're not otherwise

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occupied in your civilian career , we'd

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like to know about it . And ah , and an

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access your skills elsewhere and make

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him available for where they're needed

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around the country . But I'm not aware

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of large scale closure of medical

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clinics , although it doesn't surprise

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me that there might be some Thank you .

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Thanks very much for your time .

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Sure , I'll see you again