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Pentagon Accelerates Efforts to Root Out Far-Right Extremism in the Ranks

Eric Schmitt, Jennifer Steinhauer and Helene Cooper  1 hr ago

 

 

 

 

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Pentagon Accelerates Efforts to Root Out Far-Right Extremism in the Ranks

 

 

 

 

 

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is intensifying efforts to identify and combat white supremacy and other far-right extremism in its ranks as federal investigators seek to determine how many military personnel and veterans joined the violent assault on the Capitol.

© Chang W. Lee/The New York Times Federal officials are vetting thousands of National Guard troops arriving to help secure President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s inauguration.

In the days since a pro-Trump mob breached the Capitol on Jan. 6, senior leaders of the 2.1 million active-duty and reserve troops have been grappling with fears that former or current service members will be found among the horde.

The F.B.I. investigation into the Capitol siege, still in its very early stages, has identified at least six suspects with military links out of the more than 100 people who have been taken into federal custody or the larger number still under investigation. They include a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel from Texas, an Army officer from North Carolina and an Army reservist from New Jersey. Another person with military service was shot and killed in the assault.