re: Commanding general of D.C. National Guard order removed from post 1/20 12:01p.m.

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My theory is that he made it very clear that he did not want to and would not serve under President Trump.

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“The timing is extremely unusual,” Schwartz said in an interview Friday morning, confirming a memo announcing his ouster ..“My troops will be on the street,” said Schwartz, who turned 65 in October. “I’ll see them off, but I won’t be able to welcome them back to the armory.” He said he would “never plan to leave a mission in the middle of a battle.”

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