Press Briefing by Chief of the National Guard Bureau General Joseph Lengyel and Louisiana Adjutant General Brigadier General Keith Waddell

GENERAL JOSEPH L. LENGYEL: OK, very good, very good. Well, I'll just go with some of my opening remarks. And I've got with me Brig. Gen. Keith Waddell, the adjutant general of Louisiana, who will also join me on the call today and he'll have some remarks following mine. And then we'll be happy to take your questions. So kind of give you a rundown of where we are. First, let me say thanks to all of you for -- for covering this important story, the information we're getting to the American people about what's going on out there and how we're dealing with it is -- is very helpful, I think, to help everybody understand the gravity of -- of this entire pandemic. So as of this morning, the Nationa...