House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Friday announced the appointment of a Washington military commander to serve as the sergeant-at-arms, the chamber’s top law enforcement officer. “It is my honor to appoint District of Columbia National Guard Major General William J. Walker to serve as the 38th Sergeant-at-Arms for the House of Representatives,” Pelosi said in a statement, in which she touted Walker’s 39 years of decorated military service, including as current Commanding General of the DC National Guard. During the Jan. 6 Capitol breach, Walker sent DC National Guard to back up the Capitol Police, who were unable to prevent a breach of the security perimeter which led to the Capitol being overrun and lawmakers evacuated. Walker testified at hearings into the circumstances around the breach, and was critical of how long it took for the Pentagon to approve his request to deploy his troops to the scene. The position of …