West Virginia National Guard being sent to DC
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The shift comes after defense officials said the soldiers deployed to the capital wouldn’t be armed.
It was the first such action by the Guard since its deployment in Washington.
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National Guard troops sent to Washington, D.C., this week as part of President Trump's mission to crackdown on violent crime in the nation capital will reprotedly start carrying weapons in the coming days.
Trump's plan to address crime in D.C. calls for deploying National Guard troops along the National Mall overnight Wednesday into Thursday morning, according to a source.
West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey, shown here in January, said he's deploying 300 to 400 West Virginia National Guard troops to assist in the Trump administration’s takeover of D.C.'s police department. (Chris Jackson/AP) Members of the West Virginia ...
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