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Fencing Around US Capitol Removed Six Months After Jan. 6 Breach

July 11, 2021
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WASHINGTON—More than six months after the Jan. 6 breach on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of then-President Donald Trump, the remaining high-security fence surrounding the white-domed building has been removed, police said on Sunday. Workers began removing the last of the eight-foot-high black mesh fencing on Friday, which at one point surrounded several blocks of…

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Sergeant-at-Arms Says Some of Capitol Fence to Come Down

March 15, 2021
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Acting House of Representatives Sergeant-at-Arms Timothy Blodgett said Monday parts of the barbed-wire fence erected around the U.S. Capitol complex following the Jan. 6 incursion there will be coming down soon. Blodgett said parts of the fence that are manned by about 2,500 National Guard troops and backed by dozens of heavy military vehicles will…

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Demands Intensify for Security Fence Around Capitol to Come Down

February 10, 2021
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Forty-one House Republicans want Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to take down the 12-foot-high, razor-wire-topped steel barrier surrounding the U.S. Capitol complex and send the troops manning it home as soon as possible. “We write with concerns about the security measures and enhanced fencing around the U.S. Capitol even though high-profile events like…

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Demands Intensify for Razor-Wire Fence Around Capitol to Come Down

February 10, 2021
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Forty-one House Republicans want Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi to take down the 12-foot-high razor-wire barrier surrounding the U.S. Capitol complex and send the troops manning it home as soon as possible. “We write with concerns about the security measures and enhanced fencing around the U.S. Capitol even though high-profile events like the inauguration…

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