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Illinois National Guard Dispels Rumors Of Military Action

The Illinois National Guard is assisting the state's COVID-19 response by setting up testing centers and other civil action, not preparing for military action as has been rumored on social media, its adjutant general said during a news briefing on the virus Monday.

Brig. Gen. Richard Neely, adjutant general of the Illinois National Guard, reassured Illinoisans at Gov. JB Pritzker's daily Coronavirus news conference in Chicago.

"We're not doing any policing action," Neely said. "We're not doing any kind of work at all like that."

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