WASHINGTON (AP) - The Defense Department took more than three hours to dispatch the National Guard to the deadly riot at the U.S.
Capitol after a request for reinforcement from police, according to testimony Wednesday that added to the finger-pointing about the government response.Maj.
Gen. William Walker, commanding general of the District of Columbia National Guard, will tell senators that the then-chief of the Capitol Police requested military support in a frantic 1:49 p.m.
call, but the Defense Department's approval for that support was not relayed to him until after 5 p.m., according to prepared testimony.