3 Republican-led states to send National Guard troops to DC
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The number of troops in the city is expected to grow. But Army officials appear to be trying to keep them on the sidelines of President Trump’s mission.
Crime is out of control there, and it’s clear something must be done to combat it,” Mississippi’s governor said.
Dressed in camouflage fatigues, National Guard troops patrolled areas of Washington Thursday, dispatched by President Donald Trump to police what he has called "out of control crime" in the city.