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Some 25,000 National Guard troops were deployed to safeguard the event, more than are&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/01\/20\/958490425\/biden-says-he-wants-to-unite-america-he-might-find-unity-hard-to-come-by\">currently deployed<\/a>&nbsp;in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, and Africa combined. Biden spoke to an almost empty National Mall, cleared because of threats of violence, standing in front of the Capitol, invaded two weeks earlier for the first time since the War of 1812.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this wartime-like atmosphere,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/interactive\/2021\/01\/20\/biden-inauguration-speech\/\">Biden declared<\/a>: \u201cWe face an attack on our democracy and on truth\u2026.\u201d He sees the solution not in military, police, or judicial actions, but rather in uniting the American people so they treat each other with dignity and respect. 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