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20,000 soldiers in Washington

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Carolina Chimoy | Emily Gordine | Grzegorz Szymanowski | Ines Pohl
January 15, 2021

Ahead of Joe Biden's inauguration, more than 20,000 soldiers are being deployed in Washington DC to prevent a repeat of the violence armed supporters of Donald Trump unleashed on the US Capitol building. DW's Carolina Chimoy reports from Washington.

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