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.
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.
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.
Trump invokes federal control over D.C. police amid crime surge, with National Guard spotted leaving armory as authorities arrest 23 suspects.
Around two dozen soldiers stood guard outside Washington, Union Station in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 14. They had little to do.