Pentagon Spokesman John Kirby told Fox News in an interview on Tuesday that the National Guard deployment is scheduled to be effective until mid-March. “The plan right now is to end this mission in the capital region by the middle of March. That’s still the plan. That’s what we’ve sort of resourced ourselves out to,” Kirby told the outlet. “We’re obviously constantly in touch with the Department of Homeland Security, the Secret Service, and D.C. officials about the need, about the requirement, and we’re always evaluating it.” In regards to reports about the National Guard staying until fall of this year, Kirby said “there was some internal discussions about hypothetical, potential future operations.” “The Pentagon is a planning organization, that’s what we do. We plan for all kinds of contingencies that actually don’t ever happen,” he added. Kirby said last week that the estimated cost for National Guard protection at the …