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Published 12/18/2008 at L.A. Times - Politics
About 11,500 troops, including chemical attack experts, will join the security detail as Obama takes the oath of office.
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The U.S. military will be on high alert during Barack Obama's inauguration, increasing air defenses and deploying chemical attack experts and medical units, a general said Wednesday.
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