Ranking Member Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) disagreed with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent that the Biden administration’s lax vetting enabled the DC National Guard shooting before Thanksgiving.

Both Noem and Kent disagreed, with the Homeland secretary balking at Thompson’s choice of words that the shooting — which killed one National Guardswoman and injured another — was merely an “unfortunate situation.”

Follow the latest on the National Guard shooting in Washington, DC:

Sarah Beckstrom, one of the National Guardsmen shot by crazed Afghan refugee, dies at 20: ‘Looking down at us’

Two National Guard troops shot near White House in suspected terror attack, alleged gunman in custody

DC terror suspect will have charges upgrad

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