3 Republican-led states send Guard troops to DC
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The National Guard presence in D.C. is set to increase in the coming days after the governors of some Republican states deployed troops to the capital.
ABC News’ Martha Raddatz interviews Sen. Chris Van Hollen on “This Week" over President Trump deploying the National Guard to Washington, D.C.
West Virginia, South Carolina and Ohio are sending several hundred National Guard troops to Washington to bolster the federal deployment that President Donald Trump has ordered in his effort to reduce crime in the nation’s capital.
Trump fulfills campaign promise by federalizing D.C. with 30-day emergency control, cracking down on crime in the nation's capital.
It’s a noticeably different situation than the chaotic one that prompted the biggest military callup in Washington since the Civil War – the 1968 riots following the assassination of civil rights leader the Rev.
Around two dozen soldiers stood guard outside Washington, Union Station in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 14. They had little to do.