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national guard Troops will be on the streets washingtonThe program will last until the end of the year, according to a memo reviewed by The Associated Press.
The memo, signed by Army Secretary Dan Driscoll and dated Wednesday, said “mission conditions” warrant extending the mission beyond the end of next month to continue supporting President Donald Trump’s “ongoing efforts to restore law and order.”
Meanwhile, Trump said this month that he was abandoning efforts to deploy the National Guard in Chicago, Los Angeles and Washington state for now. portland, oregonwhich prompted a legal challenge. On Friday, he also backed down from a threat the day before to invoke the Insurrection Act to deploy the military to quell protests in Minnesota.
In Washington, troops patrol the streets and pick up trash. Trump has repeatedly claimed crime in the city has disappeared.
Two National Guardsmen from West Virginia were shot and killed while on duty in Washington, D.C., the day before Thanksgiving. Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, died from her injuries.
There are about 2,400 National Guard troops in Washington, about 700 of whom are from Washington, D.C., and the rest from 11 states with Republican governors, including Indiana, South Carolina, Alabama and Oklahoma.