nprnews_____ = ||| lubuntu at wor2 1TXN|||Joint Chiefs Remind U.S. Forces That They Defend The Constitution||| kickerpage = |||no kicker pagenpr for NPRNEWS||| summarynpr = |||The Joint Chiefs of Staff issued a message noting that violence isn't covered by free speech, and the breach of the U.S. Capitol was an assault on the government.

Top Pentagon officials have issued a message to the troops that they must defend the Constitution and that last week's violence was a direct assault on it.



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Joint Chiefs Remind U.S. Forces That They Defend The Constitution

The Joint Chiefs of Staff issued a message noting that violence isn't covered by free speech, and the breach of the U.S. Capitol was an assault on the government.